Anchor Changes at WTNH News Channel 8
February 11 2010 - 4:24PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Changes are coming to
WTNH News Channel 8. Starting Monday, February 15th, there will be
new anchors on every newscast produced by the television station.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080104/NYF006LOGO ) "I
realize our audience is processing more news and information than
ever before. We need to be more responsive and relevant to our
viewers' lives. Our news anchors are the best in the state and
their new assignments will allow us to better serve the ever
changing needs of our audience," said Mark Higgins, Vice-President
and General Manager of WTNH/WCTX. "This is just the beginning of
many great things to come from WTNH." Monday, February 15th the
following anchor schedule will go into effect: Good Morning
Connecticut 5-8AM ------------------------------ Anchors: Chris
Velardi and Kristen Cusato Weather: Gil Simmons Traffic: Desiree
Fontaine News Channel 8 at Noon ---------------------- Anchor:
Keith Kountz Weather: Dr. Mel Goldstein News Channel 8 at 5 &
5:30pm ---------------------------- Anchors: Darren Kramer and
Sonia Baghdady Weather: Geoff Fox News Channel 8 at 6pm
--------------------- Anchors: Keith Kountz and Ann Nyberg Weather:
Geoff Fox Sports: Noah Finz News Channel 8 at 10pm
---------------------- Anchors: Darren Kramer and Ann Nyberg
Weather: Geoff Fox Sports: Noah Finz News Channel 8 at 11pm
---------------------- Anchors: Darren Kramer and Sonia Baghdady
Weather: Geoff Fox Sports: Noah Finz In addition to these changes,
5pm news anchor, Jocelyn Maminta, will focus exclusively on her
role as a Health and Medical Correspondent. Maminta will also do
feature reporting for various newscasts. Anchor, Ted Koppy, will
move to anchoring the weekend newscasts, and return to the field as
a reporter during the week. For more information please visit
http://www.wtnh.com/. About LIN TV LIN TV Corp., along with its
subsidiaries, is a local television and digital media company,
owning and/or operating 27 television stations in 17 U.S. markets,
all of which are affiliated with a national broadcast network. LIN
TV's highly-rated stations deliver important local news and
community stories, along with top-rated sports and entertainment
programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of
11 million households per week. LIN TV is also a leader in the
convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through
its television station web sites and a growing number of local
online innovations that reach 15% of U.S. broadband households. LIN
TV is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TVL".
Financial information about the company is available at
http://www.lintv.com/. For More Information Karen Zeitlin (203)
784-8854 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080104/NYF006LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: WTNH News Channel 8
CONTACT: Karen Zeitlin, +1-203-784-8854 Web Site:
http://www.wtnh.com/
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