FOX Affiliates

After 14 years at Miami Fox-affiliate WSVN, Richard Lemus is leaving the station to “pursue other interests,” according to the Miami Herald.

Lemus co-anchors the morning newscasts with Diana Diaz. He joined the station in 1998 as a general assignment reporter.

The Herald reports Lemus will be replaced by Alexis Rivera, who joined the station in April as a general assignment reporter. Rivera’s first day as co-anchor will be April 30.

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The colleagues of WDAF meteorologist Don Harman, who killed himself last year, will host a special program tomorrow night on depression and suicide prevention.

“After Don’s death, so many people called to show their support for us, but they also called and emailed needing help for themselves or someone they know,” WDAF anchor Mark Alford told Bottom Line Communications. “One thing is very clear, and that is we HAVE to start talking about this subject.”

The half-hour long special, “You Matter,” will air Wednesday evening at 9:30 p.m. It will be hosted by Alford, as well as Loren Halifax and Nick Vasos, Harman’s co-workers on the WDAF morning newscast.

Shortly after a dog bit KUSA anchor Kyle Dyer on-air last week, the station’s news director, Patti Dennis, called up every news director in Denver and implored them not to air footage of the bite.

Dennis told TVSpy last week that she urged her fellow news directors to “show respect” because the video was “traumatic to people at KUSA.”

Despite Dennis’s pleading, one news director, KDVR‘s Ed Kosowski, decided to go ahead and air the footage. Read more

Catherine Parrotta is joining WFXT, the Fox O&O in Boston, as a general assignment reporter.

For the past five years, Parrotta has been a reporter and weekend anchor at WGME, the CBS-affiliate in Portland, ME. The move is a homecoming for Parrotta, who grew up just outside of Boston in Saugus, MA.

Parrotta replaces Sarah Wroblewski, who was promoted last month to weekend meteorologist. Her first day will be March 12.

WNYW reporter Antwan Lewis appeared live on Fox sister station WTXF this morning, covering the New Jersey funeral of Whitney Houston, when a car collided with another vehicle directly behind him.

At the time of the collision, Lewis was listening to a question from WTXF anchor Mike Jerrick, who apparently didn’t realize that there had been a fender bender just feet away from the reporter. A moment of shock registered on Lewis’s face but he smoothly went on with his live report without mentioning the crash. Video inside… Read more

The owner of the dog who bit KUSA anchor Kyle Dyer last week recently sat down for an exclusive interview with rival station KDVR and complained that the high-profile nature of the incident is keeping his dog detained at the Denver Animal Shelter longer than he should be.

Max, the 85-pound Argentine Mastiff who bit Dyer during KUSA’s morning show last Wednesday, is currently under a 10-day quarantine at the shelter.

“I feel personally because it is a high profile case that…wheels are turning in the background that we don’t see,” Max’s owner, Michael Robinson, told KDVR reporter Justin Joseph. Read more

Funeral services were held this afternoon for Jeffrey Zaslow, the best-selling author and husband of WJBK‘s Sherry Margolis.  Zaslow died in a car accident Friday morning in northern Michigan.

WJBK, which recently mourned the loss of general manager Jeff Murri, remembered Zaslow in a long segment during its 10 p.m. newscast on Friday (video above). Read more

Greg Kelly, who was cleared this week of rape allegations made against him, returned to the WNYW anchor desk this morning after a three-week leave of absence (video above).

“It was a tough couple of weeks, obviously, for a lot of people,” Kelly said. “I’m very, very grateful for all the support.”

Kelly joked with co-anchor Rosanna Scotto after his statement, asking, “You ready to get back to work?” Read more

In a segment that looked very similar to a scene from the movie “Morning Glory,” KTTV reporter Lauren Sanchez went skydiving during the station’s morning show on Wednesday (video above).

As the YouTube user points out, it sounds like Sanchez say “sh*t” around 0:20.

WNYW anchor Greg Kelly will return to the anchor desk on Friday, a Fox spokesperson tells TVSpy.

Kelly has been on a leave of absence from the Fox O&O since the Manhattan District Attorney’s office opened an investigation into rape allegations made against him on January 26. He was cleared of all charges last night.

Steve Lacy has been filling-in alongside Kelly’s co-anchor, Rosanna Scotto, on the morning newscast. In a statement released last night, Kelly thanked Scotto for her support.

“I will always remember her kindness, and I look forward to soon resuming my post on Good Day New York next to her,” he said.