Veteran WBMA anchor Brenda Ladun has introduced she’s going to depart the Birmingham, Alabama ABC affiliate on the finish of August.
She advised viewers she is shifting her focus to new tasks and to spend extra time along with her household.
“Thanks for being a buddy’ is the track that’s in my head tonight. I’m so grateful to every of you who allowed me to return into your houses and lives for 29 years right here at ABC 33/40. Your belief, love, and encouragement meant the world to me,” she mentioned in a letter to viewers. “I hope I’ve served you nicely, and I hope to proceed serving you thru social media and thru some tasks I hope will create jobs and improve training in Alabama. So this isn’t precisely a goodbye. It’s a see what I can do subsequent! I hope to make you proud!”
She’s labored on the station for 29 years and helped construct the ABC affiliate.
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In 1994, a serious realignment of tv station affiliations was slated to have an effect on Birmingham, with Birmingham’s present ABC affiliate, WBRC, tabbed to modify to Fox. Consequently, ABC wanted a brand new affiliate available in the market. Quite a few stations have been out there, together with in Birmingham itself. The community as a substitute opted to associate with Allbritton Communications to purchase WCFT-TV (channel 33) in Tuscaloosa and WJSU-TV (channel 40) in Anniston. On September 1, 1996, they grew to become the ABC affiliate for your entire Birmingham market, branded ABC 33/40. On the similar time, the station opened its Birmingham-area studio in Hoover.
