Sharron Melton announced her new venture after leaving her longtime morning anchor role at CW39 Houston KIAH in September 2026.
The Emmy Award-winning journalist has launched Vocal Wish LLC, a business that includes Vocal Wish News, a weekday, AI-powered newscast designed for viewers who want a convenient way to stay informed across digital platforms.
"People may be upset that I am creating a news platform that uses AI, because they are afraid AI will take jobs, but since I lost my job, I created one for myself," Melton told mikemcguff.com. "And this is one of many jobs that I will be doing, and I hope people will go on this adventure with me."
As far as I know, Melton is the first TV anchor to launch a newscast like this.
Melton announced the launch on Facebook, revealing that Vocal Wish News would debut Monday, November 9, 2026. The newscast will be available to watch on smartphones, laptops, iPads, and other devices.
Her website says the daily AI newscast will feature a fresh setting in every episode, with stories that are verified, sourced, and attributed so viewers can independently check the information.
New episodes will be released Monday through Friday at 6 a.m. Central Time. The short-form newscast aims to give audiences a quick look at what is happening while providing access to the reporting and sources behind each story. Melton describes it as a new approach to delivering news, with transparency and accountability at the center of the experience.
"It's a new news program where you get a morning brief straight to your phone at 6 a.m. Central Time," Melton said in the video announcement. "And it's me. It's my voice, it's me, all of it. And there's a little AI component that's attached to it. So you got to check that out."
Melton tells me the newscast will be about two minutes long. She added it is a quick way to get the news as you head out the door, and if big news breaks, she might do a special newscast during the day.
She says this newscast will be like an appetizer before the main course.
"I want the next generation to still believe in news because a lot of people have said a lot of things about news organizations, and they may not watch," Melton told me. "So if I can still reach the next generation through the phone they use every day with just a little information, I would hope they would be interested enough to dig deeper and watch other forms of news as well."
I've often thought about turning my blog over to AI, but I figure you'd like it more than me because it would have a "better personality," so I can't flip the switch just yet because of my digitally bruised ego!
In addition to Vocal Wish News, Melton is bringing back her YouTube show and podcast, Sharing the Sugar with Sharron. The program features long-form conversations with people from around the world and is available on Spotify and other popular podcast platforms.
"Coming back once again, for those of you who didn't know, I used to have a YouTube and a podcast called Sharing the Sugar with Sharon," Melton added. "And it is back conversations, long-form with people from all over the world. And you can take part and listen to it on the way to work, on the way to school, because it's going to be a lot of fun."
Vocal Wish LLC will also offer several other services, including voiceover acting and narration for commercials, animation and other projects; speaking and emcee appearances for keynotes, galas and panels; and interview and media training for people preparing for important public-facing moments.
Sharron Melton's career at CW39 Houston and ABC13
Melton said goodbye to CW39 Houston in September 2026, ending nearly eight years with the station.
She joined KIAH in October 2018, anchoring the then-newly relaunched, Houston-only version of Tribune's Morning Dose. She most recently served as morning anchor for Htown Morning News and No Wait Weather and Traffic, which aired weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m.
Her arrival at CW39 was particularly noteworthy for Houston television viewers because she previously spent nearly eight years at ABC13 KTRK, the market's top-rated morning newscast.
At ABC13, Melton co-anchored the morning newscast with Tom Koch from 4:30 to 7 a.m.
An Emmy Award-winning journalist, Melton has more than two decades of television news experience as an anchor, reporter, and producer.
Before arriving in Houston, her broadcasting career took her to several markets across the country.
From 2000 to 2007, Melton worked at WSVN 7 News in Miami, Florida, where she served as a weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter covering stories throughout South Florida.
She previously anchored the 5 p.m. newscast and worked as an education reporter at NBC 15 WPMI in Mobile, Alabama, from 1998 to 2000.
Melton began her television career at KOBR 8 in Roswell, New Mexico, where she worked as a 5 and 6 p.m. anchor and reporter from 1995 to 1998.
The Texas A&M grad also earned a Master's degree in television communication from Eastern New Mexico University.
