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Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

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gotigers
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Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by gotigers » Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:50 pm

He's BAAAACCKKK!!!

Seems Caleb Meute's departure left an opening for Darrin Rockcole to return to WILX on a freelance basis.

https://www.wilx.com/2021/06/08/darrin- ... LpJ1dJG9OY



wsummers
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by wsummers » Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:22 pm

Will be nice to see him return…to a station that forced him into an early retirement last year.



gotigers
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by gotigers » Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:31 pm

Here's another update to this weird gone and back story... According to David Andrews, Darrin is back full time again.

https://www.facebook.com/DavidAndrewsWi ... 7273701455



wsummers
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by wsummers » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:36 am

Interesting…so beginning August 30th Emily Wahls will take over mornings (confirmed by Darrin Rockcole), Justin Bradford will apparently be splitting weekends with Rockcole, and Andy Pro remain in the evenings. Darrin on his Facebook page says he will be doing some weekend slots and will be involved with “newscasts you don’t even know about yet.”



JTinJXN57
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by JTinJXN57 » Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:23 am

IMO -WILX should have kept Caleb Meute instead of bringing back DR ...... Caleb was good with his delivery and has many years ahead of him.



wsummers
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by wsummers » Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:59 am

JTinJXN57 wrote:
Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:23 am
IMO -WILX should have kept Caleb Meute instead of bringing back DR ...... Caleb was good with his delivery and has many years ahead of him.
In hindsight they could have. With the upcoming (August 30) return of Emily Wahls Caleb was told his position was being reduced from full-time. He quit and Darrin came back as a summer fill-in…however, the position will now be returned to full-time as the station has decided to add an unannounced newscast.



jeffly
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by jeffly » Tue Aug 31, 2021 6:20 pm

Turns out Darrin Rockcole is back as CHIEF Meteorologist, and Emily Wahls is out of the picture.



JTinJXN57
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by JTinJXN57 » Tue Aug 31, 2021 6:24 pm

Emily is out of the picture ?! What happened, and why now after her 1yr. No Compete has run out ? Did Darrin threaten to sue ? Something seems sketchy …..



wsummers
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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by wsummers » Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:47 pm

With Emily gone to Chicago, WILX has promoted Darrin Rockcole and hired a 4th meteorologist. While there has been no announcement, Blake Hansen is my guess. He left 7 & 4 today saying he wouldn’t be moving very far away. His twitter posts are being liked by Justin Bradford.



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Re: Darrin Rockcole is Back on WILX

Post by jmeltonwx » Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:58 pm

wsummers wrote:
Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:47 pm
With Emily gone to Chicago, WILX has promoted Darrin Rockcole and hired a 4th meteorologist. While there has been no announcement, Blake Hansen is my guess. He left 7 & 4 today saying he wouldn’t be moving very far away. His twitter posts are being liked by Justin Bradford.
Turns out Colton Cichoracki is making the move from former sister station ABC12. https://twitter.com/ColtonCwx/status/14 ... 1859707904



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