SAYING GOODBYE AFTER A LONG RUN IN THE NEWSROOM
Departing after 37 years
Category: Signing Off
WHEN WINTER ARRIVES, SHE LEAVES
Popular Buffalo forecaster announces her pending departure.
NINE YEARS AT THE WEATHER CENTER AND GONE
Staying in town, leaving the business
LONGTIME LEXINGTON ANCHOR GOING ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE AFTER TONIGHT
Nancy Cox cites family issues she’s dealing with
SIGNING OFF THE NEWS THIS WEEK
But he’ll stick around in his other capacity through December
VETERAN MET SHARES HER REASONS FOR LONG ABSENCE AND SUDDEN EXIT
Family concerns out of state prompted her decision
“IT HAS BEEN A BLAST.”
And with that, a Houston legend signed off
AN ABRUPT DEPARTURE FOR A GRAY TELEVISION EXEC
His exit was announced on the same day he left
TIME FOR LEAVING
Rhode Island met signs off
AFTER NEARLY HALF A CENTURY, HE’S PUTTING THE CAMERA DOWN
Dallas sports photo journalist had a great ride
NO LONG GOODBYES FOR ROGGIN
He signs off today after 42 years at KNBC
SHE EXITS THE ANCHOR DESK TEASING A “NEW OPPORTUNITY”
This is her second exit from Detroit television. Maybe not her last.
MEANWHILE IN THE BIG EASY…
Buh-bye to her hometown and off to L.A.
AND HIS END DATE FINALLY ARRIVES…
His next adventure starts at home
VETERAN NAWLINS REPORTER SIGNS OFF TODAY
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SPORTS DIRECTOR TURNS FOR HOME
After a remarkable 43-year run at KTVU Fox 2, sports director Mark Ibanez is retiring. The announcement was made by Golden State Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr on Tuesday night. Ibanez earned four Emmy ...
INDY ANCHOR EXITING THE BUSINESS
After four years at Circle City’s WISH in Indianapolis, IN, anchor Brenna Donnelly signed off Sunday, leaving the business for a second career in the health care field. http:// Also factoring into her decision ...
CLOSING THE BOOK
Sabrina Santucci signed off Tuesday at NBCU’s WMAQ in Chicago, IL. For the past four years, she was a per diem report and MMJ at WMAQ. She came to her hometown station after a ...
LONGTIME ANCHOR TO RETIRE
After a 49-year career, KPRC (NBC) anchor Bill Balleza is calling it quits and announced Wednesday he will retire from the station in January 2020. The staff got the word during a meeting. “It’s ...
JEFF JAMISON UPDATE
Last week, we mentioned long-time DFW Meteorologist Jeff Jamison was leaving KTVT (CBS) for whereabouts unknown. Jamison being the class act he is left a great goodbye note over the weekend. “The first time ...
RIP RUSS EWING
Chicago TV News Legend Ross Ewing has died. Ewing had a knack for talking with crime suspects and nearly 100 surrendered to him over a decades-long career at WMAQ (NBC) and WLS (ABC). Some sought ...
BUH-BYE, NORAH (Draft)
“CBS This Morning” bid a fond farewell Thursday morning to Norah O’Donnell as she winds down on the morning shift, and prepares to take over the “CBS Evening News” later this summer. Over the ...
RIP BUSINESS NEWS PIONEER
Dan Cordtz, a Santa Fe, New Mexico resident and longtime newsman who pioneered television business news coverage for the ABC network, died early Saturday, three days after his 92nd birthday. He graduated from high ...
RIP VOICE-OVER KING
Back in the dark ages, I worked at a TV station which employed a voice-over guy. He sat around read the paper and then at the exact time as credits ran on a show, he’d ...
GOOD NIGHT FROM SAN ANTONIO
Jeff Brady, who has anchored KENS (CBS) News at 5, 6 and 10 for the past three years, announced back in December that he planed to retire from broadcast television in 2019. Wednesday night ...
HEADED FOR THE EXIT AT PIX
Just under six years was enough for Scott Stanford as sportscaster at Tribune’s WPIX in New York. He signed off last week amid tear-filled tributes from colleagues, viewers and even Jimmy Fallon and Tony ...
