Nexstar Station in Michigan Hires TV Anchor from Radio

By Paul Greeley

Brooke Allen, who spent nearly 6 years as afternoon news anchor at WWJ-AM in Detroit, has joined WLNS, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Lansing, as a TV news anchor joining Jorma Duran behind the anchor desk, according to the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.

Prior to WWJ-AM, Allen was also Morning Edition host at WKAR-FM (East Lansing), prior to WKAR in 2016, she was served as weekend anchor at WWJ-AM for almost 3 years.

Allen also hosts the “Caffeinated Conversations with Brooke Allen” podcast.

She studied Theater and Communications at Eastern Michigan University.

On joining the WLNS team, Allen talked about making the transition from radio to television.

“You know what? I think at the end of the day, news is news and maybe little details,” Allen said. “And, I know TV and radio news are a little bit different, but I’m always kind of like thinking, oh, well, what is that? Or what, you want to add more, but again, you’ve got the video to show it. So that’s the difference.”

Paul Greeley is the manager and a writer for News Blues.

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