OMW can confirm that Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 “Fox 8 News” weather anchor Melissa Mack is indeed leaving the station.
Her announcement to that effect, heard by numerous viewers on Sunday night’s “Fox 8 News at 10”, caused quite a stir, and an increase in E-mail traffic here at your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm).
OMW hears from insiders at South Marginal Road that it’s a career move up for Melissa that’s prompting her exit from Northeast Ohio. We’re told that Ms. Mack is headed for “a larger market” station, but we don’t know which market that is.
(We do believe, for whatever reason, that Melissa’s new home market is not New York City.)
We hear Melissa Mack’s last day on “Fox 8 News” is Thursday.
Melissa quickly got noticed after joining Fox 8. She’d been seen before that in Northeast Ohio, as a weather anchor for now-Parkin/New Vision ABC affiliate WYTV/33 in Youngstown…
Hate to see her leave.Well dressed. Very attractive. Intelligent. Always well spoken,still with a sense of humor.Sorry to hear this Mellissa ! 🙁