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Q: I thought Ashley Dougherty returned from maternity leave already but I haven’t seen her on the noon news lately. Is she still with the station? Jim via voicemail
Rob: Dougherty has been back from maternity leave since early March, working on the morning newscast. She fills in at noon if someone is off or on vacation. The station’s covid-19 protocols don’t allow meteorologists to overlap in the weather center.
Paul Martino, a veteran KDKA-TV reporter/anchor, will retire from the station July 1.
Martino has been with the station since 1984 and until recently anchored weekend evening newscasts. He was replaced in that role by younger reporters and reassigned to weekday general assignment reporting.
KDKA-TV news director Kathy Hostetter did not respond to a request for comment.
Martino, a Chicago native, is the latest in a stream of station veterans who have exited Channel 2 in recent years, including Ralph Ianotti, Harold Hayes and Brenda Waters.
While some of KDKA’s departures have been true retirements, others have not. Waters departed KDKA in May 2020. Like Martino, she left after being removed from her role as a long-time weekend anchor at KDKA. Waters relocated from Pittsburgh to Atlanta in January to work for Georgia Public Broadcasting where she covered the Georgia legislative session earlier this year.