Sally Ramirez Named WMAQ-WSNS SVP Of News

WMAQ NBC 5 Chicago Television and WSNS Telemundo Chicago TV has named Sally Ramirez to Senior Vice President of News and Akemi Harrison to News Director. Ramirez, a Chicago native who joins the stations from CNBC, begins on May 22 and will report to Kevin Cross, president and GM of NBCUniversal Local Chicago.  In addition, Akemi Harrison has been promoted to news director for NBC Chicago, effective immediately, reporting to Ramirez alongside Diana Maldonado, vice president of news for Telemundo Chicago.

Shomari Stone to Join WTTG in Washington, D.C.

Former CNBC correspondent Shomari Stone will join Fox owned Washington D.C. TV station WTTG Fox 5 DC as a reporter and anchor.  Stone was a correspondent for The News with Shepard Smith based at CNBC’s Washington, D.C. bureau. Before that, he spent over ten years as a general assignment reporter for WRC NBC 4 in Washington, D.C. He’s also worked as a reporter for KOMO in Seattle, CBS in Miami, and WINK in Fort Myers, Fla.

Jaysha Patel Named Morning Reporter at KABC in Los Angeles

Jaysha Patel has been named morning reporter for Los Angeles TV ABC owned station KABC.  Patel announced the news on social media by saying she is “so excited” for the new role reporting at 4, 5, 6 and 11 a.m. Monday though Friday. She has been working as a community journalist at the station since April 2021.

Extra TV show renewed for 30th Season!

The syndicated daytime series Extra will break the 9,000 episode mark with the renewal, which sees it cleared in over 75% of the U.S. Extra has been renewed by Fox Television Stations, which took over from the NBC stations in 2019, Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, TEGNA, Hearst, CBS, Scripps Broadcasting, Weigel Broadcasting, Sunbeam Television, Draper Media, Entravision, Circle City Broadcasting, McKinnon Broadcasting, News-Press & Gazette Company, Waterman Broadcasting and Marks Radio Group.