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Solano joins anchor team at KIRO

May 25, 2017 by Veronica Villafañe

David SolanoDavid Solano has started a new job as a sports and news anchor at KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle.

He moved to Washington state after spending two years at CBS affiliate KOIN in Portland as a sports anchor and reporter.

He previously worked at ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV Channel 7 in Detroit as a weekend sports anchor and reporter from 2012 to 2015. Before that, he anchored and reported for Tribune Broadcasting in Houston for over two years, and at WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids.

He started his on-air career as a sports anchor and reporter at WMAZ-TV in Macon, Ga. in 2002, staying at the station for four years.

Solano, who is half Mexican and African-American, says speaking “Spanish has been very helpful when working with professional athletes in Houston and Detroit.”

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Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: David Solano, KIRO

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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