31-05-2025
WCCO's Amelia Santaniello explains her disappearance from TV screens
WCCO's Amelia Santaniello explains her disappearance from TV screens originally appeared on Bring Me The News.
WCCO news anchor Amelia Santaniello has been off the air for a while, and viewers have taken note.
On Friday, Santaniello offered an update in a video posted to social media. "I just wanted to let you know where I have been. A lot of you have written in. The last time I took this much time off was when I had my children," Santaniello says.
"That is not the case this time. It is my foot surgery, which went really well, but my recovery is taking a little bit more time," she says before showing her walking boot.
In addition to writing in, some viewers have been asking WCCO on social media where the popular anchor has been during recent newscasts, which WCCO noted in a Facebook post.
Santaniello, who joined the station in 1996 and currently co-anchors the news with her husband, Frank Vascellaro, says he'll "be back soon."
Her husband had his own absence from TV screens in 2023, when he slipped on his driveway and required rotator cuff story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
