Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t get to for one reason or another, we see that a former Houston anchor is now working for Dr. Phil on a newscast and another long and distinguished career comes to a close, this time in El Paso, Texas.
Also, get your Covid booster and wear a mask when possible. The dreaded Covid is still a thing and one can still get it for the first time, even this late in the game. Ask me how I know.
Let’s do this:
Neal Barton is stepping away from the Tyler, Texas Fox station’s anchor desk after 20 years on Friday, January 26. Click here to read what Mike McGuff said.
According to a screenshot shared on X, Kansas City station KMBC used the wrong Ravens logo to promote the AFC Championship Game against the hometown team Kansas City Chiefs. Click here for the story.
WIVB morning anchor Chris Horvatits takes a county job and a Maine weatherman fills in on Channel 2 in Buffalo. Click here to read what Buffalo News write Alan Pergament said about it.
A familiar face is taking over the weekend anchor position at KIMT New 3 in Mason City, Iowa. Sananda McCall has been promoted after a little more than one year at the station as a multimedia journalist. Click here for more.
Mike Friedrich will take the news helm at longtime news leader WRAL in Raleigh, N.C. beginning May 2024. Click here to see what TVNewsCheck had to say.
Former WSAV sports anchor Jimmy Clayton died on Wednesday at the age of 77. Click here for more.
With AI voice cloning, all a scammer needs is a short audio clip of someone’s voice, like a video posted on social media, and voila! It’s your grandson. That’s what happened to Rochester, N.Y. News10 NBC morning anchor Lynette Adams. Late one afternoon, she got a call from someone who said he was a police officer. Click here for the story.
Former Houston news personality Dominique Sachse (pictured) has finally revealed her new gig. The former KPRC 2 anchor, who recently made a big move to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, confirmed on Thursday that she will be co-hosting the new morning news program Morning on Merit Street alongside Fanchon Stinger. Click here for more.
The man accused of killing three people, including Spectrum reporter Dylan Lyons, and shooting two others has been ruled competent to stand trial. Click here for the story.
In Hastings, Nebraska, Spencer Schubert, a fixture on KSNB Local4 since 2015, will bid farewell to viewers from the anchor desk this week, concluding a 17-year career as a broadcast journalist. Click here to read about it.
Mark Ross is calling it a 50-year career and retiring from KVIA 7 El Paso, where he is the 4pm anchor. “It’s bittersweet for me to leave an industry that has been a part of my life for so many years, but I’m not getting any younger and my wife and I have many things we’d like to do,” Ross told mikemcguff.com. “It’s been an honor to work at KVIA and I will miss sharing the day’s news with our viewers each weekday afternoon.” Click here for more.