Amy Wegmann (Courtesy: Twitter)
WFTX anchor Amy Wegmann may have taken a temporary break from the news business due to her husband running for political office, but she’s still showing up occasionally on television sets across the nation.
And no, we’re not talking about campaign ads.
Paul Gessler (Courtesy: WBBH-TV)
Reporter Paul Gessler has left the Sunshine State, where he spent more than two years at WZVN-WBBH in Ft. Myers.
A tweet from Gessler’s Twitter account states his new employer is WBFF, the FOX station in Baltimore, Md. The new job puts Gessler a few places shy of a top 25 market and closer to home.
Stephanie Kolp (Courtesy: Orlando Sentinel)
Stephanie Kolp’s new job keeps her in Florida, but she’s moving up to a Top 25 market in the process. Kolp currently works as a reporter for WBBH, the NBC affiliate in Ft. Myers.
As of next month, though, she’ll be working in Orlando for WESH-TV.
John Rinkenbaugh (Courtesy: Twitter)
John Rinkenbaugh, former news director in Topeka, has been hired at WFTX-TV in Ft. Myers, Fla.
Industry firm Rick Gevers reports Rinkenbaugh’s also been an ND in Paducah, Ky., and Fargo, N.D.
Congrats on the new job!
Stephanie Susskind (Courtesy: WINK-TV)
Three reporters have been hired for CBS affiliate WINK-TV in the Ft. Myers-Naples market: Stephanie Susskind, Sarah Robarge and Kristen Skovira.
The News-Press reports Susskind has already started. She previously worked at WMAZ-TV, the CBS affiliate in Macon, Ga., and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
Jim Farrell (Courtesy: WINK-TV)
Meteorologist Jim Farrell has recently hit a bit of a milestone for those who work in television news: he’s been working in local TV for 30 years.
News-Press.com reports Farrell was originally hired at WBBH-TV in 1982 and moved to WINK-TV a decade later. He’s been there ever since and has held the position of chief meteorologist for at least the last decade.
Media conglomerate Journal Communications reported a 7.5 percent increase in its first quarter revenue from television stations in the period that ended March 25.
That’s a $2 million increase over last year, according to TVNewsCheck.com.
Krista Fogelsong (Courtesy: News-Press)
Former Ft. Myers anchorwoman Krista Fogelsong may be returning to the city soon, according to rumblings from unidentified sources at WBBH, the NBC affiliate in Ft. Myers.
The News-Press reports Fogelsong will leave WBND in South Bend, Ind., sometime within the next three weeks (after May ratings).
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.
Joshua Repp (Courtesy: WBBH-TV)
Joshua Repp, reporter for WBBH in Ft. Myers, Fla., will soon be taking a new job within the broadcast television industry, but he won’t be traveling that far to fill it.
The News-Press reports Repp leaves the NBC affiliate for WPEC-TV, the CBS station in the West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce market.
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