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Villegas joins KOLD as Chief Meteorologist

September 29, 2017 by Veronica Villafañe

Lisa VillegasLisa Villegas has been hired as Chief Meteorologist at CBS affiliate KOLD in Tucson.

The move is a 64 market-drop from her previous job in Dallas (DMA 4), but marks a step up from morning to primetime weather anchor.

Starting Monday, October 9, Villegas takes on the 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 pm shows, working for both KOLD and sister station KMSB, a Fox affiliate.

Before relocating to Arizona, Villegas was morning meteorologist at KTVT, the CBS O&O in Dallas from September 2014 to March 2017.

She previously spent three years at KRGV in the Rio Grande Valley as morning meteorologist. Prior to that, she worked as weekend meteorologist at KLFY in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: KOLD, Lisa Villegas

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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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