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Cleveland TV Revolving Door
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19/43 picked that same Madison tree for another new face - Leah Doherty, - who will become the new weekend sports anchor.
She replaces Ballie Burmaster, who is moving to Gray sister station WANF CBS 46 in Atlanta.
For what it's worth, BB was a college squeeze of former Browns QB Baker Mayfield.
Lots of new faces at 19/43. I hope they last for awhile.
Well, given that there's 12 hours of local newscasts per day between 19 and 43, they need all the warm bodies they can get.
Comings and goings at WEWS ABC 5.
Coming:
Reporter Tessa Dittiro, coming over from WXMI Fox 17 in Grand Rapids. She's a local who went to Firestone High School in Akron and THE Ohio State University.
Going:
Evening anchor Courtney Gousman, who left at the end of July, and reporter Jessi Schultz.
For now, the evening anchors on TV 5 look like this:
4p - Katie Ussin
5p - Ussin and DeLaun Dillard
6 and 11p - Rob Powers
Coming:
Reporter Tessa Dittiro, coming over from WXMI Fox 17 in Grand Rapids. She's a local who went to Firestone High School in Akron and THE Ohio State University.
Going:
Evening anchor Courtney Gousman, who left at the end of July, and reporter Jessi Schultz.
For now, the evening anchors on TV 5 look like this:
4p - Katie Ussin
5p - Ussin and DeLaun Dillard
6 and 11p - Rob Powers
Danita Harris - whose main gig is on Good Morning Cleveland - is the official noon anchor, and she does the noon show sometimes, but this could merely be a case of just lightening Danita's load a bit and giving others some anchor desk reps.
Danielle Wiggins is moving from weekday morning traffic anchor to weekend morning news anchor at WKYC NBC 3.
Western Reserve PBS' (WNEO 45/WEAO 49) new President and CEO Dave Rotterman past away this week at the age of 59. He had only served in his current role since July 17.
PBS Western Reserve mourns unexpected passing of new president and CEO David Rotterman at 59
PBS Western Reserve mourns unexpected passing of new president and CEO David Rotterman at 59
Only lasted 2 years. Not the best at presenting the weather. Sentences didn't make sense most of the time.
I just saw on his LinkedIn page that Adam Miller has moved from being the Director of Content at WKYC to Vice President of On-air Talent Strategy for TEGNA back in July of this year.
Jonathan Adkins stays put as the News Content Director for Channel 3.
Jonathan Adkins stays put as the News Content Director for Channel 3.
A couple of new additions on WKYC NBC 3
Jessica Van Meter has joined the weather team, doing weekends and also fills in during the week. She's a local product (Ravenna native and Kent State grad) and was the weeknight meteorologist for WNWO NBC 24 in Toledo until this past spring when Sinclair (WNWO's owner) dropped local newscasts on several of their small market stations - including NBC 24. Sinclair now runs their in-house "National Desk" newscasts in place of local news on those stations.
Dr. Amy Acton - who became a bit of a star/cult hero during the pandemic with as part of the daily "Wine with DeWine" lockdown era press conferences - has also come aboard, as she'll be doing health-oriented feature stories and will have periodic half-hour specials.
Jessica Van Meter has joined the weather team, doing weekends and also fills in during the week. She's a local product (Ravenna native and Kent State grad) and was the weeknight meteorologist for WNWO NBC 24 in Toledo until this past spring when Sinclair (WNWO's owner) dropped local newscasts on several of their small market stations - including NBC 24. Sinclair now runs their in-house "National Desk" newscasts in place of local news on those stations.
Dr. Amy Acton - who became a bit of a star/cult hero during the pandemic with as part of the daily "Wine with DeWine" lockdown era press conferences - has also come aboard, as she'll be doing health-oriented feature stories and will have periodic half-hour specials.
Monica does the day to day reporting (and reports on non health stories when extra hands are needed)
Dr Amy is doing long form feature stuff and the occasional half hour specials.
Same neighborhood, but not the same exact gig.
That's Carl Lam.
His main gig is as a meteorologist on Tegna sister station WGRZ NBC 2 in Buffalo, and has occasionally done some side work as a fill in on channel 3.
Jessica Van Meter filled in all week for Holly Strano during this past week, and Lam came in to fill in for JVM.