Media Moves

Fox-owned KTTV adds two new anchors in L.A.

The following excerpt was sent out from Adweek:

Fox owned Los Angeles station KTTV will debut a new anchor lineup for its Good Day LA morning show in February.

The station has added EXTRA anchors Melvin Robert and Jennifer Lahmers for the 6 to 9 a.m. timeslot.

Melvin Robert

Robert is a native Californian, who has been a senior correspondent and weekend co-host at EXTRA since 2022. Before that, he was co-anchor of Your Morning on Spectrum News 1, and host of The SoCal Scene on Spectrum News 1 SoCal. Before working in TV he spent 11 years as a teacher, counselor, administrator, and consultant, serving a broad array of educational needs.

Jennifer Lahmers

Lahmers has been a correspondent and weekend co-host at EXTRA since 2019. Before that, she spent 5 years at WNYW in New York, where she served as a reporter for various station newscasts and co-host for Good Day Wake Up. She’s also worked as a weekend anchor and weekday reporter at WTIC in Hartford, Ct., while also penning a weekly humor column for The Hartford Courant and a monthly column for New Haven Living. She began her career in broadcasting as a weekend news anchor and reporter at WBBJ in Jackson, Tenn.

Mariam Ahmed

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