Statement: David Ushery To Replace Chuck Scarborough On NBC 4 New York, Wisconsin News Stations Announce Layoffs
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Broadcast: Greg Gumbel, two-time play-by-play caller for the Super Bowl, host of The NFL Today, and longtime CBS sports studio host passes away December 27, 2024, at 78. The 50-year sports broadcaster left a legacy by hosting the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament and anchoring at Sportscenter.
Chris Nakamoto, an award-winning investigative reporter, joined WAFB 9NEWS in Baton Rouge as the station's chief investigative reporter and co-anchor at 5. Nakamoto worked for WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge and InvestigativeTV at Gray Media.
NBC 4 New York/WNBC announced David Ushery succeeded Chuck Scarborough on December 12, 2024, as the new co-anchor for the 6 p.m. news desk and will continue to co-anchor NBC’s flagship station’s 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. The Emmy award-winning journalist has worked at NBC New York for the past 21 years covering various stories for the station.
“David is the real thing. He is an excellent writer, a terrific reporter, and an outstanding anchor who is at his best when news is breaking and there is no script. He is also committed to helping others and regularly spends time in our communities across the Tri-State,” said Eric Lerner, President and General Manager. “David is the perfect choice for our 6 p.m. newscast and will continue WNBC’s tradition of excellence”.
KIVA-TV’s Stephanie Valle announces her retirement after 23 years for the El Paso local station. The Edward R. Murrow Award winner worked as a reporter, CW anchor, Good Morning El Paso host, and 4 p.m. anchor before becoming KIVA-TV’s primary anchor.
Adriana Mendez was promoted as morning news co-anchor at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee on December 9, 2024. Mendez played in as a fill-in anchor at the NBC Affiliate and steps into the role with the help of her experience from a TV station in Waco, Texas; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Asheville, North Carolina”
“Adriana is one of the hardest working people I know,” Tim Vetscher, Channel 4 news director, said in a statement announcing the move. “She’s also the first person to recognize other co-workers for good work. So, not only is she a strong journalist, but she is also a great teammate. We could not be more thrilled that Adriana is taking this next step with TMJ4 News.”
NBC CT reporter Toi Thornton completed his last weekend morning broadcast with the channel on December 9, 2024.
KENS 5 announced a new major anchor move for the station seeing Audrey Castoreno take over the morning anchor seat starting Monday, January 6. 2025. Casterno has been working for the station since 2015 where she anchored the 4:30 a.m. newscast, and in 2021 she anchored the noon and 4 p.m. newscasts.
Rosie Nguyen announced on Christmas Eve that she will be leaving her reporting position with ABC13 Huston KTRK. She joins Courtney Fisher and Jacob Rascon who recently left channel 13.
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Cable: Wisconsin TV news stations WXOX in La Crosse, WQOW in Eau Claire, and WAOW in Wausau experienced layoffs against several longtime journalists with decades of experience covering news in these communities. John Laabs, the former president and CEO of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, stated the changes were due to the changing media landscape.
“We will have places in states like Wisconsin that you’re going to have a news desert or a situation where you are unable to cover local stories and even have other players coming in from the outside acting as if they are covering those local stories,” executive director Lee Rasch said.”
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Streaming: Warner Bros Discovery on December 12, 2024, decided to decline cable TV business from CNN from streaming and studio operations for Max to promote potential sale or spinoff of its TV business due to declines in cable subscribers.
