WGN America Names Primetime Anchor Lineup for ‘News Nation’

The national newscast launches September 1

WGN America
WGN America

Nexstar Media Group announced Tuesday its anchor and correspondent lineup for WGN America’s forthcoming primetime broadcast, “News Nation.”

The company revealed the three-hour nightly program, premiering Sept. 1, will be anchored by Joe Donlon and Marni Hughes. The breaking news anchor will be Rob Nelson and the meteorologist will be Albert Ramon. On the weekends, “News Nation” will be anchored by Rudabeh Shahbazi and Nichole Berlie along with Aaron Nolan on breaking news and Gerard Jebaily as meteorologist.

Together, according to a release, they’ll deliver “fact-based, unbiased news coverage” with the help of Nexstar’s 5,400 journalists in 110 national newsrooms.

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