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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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There’s a fairly significant changing of the guard happening at WLOS here in Asheville. The station has hired four new news reporters over the past few months, and word on the street is that sports reporter/anchor Luke Notestine is leaving. Also, Jack Connors, the station’s general manager for the past 13 years, just retired. (Joe Fishleigh, the station’s sales director, has moved into the GM job.)

Here’s a quick run-down of the bunch:

Liz Burch

Liz Burch worked most recently at KHQ in Spokane, Wash., where she worked as a reporter and producer. She has interned at Seattle’s KING-TV. She studied communications and Spanish at Washington State University where she studied Communications and Spanish. She started in June.

Tanja Rekhi

Tanja Rekhi spent the past four years in Albany, N.Y. She joined WLOS/WYMA as an evening and late news reporter. She spent much of her time there investigating a water contamination crisis there, according the WLOS website. Her first television news reporting job was in Elmira, N.Y. She’s a native of New Jersey. Rekhi started out in January here in Asheville on the night-side crew.

Adriana Mendez

Adriana Mendez is the WLOS evening “traffic anchor,” as well as a reporter. Before moving to Asheville, she worked in Grand Rapids, Mich., as a sports anchor and reporter. She’s also worked as a reporter at KWKT in Waco, Texas. Mendez is a Wisconsin native and graduate of the University of Wisconsin Parkside, located in her hometown of Kenosha.

Karen Zatkulak

Karen Zatkulak is “live desk anchor” for WLOS in the mornings, and investigative reporter for evening newscasts. She comes to Asheville from Boise, Idaho, where she worked as an investigative reporter for four years. Before that, Zatkulak worked for several years at WTVC in Chattanooga, Tenn. Her first job was as a reporter and anchor at WDNN in Dalton, Ga.She’s a graduate of the University of South Carolina Honors College.

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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  1. Rich johnston June 20, 2017

    Ask Larry Blunt how Sinclair treats seasoned reporters…

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