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Fox13 beefs up the anchor desk again

Lead weekday morning anchor Bill Wixey was at the a.m. anchor desk on Championship Sunday for the Fox 13 duopoly.   Second week in a row that the station sent reinforcements in to strengthen the existing team of Winkel and Acone. Last week they sent in Chief Met Brian MacMillan for weather and Mireya Garcia at the desk.  Not a vote of confidence, is it?   But, actually, it's a prettty standard move for big stories or event coverage.   Muscle up and create additional sampling.

And they brought Matthew Smith in to run their cluttered Live Desk coverage all the way to game time on the mother ship.   Nikki Torres was live at lumen Field.



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  1. MartinJanuary 25, 2026 at 11:54 AM

    Wixey is not looking none too happy in that pic.

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  2. MartinJanuary 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM

    I meant to say "Wixey is looking none too happy in that pic."

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    1. IDC9January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM

      None of them look particularly happy in that picture.

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