WXII 12 News announces exciting anchor changes to evening, morning newscasts (2024)

THAT MORNING DRIVE. THANK YOU, DEVONTE. HE DOES IT ALL, DOESN’T HE? STOP RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, FOR THIS BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, A SPECIAL ONE FROM DEVONTE. YES. AND FIRST THINGS FIRST. AUDREY, YOU HAVE BEEN MY ROCK SINCE YOU CAME IN NOVEMBER OF 2020. AND I AM SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAD THE CHANCE TO BE A PAIR EVERY MORNING. I’M MORE THANKFUL FOR YOU. STOP AND THE VIEWERS ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO EMBRACE US AS A TEAM. SO YEAH, THANK YOU, AUDREY. BUT YES, TODAY IS MY LAST DAY ANCHORING THE MORNING SHOW AND WAKING UP THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. LIKE I SAID, THOUGH, IT’S NOT MY TIME TO LEAVE WXII 12. I’LL JUST BE MOVING TO A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, ANCHORING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEWS ALONGSIDE CHRISTINE CRUZ, LINDSAY CLEIN AND KENNY BECK. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST SEVEN YEARS. ON THE MORNING SHOW AND I AM TRULY THANKFUL, TRULY THANKFUL FOR THE TIME THAT WE HAVE ALL SPENT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. ALTHOUGH MORNINGS ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH AND EVERY FAMILY, I KNOW IT’S VERY, A VERY, EXTREMELY VALUABLE PART OF EVERYONE’S DAY AND IT’S WHY I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY’S COMMITMENT TO WAKING UP AND TURNING THAT TV ON RIGHT TO CHANNEL 12. I REMEMBER FIRST TAKING THE DESK BACK WITH KIMBERLY VAN SCOY BACK IN 2017. AND LET ME TELL YOU, YEAH, WHAT A RIDE IT HAS BEEN. THE TEAMS HAVE CHANGED. YES. OVER THE YEARS. BUT MY GRACIOUSNESS AND MY LOVE FOR WAKING UP THE TRIAD CERTAINLY HAS NOT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY MANY, MANY MORNING PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTION STAFF MEMBERS OVER THE YEARS. I KNOW I HAVE CONSTANTLY PUSHED THEM TO GIVE YOU AT HOME THE BEST PRODUCT AND IT’S THE TALENTS THEY HAVE THAT THAT MADE WORKING THE SHIFT. SO SO SPECIAL. I LOOK FORWARD TO STARTING THIS NEW ROUTINE WITH YOU ALL ON MONDAY. AGAIN, AFTERNOONS AND NIGHTS RIGHT HERE ON WXII 12. BUT AGAIN, AND I TRULY DO MEAN THIS. THANK YOU ALL AT HOME FOR A GREAT SEVEN YEAR RUN ON THE MORNING NEWS. IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE THIS BECAUSE THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN GREAT. BUT ONE THING LOOKING BACK AT THOSE PICTURES ARE THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, THEY WAKE UP WITH US EVERY MORNING. AND TO DO THOSE SCHOOL VISITS, TO BE THAT LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, DON’T YOU CRY, AUDRA. IT’S A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THIS POSITION EVERY DAY AND BE THE FIRST THING THAT MANY PEOPLE SEE IT IS. AND YOU HAVE MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE TO STARTING HERE. KNEW I WAS REALLY NERVOUS TO FILL THIS ROLE, YOU KNOW? BUT YOU HAVE MADE IT EFFORTLESS AND TO WAKE UP AT THE TIME THAT WE WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, DARK AND EARLY RIGHT? AND AND THE LIGHTS ARE ON. THE CAMERAS ON. I MEAN, MY LIFE HERE HAS BEEN MADE BECAUSE OF YOU. HONESTLY, TRULY, TRULY, TRULY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO COME SHOW UP HERE AT 3 P.M. NOW TO SEE YOU. I GET TO SLEEP IN FOR A LITTLE BIT. I’VE BEEN ON THE MORNING SHIFT SINCE 2013, SO TEN YEARS ON THIS SHIFT. MEAN YOU’RE I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO DO COME MONDAY. YEAH THAT’S WHY I DON’T HAVE MUCH TO SAY BECAUSE I’M STILL GOING TO SEE YOU. YEAH, WE’LL SEE ALL THE SHOWS. SHE’LL SEE YOU THERE. YEAH. ALL THE MORNING. AND EARLY RISERS ARE GOING TO TURN IT ON AND WATCH YOU EVERY NIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO MISS SEEING YOUR FACE SO MUCH IN THE MORNING. AND I APPRECIATE THE VIEWERSHIP, TOO. YES, THAT IS THE CRAZY THING, TOO, BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT LEAVING US. WE’D BE WAY MORE UPSET. NO, NO. BUT IT IS SUCH A CHANGE TO THE ROUTINE TO NOT HAVE YOU HERE FOR US. OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH YOU IN THE MORNINGS, BUT ALSO FOR EVERYONE AT HOME. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE’S A FAMILIAR FACE TAKING MY ROLE. YES. SO JACKIE PASCALE. YES. I COULDN’T THINK OF ANYONE BETTER TO TAKE THE ROLE. SO IT’LL BE GREAT TO SEE YOU TOO. ON THE DESK. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP CONNECTION. SO I KNOW THIS MORNING SHOW IS ONLY GOING TO FLOURISH, BUT IT’S BEEN A GREAT RIDE, GUYS. THANK YOU, GUYS SO MUCH. AND YOU GET TO CHANGE YOUR ALARM CLOCK. YOU GET TO TURN OFF YOUR FINALLY, RIGHT? YES. I GUARANTEE YOU, THOUGH, I’LL FORGET TO DO IT OVER THE WEEKEND AND YOU’LL RING 2 A.M. ON MONDAY. WELL, ACTUALLY, I’LL JUST CALL YOU AND WAKE YOU UP NOW, EVERY MORNING. ISN’T EVERYONE SO HAPPY THAT HE’S NOT LEAVING? EVERYONE CAN TAKE A SIGH OF RELIEF. YES, I POSTED THAT TEASE ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND EVERYONE AND THEIR MAMA CLICKED ON THE BUTTON MESSAGES. IS HE LEAVING? WHERE ARE YOU GOING? BUT YE