All Rights Reserved. After leaving her post as White House communications director, Hope Hicks became executive vice president and chief communications officer for Foxs parent company. Abigail Slater similarly left her White House position advising Trump on technology to become senior vice president for policy and strategy at Fox Corp.Fox also hired former Trump deputy campaign manager David Bossie and former acting ICE Director Tom Homan for on-air roles, each of whom has since been floated for senior administration roles. Braden joined WJHG from South Carolina. A good Thursday to all. DAVENPORT A Quad-Cities broadcasting fixture, KWQC-TV's Fran Riley, has announced plans for retirement. More:13 WREX news anchor James Stratton heads to Des Moines, Iowa, Ken DeCoster: kdecoster@rrstar.com; @DeCosterKen. He was born in Park Ridge, Illinois but was raised in Lake Bluff. She joined the WJHG team in January 2017 and is thrilled to bring the news to Panhandle viewers each weekday. Priscilla Huff is the Managing Editor for the Washington, DC Bureau. Man found fatally shot inside North Side home: Chicago police, Downstate judge rules assault weapons ban violates state constitution, Tom Sizemore dead at 61 after suffering brain aneurysm, 6 injured in multi-vehicle wreck on Near West Side, IL gov urges Walgreens CEO to reconsider abortion pill policies, 2 men stabbed in River North fight: Chicago police, Prayer vigil to be held for CPD officer fatally shot on SW Side, Inmate beaten to death in Cook County Jail's max security wing: police, Chicago Weather: Mostly cloudy, late showers Saturday, Indiana state trooper killed responding to weather-related crash, Car dealership workers kidnapped, tortured in armed robbery: police, Woman buys new tires that turn out to be 9 years old. Fox hired McEntee as a production assistant in 2015. "Out of respect to her family and Jeannie, WREX will air tributes to Jeannie this evening on 13 News starting at 5:00 p.m. Shine left the White House for a role on Trumps reelection campaign in March 2019. We would compare the (ratings) numbers the next day. After Brown endorsed Trump in February 2016, Fox hosts began promoting him for the vice president slot. Bill Shine, White House communications director. A good Wednesday morning. Baynes move from sports to news is not unprecedented in the Rockford television market. Owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, it is the market's only full-powered VHF station and is Rockford's second oldest television station. The WREX family says a tearful goodbye to a longtime co-worker and friend. Outside the administration, Trump hired Jay Sekulow to join his legal team because the president liked the way Sekulow defended him on Fox, and he nearly added the similarly credentialed Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing to the group as well. Scott Rossman is the Sports Director at WJHG NewsChannel 7. A 25-time Regional Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter, and Regional Edward R. Murrow Excellence in Writing Award winner, with nearly 40 years of broadcast news experience. At first glance, Jackie Bruno had it all: Two loving kids, several Emmy awards, and a successful career reporting the news in her home state a lifelong dream. Heather Pick, a popular former WREX-13 news anchorwoman, died today in her Hilliard, Ohio, home surrounded by family after her often-public battle with breast cancer. He joined Fox as a contributor in 2006 and became the networks go-to voice for national security stories for the next decade, using the platform to push for military options in North Korea and Iran. Chicago native Brittany Hardaway joined 13 WREX on July 1 to co-anchor the stations 5, 6 & 10 p.m. weekday newscasts. Contact him at 815-987-1391, kdecoster@rrstar.com or @DeCosterKen. Daniel Heffner is a Special Projects Producer for NBC12. James Stratton left KWQC for WREX-TV in Rockford. Nancy Loo, WFLD, former WABC-TV. President and Former Vice President of Print In 2018, Stratton helped launch 13 Investigates, the stations investigative reporting team along with former co-anchor Kristin Crowley and journalist Mary Sugden. Monica Crowley, Treasury Department assistant secretary for public affairs (added 7/17/19). I just get to bring the vast experience I've built up over the years doing sports, I'll get to bring that to news now.". WIFR-TV evening news anchor Mike Garrigan was a sports reporter/anchor at 13 WREX in the early 2000s. Greg Dutra announced on Sept. 10, 2014, that he is leaving KWQC for KDVR/KWGNin Denver. Staff of the newspaper would appear on WREX's news programs. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography. Here are the weather details from the Natio. Mercedes Schlapp, White House director of strategic communications (updated 7/17/19). https://t.co/gn0tPnM815. Chicago native joins 13 WREX news team as evening anchor, 13 WREX news anchor James Stratton heads to Des Moines, Iowa, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Neysa joined the NewsChannel 7 family in 1993. WIFR-TV morning news anchor Andy Gannon was a sports reporter/anchor at the station in the late 1980s and 90s. Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president. It seems like channel 8, A good Wednesday to all. Farewell Quad Cities! I'll still be going out in the field shooting stories, writing and editing. A dear friend of mine, a former co-worker and News Anchor at WREX-TV in Rockford, passed away suddenly this week. WREX (channel 13) is a television station in Rockford, Illinois, United States, affiliated with NBC. 03/03/23 5:43 PM EST, Article He is one of the station's evening anchors, and hosts "News 8 This Week" and WQPT's "The Cities." This is her second stint at the station. Steven Maxwell joined WJHG in October 2021 as an evening anchor. Elizabeth Goodsitt has left KWQC after 16 years. Besides serving its immediate area, WREX attracted viewers early on in its history from parts of the neighboring Madison area. John Bolton, national security adviser. A good Tuesday to all. Greg specializes in consumer investigations and stories exposing scams and rip-offs. Sayegh, a former Republican communications consultant and Fox contributor, served as the top spokesperson for the Treasury Department from April 2017 to June 2019. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WREX formerly operated Stateline CW, a digital broadcast affiliate of The CW Television Network via The CW Plus. It was NIU football's first victory over a Big Ten team. Tom Vaccaro of KWQC-TV andLora Adams of WQPT-TV. Tony Sayegh, Treasury Department assistant secretary for public affairs (updated 7/17/19). I was so blessed to know Jeannie and so grateful I was able to be there with her and her family at the hospital. She also anchors "NewsChannel 7 at 11 a.m.". Lee leads Gray Televisions National Investigative Team. Stratton earned a Regional Murrow Award for Excellence in Writing" for his work on several different issues in 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic, racial and social unrest and Rockford's record number of homicides. Deffenbaugh is currently the Content Manager at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh. No cause of death is available at this time. Deffenbaugh was honored in 2019 and 2020 with a regional Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence as a news producer. Chris Smith has been the chief meteorologist for WJHG since October 2009. Subchannels 13.4 and 13.5 went on the air with color bars on April 30, 2019, with Justice Network launching on 13.5 on May 1, and Court TV on 13.4 a week later. 11 AM. Jessica Foster is the Morning Anchor for NewsChannel 7 Today. While the news on the coronavirus front remain grim, Ma Nature is hel, A good Wednesday to all. 39F. Deffenbaugh is a Pennsylvania native and a 2009 graduate of Northern Arizona University. McMaster in February 2017 following the revelation that Flynn had lied to the FBI and Vice President Mike Pence about whether he had discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition. Georgette Mosbacher, ambassador to Poland. WIFR-TV morning news anchor Andy Gannon was a sports reporter/anchor at the station in the late 1980s and 90s. Lea Gabrielle, State Department special envoy. Thats the thing he took the most pride in.. We will miss you so much. He'll begin his new duties in August. Illinois where she began her on-air career as a weekend anchor at WREX 13 News. In 1969, Gannett sold WREX to the Gilmore Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WEHT in Evansville, Indiana. News Anchor / Multimedia Journalist . Don Sharp (far right) and the rest of the Channel 4 news team in 1978. Marion Meginnis former manager of WQAD-TV. pic.twitter.com/kLjVkg6hJy, The worst part of the broadcast news industry is having to say goodbye when friends move. But as the former TV news anchor . His last day at the station was Dec. 17, 2018. Former KWQC and WQAD anchor Andrea Zinga ran for office in2006. Stateline television viewers have been waking up to Aaron Wilson for more than two decades on 23 News This Morning. She was diagnosed with cancer in 1999. Brendan Cullerton joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist after spending four years covering state, local, and federal politics for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee. Stratton, 29, announced Wednesday that he has accepted a job as chief investigative reporter and fill-in anchor at KCCI-TV, the CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa. A C-list conservative commentator who spent two decades as a Fox contributor, Crowley was a reliable source of the networks typical combination of bigotry, right-wing talking points, and attacks on the press. The same things that ticked them off ticked him off. "We are sure going to miss those bad jokes, but we know you're going to continue to do great things for folks in the Cedar Rapids area," the station said on social media. When McEntee was fired in March 2018, CNN reported that it was because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes.. Present and past members of the Quad-City area media who have come and gone over the years. In July 2019, she left the White House for Trumps reelection campaign. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. I will miss you all dearly! She said breast cancer wasnt pretty, and her story shouldnt sugarcoat it.. Aug 4, 2021 0 (WREX) After about three years on the 13 WREX desk, James Stratton is set to say good-bye to Rockford. "James has been a great leader and has been one of the many people here at our station that has given WREX's investigative reporting national exposure and national recognition," 13 WREX General Manager Ed Reams said in a statement. Marisa is from Tega Cay, South Carolina. And so throughout his tenure in the White House, the president has treated Fox employment as an important credential and offered jobs to network employees whose commentary he likes. Allison Baker joined WJHG/WECP as a Weekend Anchor and multi-media journalist in June of 2021. Scott Brown, ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
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