Bill Melugin is getting a new spotlight from Fox News — albeit just a short one.
The Fox News congressional correspondent will anchor a new 90-second news brief that will air on 18 TV stations that are owned and operated by parent Fox Corp., and be made available to affiliates of the Fox broadcast network. Starting on Monday, February 23, Melugin will lead the “Fox News Report” that will offer national and global headlines that range from politics to sports to entertainment.
The “Fox News Report” will air weekdays at 5:58 p.m. eastern.
Fox News provides other types of programming to Fox stations, including the first run of “Fox News Sunday,” the newsmaker interview program that is anchored by Shannon Bream. Bream and Bill Hemmer have on occasion provided breaking-news coverage or coverage of important national events like the annual State of the Union speech for Fox stations as well.
The new “cut in” shows Fox News working to give a new generation of reporters, anchors and correspondents added exposure. In recent months, Fox News has given assignments with higher visibility to staffers including Lawrence Jones; Jacqui Heinrich; Aishah Hasnie; and Peter Doocy.
Melugin joined Fox News in May 2021 as a correspondent based on the west coast. He has covered the U.S. border; wildfire outbreaks in California; and the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, among other events. He previously worked as an investigative reporter for KTTV, Fox’s Los Angeles station. He is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, and holds a degree in broadcast Journalism.
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