CBS Sports) (Lundquist retired from full-time sports anchoring in December 2016 now covers golf events for the network) Bill Macatee – sports anchor (now at CBS Sports) John McCaa – anchor (1984–2019) Lisa McRee – anchor/reporter (1989–1991; now Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles) Don Meredith – sports reporter (1966; later at CBS Sports and ABC Sports; died on December 5, 2010) Russ Mitchell – anchor (1983–1985; now at WKYC in Cleveland) Bill O'Reilly – reporter (Formerly at Fox News Channel as host of The O'Reilly Factor was fired from Fox News April 19, 2017, amid sexual harassment claims) Scott Pelley – reporter (1982–1989; now at CBS News as correspondent for 60 Minutes) Uma Pemmaraju – reporter (now anchor at Fox News Channel) Robyne Robinson – reporter (1985–1987; last at KMSP-TV in Minneapolis) Dan Ronan – reporter (2003–2007; now Vice President of Communications at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America in Washington, D.C.) Tracy Rowlett – anchor (1974–1999; later at KTXD-TV as co-host of The Texas Daily) Rene Syler – anchor/reporter (1992–1997; left for KTVT, last with CBS News as co-anchor of The Early Show) Doug Terry – reporter/anchor (1966–1970; a founding reporter/producer at NPR in Washington, D.C., writer, technologist, photographer, poet) Wes Wise – sports anchor (1950s; later mayor of Dallas from 1971 to 1976) Paula Zahn – reporter (1978–1979; later went to CNN) Controversy Jimmy Kimmel monologue cut-off WFAA came under scrutiny in May 2022 when the station extended its newscast past 10:35 p.m. to cover the Uvalde school shooting. A monologue by Jimmy Kimmel which addressed the shooting and gun control was partially blocked out by commercials. A statement from the station claimed that computer automation which preset the commercial breaks and triggered them as if the coverage did not take place caused that night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to be partially preempted. The monologue was made available on WFAA's website and on Kimmel's social media channel. The episode was already available on Hulu and other services by the next day. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WFAA is one of a handful of ABC affiliates that transmits its main channel in the 1080i high definition resolution format; most of ABC's other owned-and-operated stations and affiliates transmit the digital feed assigned to carry the network's programming in 720p, the resolution designated by network parent The Walt Disney Company as the HD format for