NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Changes are coming to WTNH News Channel 8. Starting Monday, February 15th, there will be new anchors on every newscast produced by the television station.
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"I realize our audience is processing more news and information than ever before. We need to be more responsive and relevant to our viewers' lives. Our news anchors are the best in the state and their new assignments will allow us to better serve the ever changing needs of our audience," said Mark Higgins, Vice-President and General Manager of WTNH/WCTX. "This is just the beginning of many great things to come from WTNH."
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.
For more information please visit http://www.wtnh.com/. About LIN TV
LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries, is a local television and digital media company, owning and/or operating 27 television stations in 17 U.S. markets, all of which are affiliated with a national broadcast network. LIN TV's highly-rated stations deliver important local news and community stories, along with top-rated sports and entertainment programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of 11 million households per week.
LIN TV is also a leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through its television station web sites and a growing number of local online innovations that reach 15% of U.S. broadband households. LIN TV is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TVL". Financial information about the company is available at http://www.lintv.com/.
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