After working in the Bush and Obama administrations, Ortagus became a Fox contributor, then was named State Department spokesperson in April. Feb 2018 - Sep 20213 years 8 months. WIFR-TV evening news anchor Mike Garrigan was a sports reporter/anchor at 13 WREX in the early 2000s. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WREX formerly operated Stateline CW, a digital broadcast affiliate of The CW Television Network via The CW Plus. But as the former TV news anchor . Pick is survived by her husband, Joe Cygan, and their children, Julia and Jack. While in . WIFR-TV evening news anchor Mike Garrigan was a sports reporter/anchor at 13 WREX in the early 2000s. "I've always loved writing stories, and I love to talk to people," Hayes wrote in her WREX bio. Daniela is a bilingual investigative producer for InvestigateTV. Fox hired McEntee as a production assistant in 2015. 8 sports director Mick Moninghoff talks with co-worker Kia Carter. Priscilla Huff is the Managing Editor for the Washington, DC Bureau. You all made waking up at 3 a.m. actually fun! Former KWQC and WQAD anchor Andrea Zinga ran for office in2006. Shaw was 82. Jessica Foster is the Morning Anchor for NewsChannel 7 Today. But it was meteorology that captured his interest and drew him to the news business. It was NIU football's first victory over a Big Ten team. Partly Cloudy. 03/03/23 10:09 PM EST, Video & Audio Enjoy unlimited articles at one of our lowest prices ever. In February, the State Department named Gabrielle, a former Fox News reporter, as special envoy and coordinator of the State Departments Global Engagement Center, an agency that counters foreign propaganda and disinformation. Ken DeCoster covers business news and features. She joined the 23 News team in October 2021 after graduating from Xavier University in May. Emily is an investigative journalist with a background in several forms of media and an MBA in business management. Its not unbelievable that people feel this way, but the outpouring is unbelievable, said Jim OHara, Spates supervisor at WLLR, said on the air Monday night. I'll have more of a reach in the community, I think, in terms of being a leader and being someone people rely upon to bring them the news. A good Tuesday to all. She joined the WJHG team in January 2017 and is thrilled to bring the news to Panhandle viewers each weekday. After serving in the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations and losing a race against then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), McFarland became a Fox national security analyst. In 1969, Gannett sold WREX to the Gilmore Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WEHT in Evansville, Indiana. She appeared on the noon newscast, which she also anchored, for the last time in early October from home. Riley, 66, worked in the are, A good Monday to all. Flynn was replaced by H.R. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D. Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist. WREX provides weather reports for the stations and in return the radio stations provide promotion for WREX's programming. In November 2016, Trump picked her to be deputy national security adviser under Michael Flynn. Be safe, social distance, and brace for the worst. He also received an Emmy Award from the Heartland Chapter of National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and was honored twice by the Colorado Broadcasters Association in 2017 for Best Hard News and Best Newscast for his producing work. Funeral services are pending. ROCKFORD (WREX) - Gregory Deffenbaugh has been named News Director at WREX Television, the local NBC affiliate in Rockford, Illinois. #bittersweet #imnotcryingyourecrying pic.twitter.com/eu840adF8k, On my last day at WQAD I think its time to tell you where Im going.Duke and I are headed to TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan! A year ago, she recorded and released a 13-track CD, the inspirational Circle of Support.. pic.twitter.com/UeTlJXzQvE. Take your own loved ones to a cherished community treasure or try something completely new.. My last story on @kwqcnews will be tonight. News Anchor WREX-TV Dec 2001 - Dec 2011 10 years 1 month . Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! "I'll miss you all so much! (Photo by John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES). Greg has a successful track record of leadership and journalistic integrity, 13 WREX General Manager Ed Reams said in a news release. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. Bayne will also co-anchor the stations new 4 p.m. newscast, which is scheduled to launch in September. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday. Besides serving its immediate area, WREX attracted viewers early on in its history from parts of the neighboring Madison area. Shine resigned from Fox in May 2017 after his reported role helping to cover up the networks culture of sexual harassment became too embarrassing, but he landed a plum White House job as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D. Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist. She was so tiny, so slight and so energetic. Braden joined WJHG from South Carolina. We will miss you so much. As if we haven't had enough rain, more is called for in today's forecast. pic.twitter.com/uDdo118TWg, Today is my last day at @kwqcnews! Outside the administration, Trump hired Jay Sekulow to join his legal team because the president liked the way Sekulow defended him on Fox, and he nearly added the similarly credentialed Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing to the group as well. His tenure has been dogged by scandals involving lavish spending for office furniture and other ethics issues, as well as a general failure to carry out his departments mission. failures of government agencies, product flaws and other transparency issues. WREX shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, at 12:30p.