Rob Nelson to leave WABC-TV in the Spring

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Dear colleagues,

For months leading up to Gabe’s birth, Jenny and I heard two bits of advice most often from parents. Sleep now, they said, and just know your life is about to change forever. Almost four months into this incredible journey, we now understand how profoundly insightful that advice was. Life has indeed changed.

After much discussion and reflection, I’ve decided to leave Eyewitness News. Becoming a father has shifted my perspective and priorities, and now feels like the right time to move on after six years with the station and nearly a decade with ABC. I simply want something different now, and I’m excited to pursue multiple opportunities that have emerged in recent months.

I look forward to returning to work March 18 for a few more weeks of reporting before officially leaving April 10. I have also agreed to step down from the weekend morning anchor desk effective immediately to give the show the space it needs to launch its next chapter. To all of the weekend morning warriors I’ve had the pleasure of working with, thank you for everything. I am enormously proud of what we accomplished together as well as the chemistry and camaraderie we built that made weekend mornings unarguably special. I wish you and the show continued success. And, here’s one more for the road: “Roll it!”

My final few weeks will be a chance to tie up loose ends, clean out my landfill of a desk and file a few more reports for a legacy station of which I will always be proud to have been a part.

Rob Nelson to leave WABC-TV