News Nation, the three-hour prime-time block of live news debuting September 1 on Wgn America, has set its on-air talent lineup.
Anchoring weeknight broadcasts from 8Pm to 11Pm will be Joe Donlon and Marni Hughes, accompanied by breaking news anchor Rob Nelson and chief meteorologist Albert Ramon. All bring considerable experience in various local markets — Donlon at Wgn in Chicago, Hughes at Kcpq in Seattle, Nelson at New York’s Wabc and Ramon at Kvue in Austin.
The weekend team will be led by anchors Rudabeh Shahbazi and Nichole Berlie, breaking news anchor Aaron Nolan and meteorologist Gerard Jebaily. Correspondents in four major cities were also named: Tom Negovan in New York; Nancy Loo in La; Markie Martin in Dallas and Brian Entin in Miami. Negovan and Loo are both Wgn vets. Martin was at Koco in Oklahoma City and Entin joins from Wsvn in Miami.
Nexstar Media Group, which took...
Anchoring weeknight broadcasts from 8Pm to 11Pm will be Joe Donlon and Marni Hughes, accompanied by breaking news anchor Rob Nelson and chief meteorologist Albert Ramon. All bring considerable experience in various local markets — Donlon at Wgn in Chicago, Hughes at Kcpq in Seattle, Nelson at New York’s Wabc and Ramon at Kvue in Austin.
The weekend team will be led by anchors Rudabeh Shahbazi and Nichole Berlie, breaking news anchor Aaron Nolan and meteorologist Gerard Jebaily. Correspondents in four major cities were also named: Tom Negovan in New York; Nancy Loo in La; Markie Martin in Dallas and Brian Entin in Miami. Negovan and Loo are both Wgn vets. Martin was at Koco in Oklahoma City and Entin joins from Wsvn in Miami.
Nexstar Media Group, which took...
- 6/2/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Wgn America has set the anchor team for the nightly three-hour newscast that is coming to the primetime lineup of Nexstar Media Group’s cable network as of Sept. 1.
Wgn America is set for a radical primetime makeover from a focus on scripted entertainment series to three hours of a nationally focused news. “News Nation” has been billed as a traditional just-the-facts newscast that will be fueled by the news resources of 110 Nexstar TV newsrooms around the country. Nexstar has hired about 130 additional journalists to produce the “News Nation” block that will originate from Wgn-tv in Chicago.
The primary Monday-Friday anchor duo will be Joe Donlon, a Wgn Chicago veteran, and Marni Hughes, who signs on after an eight-year run as an evening news anchor at Fox affiliate Kcpq-tv Seattle. ABC News and Wabc-tv New york alum Rob Nelson will serve as breaking news anchor. Albert Ramon, formerly of Kvue-tv Austin,...
Wgn America is set for a radical primetime makeover from a focus on scripted entertainment series to three hours of a nationally focused news. “News Nation” has been billed as a traditional just-the-facts newscast that will be fueled by the news resources of 110 Nexstar TV newsrooms around the country. Nexstar has hired about 130 additional journalists to produce the “News Nation” block that will originate from Wgn-tv in Chicago.
The primary Monday-Friday anchor duo will be Joe Donlon, a Wgn Chicago veteran, and Marni Hughes, who signs on after an eight-year run as an evening news anchor at Fox affiliate Kcpq-tv Seattle. ABC News and Wabc-tv New york alum Rob Nelson will serve as breaking news anchor. Albert Ramon, formerly of Kvue-tv Austin,...
- 6/2/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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