Big Anchor Changes at WTNH

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From a press release issued this afternoon:

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.

12 COMMENTS

  1. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….who cares. They’re all decent, none exceptional. It’s a demotion for the ageing Ann and it’s age discrimination ala Shelly sindland and christianson at 61..Darren is is quite good, otherwise..no biggie.

  2. I feel bad for Sarah Welch if she’s off the weekends…. really like her and think she’s better than Kristen C.

    As for “Tessa’s” comments about Shelly Sindland… that comparision doesn’t apply– her “discrimination” claim is bogus… AND she has NEVER been demoted at Fox 61.

  3. With all due to respect to “Like I care,” no doubt WFSB has a great crew, but c’mon. You are telling me TIC, TNH, VIT doesn’t do REAL news??? What an absurd comment. (By the way, is naming winter storms a product of real news? Just curious. Because I thought NOAA was the only agency to do that…) Besides – if you put all the newscasts side by side – they are all doing the same basic thing anyway. If you want to make a real, thoughtful critique, “Like I care,” perhaps you should comment on the fact that all news is basically homogenized.

    Let’s see: Middletown Explosion: All the stations do that one? Yep.
    Let’s see: Murder of Annie Le: All the stations do that one? Yep.
    Let’s see: Cheshire home invasion: All the stations do that one? Yep.
    Let’s see: Mayor Perez arrested…twice. All the stations do that one? Yep.

  4. WHere’s Matt Scott in all this? Obviously not there which is too bad. I like the way he handles himself. Also wish Sarah was playing a bigger role. Jocelyn – I know she’s been there for a long time, but she always looks very unhappy. I hope she isn’t, but I really don’t want to see her on the news.

  5. Just want to say that I watch channel 8 all the time and find that it is fine for me. Desiree is someone that I would not have picked for “public viewing” she is more a restaurant hostess person. She is always trying to cut Gil out of camera time, kind of a hog.