View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Katie Nilsson Signs Off From WREX By Merrill Knox on Feb. 10, 2014 - 4:19 PM Katie Nilsson has signed off from WREX, the NBC affiliate in Rockford, Ill., for a job at the Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s office, the Rockford Register Star reports. Nilsson, who co-anchored the 5 p.m. newscast ...
View Post Anchors | ShopTalk WREX Pays Tribute to Anchor Jeannie Hayes After Her Sudden Death By Merrill Knox on Nov. 12, 2012 - 3:30 PM WREX is looking back at the life of Jeannie Hayes, the 29-year-old anchor who died suddenly from complications of leukemia last week (video above). Hayes, the station’s noon anchor, joined the Rockford NBC affiliate in 2005. ...
Anchors | ShopTalk WREX Anchor Dani Maxwell Joining WKOW By Merrill Knox on Dec. 12, 2011 - 11:40 AM Dani Maxwell, the evening anchor and assistant news director at WREX in Rockford, is leaving the station for an anchor position at WKOW in Madison. Maxwell, who co-anchored the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts with Eric Wilson, signed off f ...
