View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Eric Sorensen Set to Join WQAD By Merrill Knox on Jun. 16, 2014 - 11:47 AM Meteorologist Eric Sorensen will join WQAD, the ABC affiliate for the Quad Cities, next month. Sorensen has spent the past 11 years at WREX, the NBC affiliate in Rockford, Ill., where he is currently the chief meteorologist. He an ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk WREX Hires Ken DeCoster as MMJ By Kevin Eck on May. 28, 2014 - 9:50 AM Ken DeCoster will join WREX as a multimedia journalist. Before being hired at the Rockford, IL, NBC affiliate, DeCoster was a news talk radio host in the Rockford area. The Rockford Star Register reports DeCoster has 30 years of r ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk WREX Shows Reality Behind Making Local News By Kevin Eck on May. 16, 2014 - 9:55 AM WREX showed viewers what goes into making the newscasts they (hopefully) watch every night. While nothing groundbreaking is revealed during the package it does give a good look at today’s lean and mean local TV station, wher ...
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 | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk After 19 Years, Eric Wilson Out at WREX By Kevin Eck on Jan. 30, 2014 - 3:40 PM Eric Wilson is no longer working at Rockford NBC affiliate WREX. John Chadwick, WREX VP and GM, confirmed with TVSpy he told The Rockford Register Star, “This is an important step to best serve the people of Rockford.” ...
View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Aaron Brackett Joins KFOR By Merrill Knox on Sep. 23, 2013 - 10:44 AM Meteorologist Aaron Brackett has joined KFOR, the NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City. He comes from Tucson ABC affiliate KGUN. “In Tucson this past May, I watched what was happening here and afterwards I knew I wanted to come an ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Josh Morgan Named News Director at WREX By Merrill Knox on Mar. 1, 2013 - 3:15 PM Josh Morgan has been named news director at WREX, the NBC affiliate in Rockford, Ill., TVSpy has learned. Morgan comes to WREX from WPSD in Paducah, Ky., where he has been an executive producer for the morning newscast since Decem ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk WREX News Director Leaving Station for City Job By Kevin Eck on Dec. 10, 2012 - 10:57 AM Mike Costello, news director for WREX, has confirmed with TVSpy he will be leaving the Rockford, IL, NBC affiliate for a job with the Rockford Park District. Costello worked at WREX for a total of 8 years over two stints and will ...
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 Jeannie Hayes Dies Two Days After Leukemia Diagnosis By Merrill Knox on Nov. 9, 2012 - 10:24 AM Jeannie Hayes, an anchor at Rockford NBC affiliate WREX, died Thursday from complications of leukemia. She was 29. Hayes was diagnosed with advanced leukemia on Tuesday, according to WREX. “So so much pain. Everything hurts. ...