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 radio experience.
“Rockford is a great news town,” DeCoster said in a statement. “I look forward to a new challenge of reporting local news on WREX.”