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). Stateline CW is seen on channel 14 on DirecTV as well as most Rockford area cable systems. Most notably, she pushed several bigoted conspiracy theories about President Barack Obamas heritage, including promoting a documentary about his purported real father. Trumps plan to name her to a top National Security Council post was scuttled by revelations that she had plagiarized parts of her 2012 book and Ph.D. thesis, but she was appointed to the Treasury position in July 2019. Scotty is an investigative photojournalist based in Washington DC. All rights reserved. Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021. "It's been 27 years you've needed to endure me, my bad jokes, my love of Wisconsin, and my ill-tempered remarks toward James (Zahara)," Mertens said in a social media post. Haynes, who quickly earned the moniker "Cedric the Entertainer," became a popular weatherman during his two-year tenure at KWQC-TV 6. Jamie is InvestigateTV's managing editor. ROCKFORD Award-winning broadcaster Gregory Deffenbaugh has been named News Director at 13 WREX, the local NBC affiliate announced Tuesday. Shaw was CNN's first chief anchor and was with. 42F. A 25-time Regional Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter, and Regional Edward R. Murrow Excellence in Writing Award winner, with nearly 40 years of broadcast news experience. Thank you @KWQCMorgan, @DavidNelsonNews, @wxphelps and EVERYONE behind the scenes for the kind words this morning. https://t.co/TefynBnBDY. Ken DeCoster covers business news and features. She left the network in 2012 and took a seat on the board of directors of News Corp., at the time Foxs parent company. In July 2019, she left the White House for Trumps reelection campaign. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. This hiring pattern speaks in part to Foxs longtime role as a comfortable landing spot for Republicans looking to get paid and build their brand with the networks conservative audience while keeping their options open to return to politics or government. Ben Carson, secretary of housing and urban development. He also spoke with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. A good Thursday to all. Former WQAD News 8 reporter, Chris Minor, is being recognized for her accomplishments by being inducted into the Silver Circle of The National. Jill is an investigative producer with decades of experience reporting on health, safety and corruption. It shared ABC with NBC affiliate WTVO, channel 17 (which signed on five months earlier), and also aired programming from the DuMont Television Network. This is her second stint at the station. Marisa Gjuraj graduated from the University of South Carolina in May 2022. Greg Wilson during KLJB's first ever news broadcast as co-anchor Linda Shinn looks on. A Quad-City meteorologist is headed to a warmer, but possibly stormier, climate. Originally from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Daniel Nyman has always aspired to live in a place where sunshine was the rule rather than the exception. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. He has a passion for journalism and he will help us continue the strong tradition of news coverage and investigative journalism our viewers have come to expect at 13 WREX., More:Chicago native joins 13 WREX news team as evening anchor. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Former WHBF-TV employee Kristin Palmer and her husband, Moline native Cap Godwin, pose with their quadruplet girls, from left, Madelyn, Quinn, Reilly and Kassidy. WREX began to air newscasts in high-definition on December 12, 2010, the second in the Rockford market after WIFR and the third in the Quincy Newspapers station group after KWWL and WKOW. 23 News welcomed Kayleigh in July 2022. I'll still be going out in the field shooting stories, writing and editing. Greg specializes in consumer investigations and stories exposing scams and rip-offs. Joce is a national investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the Thank you, Quad Cities for welcoming this southerner into your homes each night, and putting up with all my wacky ways. [4] A few weeks later, Gray Television announced it will purchase Quincy for $925 million. Here is a complete directory of most available News Anchors nearby. When McEntee was fired in March 2018, CNN reported that it was because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes.. Rex Caster was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army who was killed in France during World War II. Pick, 38, was an evening. Owen tries to bring a modern and cinematic look to investigative storytelling with dynamic and engaging animations and videography. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography. In lieu of flowers and cards, Pick requested this, according to an e-mail from family friend Miguel Perez: Dont wait. Farewell Quad Cities! Stateline CW moved to WIFR-LD5 in 2021. Greg specializes in consumer investigations and stories exposing scams and rip-offs. She served only briefly in that position. A bench in Picks honor will be dedicated by a pond near the entrance to the Columbus Zoo, where she liked to visit with family. Steven Maxwell joined WJHG in October 2021 as an evening anchor. Im so thankful for this new opportunity to learn and grow as an anchor. Reilly and Kassidy are identical. John Ivanic died Monday in Columbus, Ohio. Four years later, Pick was working at the competing CBS affiliate. Quad-City Times Photo Editor Kevin Schmidt, WQAD photographer Jenny Hipskind, WQAD meteorologist Terry Swails, his wife, writer Carolyn Wettstone, formerly of KWQC. More:13 WREX news anchor James Stratton heads to Des Moines, Iowa, Ken DeCoster: kdecoster@rrstar.com; @DeCosterKen. Traveled on assignment . Long recognized as one of the most hawkish members of the foreign policy community, Bolton served in the Bush State Department and as ambassador to the United Nations. