Brittany Bell, a fill-in meteorologist for WMC-TV in Memphis, Tenn., has been hired by ABC/CW affiliates KHBS/KHOG-TV as a meteorologist/reporter in the Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers market.
Bell will anchor the station’s weathercasts on weekends and report during the week, according to a press release provided to Arkansas TV News.
Weekend morning anchor Ellen McNamara left Tampa ABC affiliate WFTS after three years at the station.
She’ll be taking a job with KSTP-TV in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, starting April 23.
Four Arkansas stations owned by Nexstar Broadcasting will soon be pooling their resources together to provide content for a statewide newscast that will also air on the four stations.
News Director Out at Mississippi Station?
It’s usually not a vote of confidence when a job posting is listed for someone still working at a television station.
And while that happens at stations across the U.S. anyway because news directors need to fill that position before a reporter’s contract runs out, it usually doesn’t happen to the man in charge.
WINK-TV, the CBS affiliate for the Ft. Myers-Naples market, is changing its morning and noon anchors around.
The News-Press reports morning anchor LindsayLiepman will anchor the noon newscast and report in the afternoons.
After Tuesday, April 3, Cable One subscribers in Mobile, Ala., will no longer receive WALA-TV on their lineup, but it’s not the cable company’s fault.
That’s what a representative said in a release sent to the Sun Herald newspaper Friday.
Bob Williams, noon anchor and promotions manager with WCJB-TV, has resigned effective March 30.
The 56-year-old Williams told the Gainesville Sun his decision was not because of any problems at the station, but rather family issues that prompted the choice.
WCYB, a Tri-Cities-TN-VA NBC affiliate, has hired two new broadcast journalists.
TVNewser reports Julie Newman will co-anchor the 5:30 and 11 p.m. newscasts beginning Wednesday, April 4. Newman previously worked at Blue Ridge PBS as a producer and host.
WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate for the New Orleans market, will soon be airing a much earlier newscast to complement its morning show lineup.
The Times-Picayune reports the station will begin a 4:30 a.m. newscast starting tomorrow (April 2). Anchoring the extra half-hour will be Mike Hoss, Laura Buchtel and Christina Leavenworth initially, as well as Melanie Hebert in the summer.
Longtime morning anchor Pamela Smith has ended her career at Little Rock-Pine Bluff ABC affiliate KATV after 21 years at the station.