Former KPRC 2 anchor Rachel McNeill is joining 12 News KPNX Phoenix, Arizona as a morning anchor.
"My family is now settled here in #Phoenix & I’m super excited to join the @12newsaz #TodayinAZ team," posted McNeill. "Tune in weekdays 4:30-7am, then watch our Facebook Live After Show at 7:30am."
Unless you were living under a rock during the past year, then you know McNeill announced she was leaving channel 2 and Houston last summer. Her husband, Dr. Wayne Franklin, got the opportunity to become the Chief of Cardiology and Director of Adult Medicine at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
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At the time of this writing, KPRC hasn't named McNeill's replacement.
Yep, I called McNeill's new job back on January 1, 2019:
I cannot imagine that management at Phoenix TV stations will not realize a talent like NcNeill is now living in their market and not try to recruit her for their anchor desks. What could delay her Phoenix TV debut is that she truly is not interested in returning to TV at the moment or the stations have to wait till they have a position to offer her.
Speaking of KPNX, MMJ Charly Edsitty left that station to join abc13 KTRK last year.
Born in Jamaica, McNeill moved to Texas at an early age, first in Galveston and then later in Houston.
The Cypress Creek High School grad earned her journalism degree from UT Austin.
McNeill started her television news career as a reporter at KMID Midland-Odessa, then moving on to KWES 9 Midland-Odessa and WLFL 22 Raleigh, North Carolina.
She moved into the anchor seat at WWL New Orleans. In September of 2001, McNeill arrived at channel 2 where worked her way up to the morning anchor gig.
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