03-06-2025
Meteorologists from WBAY and WFRV depart for other markets; Cami Rapson's new co-anchor announced
A flurry of activity at Green Bay TV stations at the end of May includes the departure of two meteorologists.
Keith Gibson, who joined WBAY-TV in 2021, gave his last forecast on May 28 after announcing earlier in the month he had accepted the position of chief meteorologist at WISH-TV in Indianapolis. His first day on the air there was May 30.
The move allows him to be closer to family in Lower Michigan, he said in his Facebook post.
WBAY chief meteorologist Steve Beylon thanked him for the knowledge and wit he brought to the station during his nearly four years.
'When we first hired him, I told everyone that we 'just got a ringer' in our lineup. Little did I realize that he would be so much more than that ...' Beylon wrote in a Facebook post of his own. 'Keith elevated our game, especially with our weather graphics. He also created a steady presence during our weekend and midday newscasts, plus our severe weather coverage.'
Gibson had been working as chief meteorologist WCBI-TV in Columbus, Mississippi, when he joined WBAY. The Michigan native had also previously worked in TV markets in North Dakota and South Dakota.
WFRV-TV also said goodbye to a member of its weather team over the weekend.
Meteorologist Alexis Staniec's last day at the station was June 1. She is joining CBS affiliate WDJT-TV in Milwaukee and will be on the air there beginning in July, according to post on her Facebook page.
Staniec, a New Jersey native, joined WFRV in June 2022, a month after graduating from Millersville University in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology.
Following Bill Jartz's retirement on May 23 after just shy of 40 years at WBAY, Chris Roth has been promoted to the co-anchor chair next to Cami Rapson for the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts.
Roth is a familiar face to WBAY viewers as the station's longtime sports director. He joined WBAY in that role in 1999. Since 2020, he has also been the anchor of "Action 2 News at 4:30." He'll continue to anchor that newscast in addition to his new duties.
WBAY has a history of finding longtime news anchors from within its sports department. Jartz was the sports director when he made the move to evening news in 1998. His predecessor, Chuck Ramsay, also was sports director at WBAY before becoming news anchor in 1971 for 31 years.
It was the end of an era at WLUK-TV on May 30 when news director Juli Buehler retired. She started as an executive producer at the station and was promoted to news director in 1995.
Her colleagues called her "a newsroom leader and journalistic driving force" in an on-air sendoff piece. Among those who checked in to wish her well was CNN correspondent and former WLUK reporter Bill Weir, who said she's "an institution."
It was under her leadership that WLUK launched popular morning program "Good Day Wisconsin." She was also instrumental in Fox 11 Packers Family Night and the Fox 11 Field House.
The station first announced her retirement in March.
Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@ Follow her on X @KendraMeinert.
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