WAVY-TV - Notable Former Staff

Notable Former Staff

• Barbara Ciara, weekend co-anchor from 1983 until 1988, when she left for WVEC. Now working at WTKR. Also President of the National Association of Black Journalists
• Lloyd Dobyns, news co-anchor in the 1960s with Vern Jones. Later a correspondent and anchor with NBC News (1969–1986) where he hosted the news magazine Weekend from 1974-1979. Winner of a Peabody Award.
• Rhonda Glenn, weather reporter, talk show host and anchor in the 1960s and 1970s. Golf commentator for ABC (1978- ). First full-time national TV network female sportscaster (ESPN, February 6, 1981). Amateur golfer and author of dozens of magazine articles and books on the sport. Manager of Communications for the USGA.
• Hillary Howard, former weekend meteorologist during the late 1980s, now a host for WTOP-FM in Washington, D.C.
• Lisa Joyner, formerly at The Best Damn Sports Show Period, currently host of TV Guide Channel's inFANity.
• Diana Morgan, anchor-turned-actress, seen in series such as JAG, The Bold and the Beautiful, Babylon 5 and The West Wing and films such as Titanic.
• Byron Pitts, military reporter from 1984–86, now at CBS News
• Charles Pugh, anchor/reporter in the 1990s. Served as a weekend anchor and reporter at WJBK-TV in Detroit from 1999 - 2009. Currently president of the Detroit City Council.
• Thomas Roberts, consumer reporter/weekday afternoon co-anchor during late 1990s, former anchor at CNN Headline News, now an afternoon anchor at MSNBC.
• Marny Stanier, weekend meteorologist. Left for The Weather Channel in April 1987.
• Stan Verrett, now an anchor at ESPN and ESPNEWS, also worked for WVEC.
• Kelly Wright, now at Fox News Channel.
• Terry Zahn, joined as reporter and weekend anchor in 1981, became lead anchor in 1984, left in 1993 and joined WVEC in 1994, where he served as lead anchor until his death in 2000.