On the Move

Keli Rabon joins KMGH in Denver as an investigative reporter. Most recently, she worked at KVUE in Austin.

Jackie Fernandez, a feature and entertainment reporter for ABC’s “World News Now,” joins WFMY in Greensboro, NC as morning anchor.

Erica Harpold joins KEYE in Austin from KCEN in Waco. She will be the morning traffic anchor. Read more

Ric Kearbey joins WICS in Springfield, IL as chief meteorologist. Kearbey previously worked at WMBD and WHOI in Peoria, IL.

Meteorologist Jeff Womack joins Fox-affiliate KXRM in Colorado Springs, from KTVQ in Billings, MT. Womack will work KXRM’s weekend newscasts in addition to reporting during the week.

Joe Whelan is the new weekend sports anchor at WANE in Fort Wayne, IN. Most recently, Whelan worked at KFYR in Bismarck, ND

Keith McMullin has been named CEO of Deseret Management Corp., which owns NBC-affiliate KSL in Salt Lake City.

Womack is represented by Mort Meisner Associates.

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Emily Reppert has moved to Dallas, where she will host and produce a weekly regional sports show on Fox Sports Southwest and Fox Sports Houston. She was most recently an anchor-reporter at KSAX in Alexandria, MN.

After 11 years at WTLV-WJXX in Jacksonville, Jackelyn Barnard has been named director of communications for Florida State Attorney Angela Corey.

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Jonathan Vigliotti joins the staff at WNBC, where he has been a freelance reporter since last fall.  Previously, Vigliotti worked as a MMJ at WPLG in Miami.

Peter Busch is set to become the new primary anchor at WBBH in Fort Myers, after working as a weekend anchor at KPHO in Phoenix. Busch will begin his new job in May.

Paul Milliken joins the WAGA morning team as a reporter. Before moving to Atlanta, Milliken was the morning meteorologist and traffic reporter at WRIC in Richmond.

Jeff Valin joins WTNH in Hartford-New Haven as a weekend morning anchor and reporter. A New England native, Valin has most recently worked as a freelance reporter with New England Cable News in Boston. Read more

Krimbriell Kelly has been named co-host of “Perspectives,” WPWR’s Sunday public affairs show. Kelly is the editor and interim publisher of The Chicago Reporter.

Jason Gil Bear joins WSMV in Nashville as an executive producer. He previously worked as an executive producer at KRQE in Albuquerque.

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Steven Romo, formerly a weekend anchor at KRIS-KZTV in Corpus Christi, joins KAGS in Waco as primary anchor.

Don Hammond joins WOWK in Charleston from WRGT in Dayton. He will be the primary co-anchor at WOWK.

Marques White joins WOWK in Charleston as the weekend anchor. He previously worked at WIBW in Topeka.

Hammond and White are represented by Steve Swienckowski of DCA, The David Crane Agency.

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Chance Seales has been named weekday morning anchor at WZVN in Fort Myers, where he has been freelance-anchoring for the past eight months.

Chester Lampkin moves back to his hometown of St. Louis, where he will be forecasting weather and reporting at KSDK. He joins the station from KRCG in Jefferson City, where he was chief meteorologist.

Reporter Andrew Del Greco joins WTAE from KRNV.

Journalists in this post are represented by Rick Carr of TVContract.com.

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Chuck Wolfertz has been named general sales manager at Hearst-owned WTAE in Pittsburgh.  Wolfertz comes to WTAE from WHAS, the Belo-owned ABC-affiliate in Louisville.

Eric Rucker joins Fox-affiliate KTXL in Sacramento as a general assignment reporter.  A graduate of San Jose State University, Rucker previously worked at WDJT in Milwaukee.

Rucker is represented by Mort Meisner Associates.

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Christine Haas joins KNSD in San Diego from KHOU in Houston. She will anchor the 4 and 5 p.m. newscasts.

WBBM reporter Kristyn Hartman is moving to Columbus in June. She will be a weeknight anchor and reporter for WBNS.

Stacey Bell joins News 12 Long Island from WJW in Cleveland.

Mike Dardis, an anchor and reporter at KOMO in Seattle, is moving to WLWT in Cincinnati, where he will be the 5 p.m. anchor.

KTVX anchor-reporter Robert Maxwell joins KXAN in Austin as morning anchor. Read more

WINK reporter Carlos Suarez is moving from Fort Myers to Miami, where he will report for WPLG.

Kevin Barth has been named vice president and director of sales for WCBS in New York City. He joins the CBS O&O from rival WPIX, where he was a sales executive for eight years.

Molly O’Brien has joined WJAR in Providence as a traffic reporter. She was previously a general assignment reporter for KBMT, the ABC-affiliate in Beaumont, TX.

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