PUTTTING A BRAND ON DC
Natalie Brand, the political reporter for Tegna’s KING in Seattle for the past three and a half years, signed off Friday and is headed to Washington DC. While her exact destination is under wraps, ...
“TRUST IN THE MAGIC OF NEW BEGINNINGS”
After 33 years and just before the all-important November sweeps, Portland anchor Tracy Barry said her farewell to the anchor desk Friday at Tegna’s KGW. No ulterior motivation here *wink wink*. It was just ...
PHILLY ANCHOR HAS “A NEW OPPORTUNITY”
After five years at the anchor desk of CBS-owned KYW in Philadelphia, Wednesday will be sign-off day for Jessica Dean. We’ll have to wait to hear about her next step. “After five wonderful years ...
POPULAR PHOENIX AM ANCHOR WANTS MORE FAMILY TIME
Phoenix morning anchor Andrea Robinson broke the news on Facebook Thursday morning: “All great things come to an end. Some bittersweet news to share today & hopefully the answer to MANY of your questions: ...
VIVA LAS VEGAS
If you have found yourself in Las Vegas over the past decade and tuned in to see what the locals were doing, no doubt you saw KVVU‘s, Monica Jackson. Jackson had been with KVVU ...
VETERAN TELEMUNDO ANCHOR CALLING IT QUITS
A charter member of the WNJU Telemundo 47 news team is hanging it up after four decades. Jorge Ramos will be on the anchor desk until September 21 and then….buh-bye. He thanked everybody while ...
CHICAGO REPORTER LEAVES THE BUSINESS….FOR NOW
Emily Florez, a reporter and sometime news anchor for NBC’s WMAQ in Chicago won’t be returning from maternity leave after all. She’s been on that leave since February. Florez announced on Facebook that she ...
SIGNING OFF IN HARTFORD
After 23 years at Tribune’s WTIC in Hartford, CT and a total of 45 years in the business, sportscaster Bob Rumbold says enough. “A big thank you goes out to the athletes and coaches ...
25 YEARS AND OUT
Longtime Milwaukee investigative reporter Colleen Henry retired from Hearst’s WISN last week. Her plan is to spend more time with her husband, Milwaukee attorney Steve Kohn, had been battling cancer. He too retired from ...
PHOENIX TV VET CALLING IT A CAREER
Phoenix is losing one of its more well-known and colorful personalities next month when reporter Mike Watkiss leaves Meredith duopoly KPHO/KTVK after 22 years. Don’t count on any on-air tributes. “I hope not, I ...
HONOLULU ANCHOR DECIDES IT’S OVER
Jai Cunningham has been on the staff of Nexstar’s KHON in Honolulu for 26 years, moving from sports reporter through reporter, anchor and morning-show host. Now he’s done, preparing to leave the business behind ...
PHOENIX GM SUDDENLY STEPPING DOWN
More than four decades in the broadcasting business will come to a close when Ed Munson steps down as general manager of Meredith’s Phoenix duopoly KPHO/KTVK on September 7. Under Munson’s leadership since 2008, ...
GOODBYE WEST TEXAS, HELLO ???
Lupe Zapata, morning anchor on Nextar’s KMID-KPEJ for the past 15 months is leaving for parts unknown. Zapata joined the stations in 2015 as an MMJ. Today is his last day at the station ...
A SHORT STAY IN ODESSA
Sam Eaton has left Gray’s KOSA in Odessa, TX after a year in the news director chair. He’s also been an ND for WRBL in Columbus, GA, and has worked in Charlotte, Kansas City, Columbia, SC, ...
RADNICH LEVING KRON, LIKELY TO KEEP RADIO GIG
After more than three decades doing sports at KRON in San Francisco, Gary Radnich is hanging it up this September. Six daily newscasts plus co-hosting a daily radio show on KNBR finally drove Radnich ...
