Cale Ramaker (Courtesy: Orlando Sentinel)
By the end of July, Sin City will have a new morning anchor team featuring former Orlando anchorman Cale Ramaker.
Ramaker, who worked at FOX affiliate WOFL for the last seven years, will anchor the morning show from 4 to 7 a.m. at KLAS, the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas.
LuAnne Sorrell (Courtesy: WSVN)
LuAnne Sorrell, former WSVN reporter and weekend morning anchor, has accepted a job at WOFL, the FOX affiliate in Orlando.
Sorrell had spent the last seven years at the Miami FOX affiliate as a reporter on “Today in Florida.”
Bill Ratliff (Courtesy: Tampa Bay Times)
Former WFLA-TV morning anchor and managing editor Bill Ratliff has died.
The Tampa Bay Times reports the 37-year broadcast journalism veteran passed away Tuesday, May 8, after complications from surgery.
Rick Journey (Courtesy: WBRC-TV)
After two decades as a familiar face among those who work and live in the Birmingham, Ala., area, WBRC morning show anchor Rick Journey has announced he’s leaving the station and the business next month.
Journey began his career at the station in 1992, working in the Tuscaloosa newsroom. He would then move on to covering state politics in Montgomery.
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.
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].”
Denise Middleton (Courtesy: KSLA)
Denise Middleton, an anchor with Shreveport, La., CBS affiliate KSLA, is being promoted to morning and noon anchor, her agency said this week.
TVNewser reports Middleton is represented by The NWT Group.
There’s no word yet on when the Texas native will make the shift.
Congratulations, Denise!
Rhiannon Ally (Courtesy: Miami Herald)
Rhiannon Ally, a former news personality at WCBS in New York City, was named morning anchor at Miami, Fla., CBS affiliate WFOR last week.
She started her new gig at the Florida O&O yesterday (Monday).
The Miami Herald reports she’ll co-anchor the morning newscast with Jawan Strader.
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