Brittany Bell (Courtesy: Twitter)
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.
Ellen McNamara (Courtesy: Twitter)
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.
TVNewser reports KARK in the Little Rock market, KNWA in the Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers market, KTVE in the Monroe, La.-El Dorado market and KTAL in Texarkana will air the newscast at noon, titled “Arkansas Today.”
Russ Geller (Courtesy: Twitter)
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.
Lindsay Liepman (Courtesy: WINK-TV)
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 (Courtesy: WCJB-TV)
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.
Julie Newman (Courtesy: Blue Ridge PBS)
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
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.
Pamela Smith (Courtesy: KATV)
Longtime morning anchor Pamela Smith has ended her career at Little Rock-Pine Bluff ABC affiliate KATV after 21 years at the station.
In a farewell article on the station’s website, Smith said she felt “tremendously blessed to have been in a field that I have enjoyed [for that long].”
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