WGME-TV - Former Staff

Former Staff

• Giovanna Bechard: former reporter, left on 9/28/2012 to take a new job and spend time with her husband and 2 kids.
• Diana Ichton: former morning anchor and News 13: ON YOUR SIDE Segment Producer & Reporter, left on 7/26/2012 to become senior account executive with Kemp Goldberg Partners.
• Sarah Long: former meteorologist on Daybreak and Good Day Maine, retired from broadcasting on 3/30/2012 to go into sporting goods store business with her husband, also commercial spokeswoman for Maine State Credit Union.
• Doug Rafferty: former reporter/anchor, retired from broadcasting on 3/30/2012 to become PR AND Education Director at Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
• Catherine Parrotta: former Weekend Anchor at 6 & 11 pm and Weekend Anchor on FOX at 10 pm; also reporter, now reporter at WFXT-TV Boston
• Doug Ray: former Good Day Maine anchor / reporter
• Ashley Palumbo: former reporter
• Anne McNamara: former reporter/substitute anchor, now at WAVY-TV in Hampton Roads, VA
• Erin Ovalle : former Daybreak and Good Day Maine (FOX) co-anchor, now with WMTW anchoring "News 8 This Morning".
• Kiley Bennett, former anchor/reporter May 2002-September 30, 2010, later features reporter for Outside Television and commercial spokeswoman for Electricity Maine.
• Steve Adamson: former weeknight meteorologist, now weekend meteorologist at WXIA in Atlanta, GA
• Steve Andrews, now an investigative reporter at WFLA (and father of Erin Andrews)
• Emily Apel: former reporter, now anchor/reporter KION-TV in Salinas, CA
• Jeff Barnd: former co-anchor, to WLVI Boston, now anchor WBFF Baltimore.
• Barbara Barr: former weekend sports anchor/reporter (1998–2004), now reporter at WGAL, Harrisburg, PA
• Vivian Bean: former weekday morning co-anchor, now stay at home mother
• Bruce Berlinger: former Chief co-anchor 1978-1989, also did kids interest features
• Julene Britt: former general assignment and sports reporter, late 1990s/early 2000s
• Crystal Canney: former reporter, now president of Canney Communications
• Tom Caron: former sports anchor/reporter, to NESN
• Lucas Colavecchio: former reporter/anchor, now executive producer for HuB Studios in Sarasota, Florida.
• Lisa Colbert: former weathercaster, now weathercaster at WSYX
• Terry Cole: former General Manager 2006-2009, now General Manager at WEAR and WFGX
• Doug Cook: former reporter, later an anchor & reporter at WMTW, and currently director of communications at Bowdoin College
• Paul Cousins: meteorologist
• Kathy Curran: former investigative reporter late 1990s, now a reporter at WBZ (1999-)
• Brad Day: weekend meteorologist, late 1990s
• Paul Dellegatto: former meteorologist, 1985–86, now chief meteorologist at WTVT in Tampa
• Frank Fixaris: former sports anchor 1967-1992, was a sports radio talk co-host; deceased 2006.
• Dianna Fletcher: former daybreak anchor/reporter, now media/p.r. consultant Fletcher Media.
• Chris Francis: former sports anchor/reporter (1996–1998)
• Lisa Gilbert: former sports anchor/reporter (1993–1996)
• Thom Hallock: former reporter, now an anchor at WPTZ in Plattsburgh, NY
• Gordie Hershiser: former sports director, mid 1990s
• John Hopperstad - weekdays at noon and 7, now working in Seattle
• Felicia Knight: former anchor and political reporter, former press secretary for Sen. Susan Collins, former communications director at the National Endowment for the Arts, currently CEO of Knight Vision International
• Wayne Mahar: former Chief Meteorologist, now Chief Meteorologist at WSTM-TV in Syracuse, NY
• Harry Marble: former anchor, died 1982
• Marnie MacLean: former anchor & reporter, now a reporter at NECN
• Thom McGair: former reporter/substitute anchor was last at WLVI-TV Boston
• Jennifer Miller: former weekend/fill-in anchor & reporter, retired.
• Sayoko Murase: former daybreak anchor, now with BNK Invest
• Andy Nebel: former producer/reporter, now making video and creative strategy at The Andy Nebel Company, Inc. Chicago and being dad to Elizabeth Nebel
• Bob O'Wril: former weatherman & host of the MDA telethon. Died 1979.
• Adam Pellerin: former weekend sports anchor/reporter, now a reporter at WFXT in Boston.
• Barbara Quill: former reporter & anchor (1973–1984)
• Max Riseman: former weekend meteorologist (2005–2007), now providing radio forecasts on WHOM and MPBN.
• Mark Rosenthal: former chief meteorologist (2005–2006)
• Josh Judge: former weekend meteorologist, now meteorologist for WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH.
• Jennifer Sabih: former reporter/weekend anchor, now reporter with CBS Newspath.
• Steve Schwaid: former news director, now News Director and Vice President at WTXF in Philadelphia.
• Dave Silverbrand: former anchor & "Dave's People" reporter, now living in Eureka, CA
• Amy Sinclair—former reporter who mainly did light feature and interest stories (1995-05/24/2007); now at New England Cable News
• Mindi Ramsey: former anchor/reporter, now weekday morning/noon anchor for WNEP in Scranton, PA.
• Jeremy Reiner: former meteorologist, now a meteorologist at WHDH in Boston.
• Dave Santoro: former weekend/Daybreak meteorologist who became Chief Meteorologist in 1999, now a math teacher
• Joe Venuti: former meteorologist, now part-time meteorologist at WCVB in Boston.
• Ron Wolfe: former News Director (1999-2002)
• Matt Zidle: former Daybreak & Noon meteorologist, now at WMTW in a similar capacity with Shannon Moss and Erin Ovalle.
• Robb Atkinson: former News Director, now Senior Director of Sales and Affiliate Relations CNN