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations. Research/Study. I just get to bring the vast experience I've built up over the years doing sports, I'll get to bring that to news now.". Stratton, 29, announced Wednesday that he has accepted a job as chief investigative reporter and fill-in anchor at KCCI-TV, the CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa. In Rockford, he remembered Pick used to sit on telephone books the size of New York Citys, so we would look even in their anchor desk chairs. McFarland was subsequently offered other opportunities in the administration and nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Singapore, but the nomination stalled over her connection to the Russia investigations -- she had reportedly been in contact with Flynn during his conversations with the Russian ambassador -- and she withdrew in February 2018. He is recent graduate of the University of South Carolinas Journalism program, where he received his bachelors degree in Broadcast News. 03/03/23 8:10 PM EST, Video & Audio He started his career in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2010, and joined NBC12 in 2013. Scotty is an investigative photojournalist based in Washington DC. Ken DeCoster: kdecoster@rrstar.com; @DeCosterKen, Chicago native joins 13 WREX news team as evening anchor, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Former KWQC-TV anchor Gary Metivier has started a new enterprise that still involves telling the stories of the Quad-City community. Watch 13 WREX. And so throughout his tenure in the White House, the president has treated Fox employment as an important credential and offered jobs to network employees whose commentary he likes. 39F / 35F. Jeff Ryser plays Santa on Christmas Eve with Chris Minor WQAD. In August 2016, former Fox host Andrea Tantaros named him in the sexual harassment lawsuit she filed against Fox and several network executives. The deal is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021. For the video game character, see, transition from analog to digital broadcasts, Channel 13 digital TV stations in the United States, Channel 13 virtual TV stations in the United States, Channel 14 branded TV stations in the United States, "Station History - WREX.com Rockford's News Leader", "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films", "AFFILS IN FINE FEATHER AT NBC MEET IN HAWAII", "Quincy Media, Inc. Over a three-day period in early April, the State Department announced Morgan Ortagus as its new spokesperson, a role previously occupied by Heather Nauert; President Donald Trump said he wanted Herman Cain to fill a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, with Stephen Moore already nominated for a second vacancy; and Politico reported that Treasury Department spokesperson Tony Sayegh is resigning next month and could be replaced by Monica Crowley. Deffenbaugh is a Pennsylvania native and a 2009 graduate of Northern Arizona University. Trumphas stocked his administration with former Fox employees. Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995. Editor's note: This post has been superseded by A comprehensive review of the revolving door between Fox and the Trump administration, first published July 22, 2019, and subsequently updated. A good Thursday to all. Pick also stood firm on the presentation of her breast cancer series at WREX, though station managers questioned whether the series was too real, Hradecky said. Stratton earned a Regional Murrow Award for Excellence in Writing" for his work on several different issues in 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic, racial and social unrest and Rockford's record number of homicides. Spoiler alert: Trouble ensued, Big stores see how we spend. Richard Grenell, ambassador to Germany. Glowing Fox News coverage helped power Brown to victory in his 2010 run for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' also inspires me, because I love the idea of using TV to teach people.". John McEntee, personal aide to the president. Considering sale of company", "Gray Television Acquires Quincy Media For $925 Million In Cash", "Gray Sells Divestiture Stations From Quincy Media Transaction to Allen Media for $380 Million,", "FCC Monitor: More Low-Power TV Sales, Extensions,", "DTV: Step by step guide - WREX.com Rockford's News Leader", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WREX&oldid=1118736453, In memory of Rex N. Caster, son of founding station president L. E. Caster, This page was last edited on 28 October 2022, at 15:42. Morgan Ortagus, State Department spokesperson. A dear friend of mine, a former co-worker and News Anchor at WREX-TV in Rockford, passed away suddenly this week. Maggie Hradecky, news director at WREX, said Pick stood out, despite her small stature. Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE. He is survived by two children and his longtime partner, Jenny Horn. Sep 28, 2021. After Brown endorsed Trump in February 2016, Fox hosts began promoting him for the vice president slot. In April 2017, she left her position reading headlines as a news anchor on Fox & Friends, the morning program the president watches religiously, to become spokesperson for the State Department. Be sure to research other neighborhoods near you to find contact information of more service providers. After leaving her post as White House communications director, Hope Hicks became executive vice president and chief communications officer for Foxs parent company. His job was ill-defined, and he apparently did little other than go on television to support the president before he was canned in August 2017. Mercedes Schlapp, White House director of strategic communications (updated 7/17/19). "We are sorry to see him go, but I know this is a wonderful opportunity that will continue to grow his career. We would compare the (ratings) numbers the next day. Chris Smith has been the chief meteorologist for WJHG since October 2009. "I think it will be a positive change. 4 Weather Alerts. This was because Rockford and Madison were sandwiched between markets where other VHF channels were already assignedChicago (channels 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11) to the east; Milwaukee (channels 4, 6, 10, and 12) to the northeast; Davenport, IowaRock Island, Illinois (Quad Cities) channels 4 and 6 (as well as 8 starting in August 1963) to the southwest; Cedar RapidsWaterloo (channels 2, 7, and 9) to the west in eastern Iowa; and La CrosseEau Claire (channels 8 and 13) to the northwest, leaving room for only one VHF license in each market.