Reporter Kirk Chaisson joins KRGV in Weslaco, TX, from Boise’s KIVI. Chaisson has more than 20 years of experience in TV news, including stops at Las Vegas’s KLAS and Anchorage’s KTVA.

Jesse Ritka has joined the weather team at Milwaukee NBC-affiliate WTMJ as a weekend meteorologist. She previously worked as a meteorologist and reporter for KDLT in Sioux Falls, SD.

Veteran reporter John McLoughlin, 68, is now working part-time for Albany’s WNYT, a NBC-affiliate. McLoughlin departed the local ABC-affiliate in January after 39 years with the station.

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McLoughlin joined WTEN in 1972 as a part-time political commentator and went on to become an important voice in New York’s capital city.  Covering governors from Nelson Rockefeller to Andrew Cuomo, McLoughlin loved his job and became known for his hard work and bluntness.

“How can a little fat guy like me get to do that sort of thing, a front-row seat, it’s fantastic and they pay you a little bit of money to do it,” McLoughlin told the Albany Times Union about his career covering New York politics.

McLoughlin, 68, still plans to cover politics, just not with WTEN.

“I still plan to work someplace, probably part time,” he informed the Times Union. “It’s as simple as that.”

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