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Anchor Portia Lake Leaving WGXA

Merrill Knox — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:26:46 +0000

After 10 years at the WGXA anchor desk, Portia Lake is leaving the Macon Fox affiliate.

“I have decided not to renew my contract with the station. I am newly engaged and leaving the station to pursue other career opportunities within the television business,” Lake told TVSpy. “Over the past ten years I have grown professionally and enjoyed delivering news to Central Georgia viewers. While it has been a difficult decision to leave FOX24/WGXA, I am excited about other career opportunities within the television industry.”

Lake anchors the evening newscasts at WGXA. She has previously worked at WXVT in Greenville, Miss. and WWL in New Orleans.

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Mario Ramirez Set to Join WCPO in Cincinnati

Merrill Knox — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:09:39 +0000

Mario Ramirez is moving from WGXA, the Fox-affiliate in Macon, to WCPO, the ABC-affiliate in Cincinnati.

Ramirez joined WGXA, where he is the 5:30 and 10 p.m. anchor, in 2010. He begins as a general assignment reporter at WCPO on August 27.

“I’m excited to live in Ohio for the first time and experience a vibrant city with 2 major sports teams and while working for a great station,” Ramirez told TVSpy via email. “I’ll definitely miss the southern charm of Macon, Ga. and all the opportunities that I had starting out in such a welcoming market. The station and news staff will be terribly missed.”

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Former WMAZ News Director Bill Tribble Dies

Merrill Knox — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:51:24 +0000

Bill Tribble, who was the news director at Macon CBS-affiliate WMAZ for two decades, died on Friday after suffering from cancer. He was 80.

Tribble joined the station, which at the time was a combined radio and television news operation, as a county reporter in 1959. He was named news director in 1963, a position he held for 20 years. In 1983, he took over as executive editor in charge of editorial programming and special projects.

Tribble also served as the host of WMAZ’s weekly interview program, “Close Up,” for more than 20 years. He retired in 1994.

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Gavin Maliska Named News Director at WGXA

Andrew Gauthier — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:32:38 +0000

Gavin Maliska has been named news director at WGXA in Macon, GA.

Maliska comes to WGXA, a Fox-affiliate owned by Frontier Broadcast Holdings that also broadcasts ABC programming on a digital subchannel, from WJHG in Panama City Beach, FL, where he has served as news director since last summer.

Maliska began his TV career at WFLD in Chicago and since then he has been news director at WXIN in Indianapolis, WOFL in Orlando, and KECI in Missoula, MT. continued…

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Morning Anchor David Earl Makes His WMAZ Debut

Merrill Knox — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:45:16 +0000

David Earl has joined WMAZ, the CBS-affiliate in Macon, GA, as morning and midday anchor.

Earl is a Chicago-area native who has spent the last two years as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KOMU, the NBC-affiliate in Columbia, MO. He began today as anchor of the morning and noon newscasts, and he will also serve as a multimedia journalist for WMAZ.

“Everyone has been really, really nice, very friendly. I’m not used to people asking questions about me. We’re kind of brisk up in Chicago,” Earl joked during his introduction on Friday’s evening newscast. “I’m really looking forward to it, it’s going to be a lot of fun.” continued…

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