Wtae meteorologist leaving tv#

Reporter Bryant Reed joined KDKA as a reporter in January, arriving from WECT in Wilmington, N.C.Find out here what the veteran broadcaster's next role will be.In February, KDKA added reporter Jessica Guay, who had been a morning anchor and reporter for WJAC in Johnstown.Smith arrived from Spectrum News in Syracuse, N.Y. Briana Smith started in March at KDKA, serving as a weekend morning anchor in addition to some reporting during the week.as the weekend morning meteorologist, starting in April, after arriving from WNCN in Raleigh, N.C. Read more: Susan Koeppen returns to anchor new WPXI newscast Susan Koeppen, the one-time WTAE anchor who was laid off by KDKA in May 2020, returned to the Pittsburgh airwaves in July as the anchor of WPXI’s 4 p.m.WTAE welcomed reporter Kalea Gunderson in August after several years at WSYX in Columbus, Ohio.Read more: Who’s the new WTAE-TV weekend morning anchor? Weekend morning anchor Tom Garris was hired by WTAE in mid-August from WPTZ in Burlington, Vt.Read more: KDKA reporter Nicole Ford jumps to WPXI Ford had been part-time with KDKA before making the move for a full-time position. Reporter Nicole Ford made the in-city jump from KDKA to WPXI in September.

Wtae meteorologist leaving tv#

Read more: Another local TV reporter hopscotches to a rival station

Shelley Bortz, who has been freelancing at WPXI since 2015, moved to KDKA as a full-time reporter in early October.

Ashley Zilka, a former intern at WTAE, joined the station in September as a reporter, coming from KSTP in the Minneapolis market.

Read more: WTAE adds Kasey Reigner as 5th meteorologist

Kasey Reigner became WTAE’s fifth meteorologist in October, working weekend mornings after arriving from WAND in Decatur, Ill.

In October, WPXI added a new reporter, Pete DeLuca (no relation to Channel 11’s Gabriella DeLuca), a suburban Philadelphia native who arrives in Pittsburgh after a two-year stint at WDBJ in Roanoke, Va.

Read more: KDKA adds reporter Erika Stanish

Erika Stanish, a Western Pennsylvania native, joined KDKA as a full-time freelance reporter in October.

Read more: Weekend anchor Brittany Hoke leaves WTAE-TV

WTAE weekend evening anchor/reporter Brittany Hoke said in January she chose to walk away from her “dream job” at Channel 4 in favor of “freedom.” Hoke gave birth to a daughter in October.

Weekend morning meteorologist Cam Tran, who joined WTAE in May 2017, departed in April for a weather position with WESH in Orlando, Fla.

Read more: WPXI meteorologist Danielle Dozier exits In October, Dozier was named the chief meteorologist for WHNT in Alabama.

Weekend evening meteorologist Danielle Dozier left WPXI in May after three years with the station.

Maria Simbra left KDKA in late May after 19 years as a medical reporter with the station. Read more: After 38 years, Stacy Smith anchors his last KDKA-TV newscast “At the same time, you reach a point and think maybe it is time to step away and do something else and I reached that point.”

Anchor Stacy Smith retired from KDKA in late May, ending a 50-year broadcasting career with 38 years spent at KDKA.

Read more: Paul Martino retires from KDKA-TV “I love Pittsburgh,” he said, “and I love the viewers and I’m going to spend the rest of my life here - although I may get away in the winter.” Reporter/anchor Paul Martino retired at the end of June after spending 37 years at KDKA.WPXI reporter Aaron Martin left in July so he and his wife could move to Florida to be closer to her family.Weekend morning anchor Chris Lovingood departed WTAE in July after three years with the station.Read more: Reporter David Kaplan leaving WTAE after 6 years WTAE reporter David Kaplan left in August after six years in Pittsburgh.WPXI reporter Michele Newell, who grew up in Pittsburgh, exited in October for a reporter position in the larger Atlanta TV market.Read more: Kelly Frey exits WTAE after two decades During her tenure, she shared her fight against breast cancer and advocated for special needs issues. Morning anchor Kelly Frey, who joined WTAE in 2000, departed the station in early November.Read more: Lynne Hayes-Freeland calls it a career KDKA’s Lynne Hayes-Freeland retired in early November after nearly 4o years on the local TV and radio airwaves.Here is a look at all moves covered by TV reporter Rob Owen in 2021 (so far): Pittsburgh has had its share of television news anchors and reporters coming and going this year.