Anchors | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Jeanne Burns Named Primary Anchor at WVLA By Merrill Knox on Jul. 26, 2012 - 11:23 AM Jeanne Burns is joining WVLA, the NBC-affiliate in Baton Rouge, as the evening anchor. It is a return to WVLA for Burns, who began her career there as anchor of the morning news breaks in the mid-1990s. Most recently, she was the ...