Cleveland.com has reported that former WKYC Channel 3 anchor and current WMJI 105.7 morning show personality Mark Nolan has agreed to co-anchor Channel 19’s 4 and 6 p.m. newscasts.
He will read the headlines with former Channel 3 chum Romona Robinson.
“It will be great fun working with Romona again,” Nolan told the Plain Dealer’s TV writer Mark Dawidziak. “That opportunity was just too good to pass up.”
Nolan, who told Dawidziak that he’s moved from Geauga County to downtown and that his spiritual/professional batteries have been totally recharged, will continue his morning-show duties on 105.7 in addition to the early-evening Channel 19 duties.
With the hire, the new 19 Action News squad bears a striking resemblance to Channel 3’s in the early aughts. Back then, Tim White and Romona Robinson anchored, Mark Nolan was chief meteorologist and Jim Donovan was the sports guy — Cleveland’s favorite news team.
Returning to TV, said Nolan, is both “exciting and scary at the same time.” Dawidziak says that Channel 19 is expected to make a formal announcement sometime next week.
This article appears in Aug 12-18, 2015.
Waste of your talents, Mark…you were an excellent weather guy at Channel 3…and you’re a whole lot better than that loudmouth, Jeff Tanchak. Maybe he’ll move on and you can have his spot, instead of being merely a talking-head nooze-reader.
But unfortunately, 19 Ak-shun Nooze is still the fourth horse in a four-horse town, and still mostly unwatchable. Even with you making it better.
All the best. Give Roseann Roseannadanna…er…Lydia Esparra…a big wet smooch.
Chuckles the Clown
If nothing else, it s a solid cross-promotional tool for the radio and TV stations — which is very common in the local sports scene.
Could you do something with that douche-bag John weather guy who insists that “coffee break” is at 10 AM every freaking time he does the morning weather. Wanna punch the screen when he is on. I want my pretty blonde, not that has been.
Very disappointed that 19 news has to use the most boring anchor and weatherman ever to help there ratings , what a waste of money. You will find out that he not all that.
I only turn on 19 action news if I want to hear sensationalized reporting or be told that if I don’t stay tuned, YOU….COULD….DIE. Seriously though, they can toss as much money as they want at whoever they want, I’m really not interested. Mark seems like a nice guy, but he is a weather guesser, which means he is most often wrong. Hopefully he doesn’t bring that type of accuracy to the news desk.