TOLEDO ANCHOR VET SIGNS OFF
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“SEEKING NEW OPPORTUNITIES”
Another 20-year news vet has decided that’s enough and plans to exit the news business. This time, it’s Quad Cities anchor Gary Metivier of Gray’s KWQC. He dropped the news Tuesday on the 6 ...
CHICAGO ANCHOR STALWART BOWING OUT
Twenty-eight years is a long time to spend in one place – especially a tv station and more importantly, in an anchor chair. Kathy Brock did it at Disney’s WLS in Chicago. And she’s ...
CNBC REPORTER CALLS IT QUITS AFTER TWO-PLUS DECADES
Longtime CNBC financial reporter Hampton Pearson is retiring next month. “In my years here, no one has defined the phrase ‘class act’ more than Hampton,” wrote CNBC’s White House correspondent Eamon Javers on Twitter. ...
VETERAN ND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
After a remarkable 18 years running a top ten market newsroom, Dan Rosenheim will retire July 7th as ND for CBS’s San Francisco station, KPIX. And if 18 years at one large market station wasn’t ...
BUH-BYE IN MIAMI
Freelance meteorologist Liz Horton wrapped up a year and a half at CBS O&O WFOR over the weekend. She spread the word across as many social media accounts as she could find: Instagram: Today ...
BET CEO STEPPING DOWN
After a career at BET spanning three decades, Debra Lee is stepping down from her position as chairman and chief executive officer of BET Networks, effective next Monday, May 28. She’s the latest in ...
ANCHOR STEPS AWAY IN BIRMINGHAM
Jim Dunaway says goodbye tonight at 6 pm on Nexstar’s WIAT in Birmingham, AL. He’s been anchoring the 5, 6 and 10 pm news for the past three years. “These years were a blessing ...
LAFAYETTE MORNING ANCHOR SIGNS OFF
Gina Quattrocchi, morning anchor at Heartland Media’s WLFI in Lafayette, IN did her last newscast this morning, putting a coda on a near-20-year with the station. She joined WLFI straight out of Purdue in ...
VETERAN TAMPA TRAFFIC REPORTER OUT
Traffic reporter Leslee Lacey, also known for her “Speed Busters” franchise, is out at Nexstar’s WFLA in Tampa, FL. Her backup, AM reporter Meredith Censullo, is filling while the station launches the search for ...
CHOOSING TO EXIT
Disney’s KTRK in Houston is in the market for a pm traffic anchor/reporter with the exit of Rebecca Spera. Blogger Mike McGuff reports that Spera had been slated to return from maternity leave when ...
ANOTHER VET RUNS FOR THE DOOR
Although he’s not quite ready to spell out his next act, reporter Saul Garza, a 19-year veteran of Fox-owned KDFW in Dallas is kissing off the business. He was offered, and rejected, a new ...
“GOODBYES ARE NEVER EASY”
And with that, WEVV morning show anchor/EP Shelby Coates announced that she is not renewing her contract with the Bayou City-owned station in Evansville, IN. station. She continued, on her Facebook feed: “And three ...
LONGTIME DC NEWSWOMAN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
Andrea Roane has held down at desk in the WUSA newsroom in Washington, DC since 1981. She is currently the noon anchor at the station but over the years has shown up anchoring in ...
BAY AREA REPORTER OUT THE DOOR AND THE BUSINESS
It seems to be getting more familiar all the time – a tv news veteran chucks it to go into PR or something akin to it. The latest is Janine De La Vega, who ...
HOUSTON WEEKEND ANCHOR HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
The bios’s gone, her station social media has been wiped clean. All signs that weekend anchor Natasha Barrett has left Disney’s KRTK in Houston. Barrett, a Houston native, came to the station in 2014 ...
TRADING THE ANCHOR CHAIR FOR THE PULPIT
After more than 16 years, morning ancho Vicky Crystal will soon give up the task of waking up viewers for Gray’s WLUC in Marquette, MI. Crystal, who has been working in either teevee or ...
Y-TOWN ANCHOR CALLING IT QUITS
Veteran Youngstown, OH anchor-reporter Mike Case is counting down his last week at locally-owned WFMJ. After 17 years at the station, the last six as morning co-anchor, Case is leaving at the end of ...