Tammi Arender is set to become the main anchor of WVLA beginning July 5. Arender, who was a news reporter and morning show host at WBRZ in the early 1990s, worked as an anchor in Nashville, Little Rock and Monroe. She returned to Baton Rouge several years ago to serve as press secretary for Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. David D’Aquin, WVLA news director, says hiring Arender is one of the steps the NBC affiliate is making to improve its local news coverage. Last year WVLA farmed out production of its local newscasts to a sister station in Texas, but D’Aquin says the newscasts have been locally produced live since the start of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. “Grabbing Tammi was a win-win for us,” D’Aquin says. “She wanted to get back on the air.” —Timothy Boone
Arender to join WVLA as main anchor
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