Grand Rapids Press
WWMT-TV (Channel 3) evening weekday anchor Tom Van Howe is leaving the Kalamazoo-based station.
Mark Bishop, WWMT marketing director, confirmed his last on-air broadcast will be tonight. WWMT anchor Jeff Varner will fill in Van Howe.
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News director Steve Koles was not available for comment.
Van Howe joined the station in July of 2008 at the age of 63, anchoring the weekday newscasts at 5 and 6 p.m. with anchor Judy Markee.
In an interview with the Press in July of 2008, Van Howe said he joined the station because of the lure of the then-upcoming U.S. presidential election. “These are amazing times,” Van Howe said. “We’re heading into what can only be called a historic election.” More…