WKRG Staff Bios
WKRG News 5 has been the CBS station in Mobile, Alabama since 1955. The affiliate debuted a new slogan in July 2004, News5, Coverage You Can Count On, in conjunction with WKRG's 50th year in broadcasting.
The evening news desk is helmed by Mel Showers and Rose Ann Haven, who anchor the 6 and 10 p.m. news.
Morning newscasts are helmed by Bill Riales and Jennifer Abney. Chief meteorlogist is Alan Sealls, with meteorologists Jere Hough, John Nodar and Jene' Young also contributing weather reports and other newscasts.
Rounding out the News 5 Team are sports director Randy Patrick, and news reporters Kimberly Curth, Tiffany Craig, Kesshia Peyton, Debbie Williams, Steve Alexander, Pat Peterson, Jessica Taloney, Chris Frye and Chad Petri.
Behind the scenes, photojournalists, producers, directors and other technical staff work to get the latest news on-air and online.
Mel Showers - Anchor and Community Coverage
Mel Showers is the broadcast veteran in the Mobile-Pensacola television market. Mel has worked at News 5 for more than 30 years. He began his journalism career as a reporter covering…
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Rose Ann Haven - Anchor and Community Coverage
Rose Ann Haven can be seen weekdays on WKRG News 5 co-anchoring the 6 pm and 10 pm newscasts with Mel Showers. Rose Ann is from Mississippi and absolutely loves living on the Gulf…
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Randy Patrick - Sports
Randy Patrick is Sports Director and prime time anchor at WKRG News 5. He has the most experience and audience familiarity of any sportscaster in the market. He started his broadcasting…
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Alan Sealls - Chief Meteorologist
Alan Sealls is Chief Meteorologist at WKRG-TV. He has more than 20 years of experience in TV. Alan not only holds bachelors and masters degrees in meteorology from Cornell University…
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John Nodar - Meteorologist
Meteorologist John Nodar has worked in broadcasting--both television and radio--for the past 28 years. 22 of those years have been with WKRG-TV, where he is weather anchor for…
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Pat Peterson - Reporter
Pat Peterson is an award-winning reporter covering the Baldwin County beat from our Foley newsroom. Pat has been with WKRG since February, 2001, where he worked in Mobile as an…
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Debbie Williams - Reporter
A native Alabamian with roots in Coffee County, Debbie was a familiar voice for years at WLWI-FM in Montgomery where she was morning Anchor and News Director. From there, she went…
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Diana Lucio - Reporter
Diana Lucio is the newest addition to the WKRG news team. Joining in August 2007 as a general assignment reporter. She is a native of California and grew up in the…
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Steve Alexander - Reporter
Steve Alexander is a member of The News 5 Investigative Team. He has won a Mobile Press Club award for investigative reporting. Steve has also been a weekend anchor…
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Kesshia Peyton - Anchor/Reporter
If there's one thing to know about Kesshia Peyton, she's a down to earth person who loves to talk about anything under the sun! You can find her chatting it up every morning on…
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Jessica Taloney - Reporter
Jessica Taloney joined the WKRG News 5 team as a reporter in April 2007. She came to Mobile from WCBI-TV in Columbus, Mississippi, where she anchored the 10pm news. …
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Jene' Young - Meteorologist
Jene' Young is a Meteorologist for the WKRG News 5 First Alert Storm Team. You can watch her weather reports on the weekends as well as environmental stories and weather reports…
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Chris Frye - Sports
Chris Frye joined the WKRG Sports Department in April 2007 as Sports Anchor/Reporter. He comes from WREX-TV in Rockford, IL where he anchored the weekend sportscast and reported…
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Jere Hough - Meteorologist / Feature Reporter
Jere Hough is a meteorologist. He can be seen weekdays on News 5 at 9AM. He has earned the Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association and the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist…
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Kimberly Curth - Weekend Anchor / Reporter
Kimberly will be the first to tell you she has the best job in the world, and she feels honored to be able to tell the stories of those living along the Gulf Coast. Kimberly was…
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Jennifer Abney - Anchor
You can see Jennifer Abney bright and early on News 5 starting at 5:00 a.m with Bill Riales and John Nodar. She also co-anchors News 5 at Noon. Jennifer was honored to be the recipient…
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Tiffany Craig - Special Assignment Reporter
Got Grouper? I've been DNA testing your dinner on the Gulf Coast for a few years now and I love it! I'm Tiffany Craig, the Special Assignment Reporter for WKRG. You…
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Bill Riales - Anchor
Bill anchors mornings on News 5 along with Jennifer Abney and John Nodar. He is also a member of the News 5 Investigative Team. His passion is uncovering crimes and scams against…
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Chad Petri - Reporter
Chad's very excited to be a reporter on the Gulf Coast. He's the new early morning reporter for WKRG Morning News. Getting up at 2:30 every morning is nothing new to this intrepid…
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