Andrea Robinson Joins WCMH Columbus as Weekend Anchor

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Departs KPLC Lake Charles for her hometown market

Matthew Herchik and Andrea Robinson of WCMH
Matthew Herchik (l.) and Andrea Robinson of WCMH Columbus, Ojio (Image credit: WCMH)

Andrea Robinson starts on the weekend newscasts at WCMH Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, May 11, anchoring alongside Matthew Herchik and meteorologist Bryan Still. NBC4 Today airs Saturdays 5-7 a.m. and Sundays 5-8. 

Robinson will also report on the morning news Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. She debuted at the station May 8, co-anchoring with Herchik on NBC4 Midday. 

Nexstar Media Group owns WCMH. 

Robinson previously worked at KPLC Lake Charles (Louisiana), which is owned by Gray Television. 

She grew up in central Ohio and graduated from Ohio University. 

“I’m so excited to be back in Columbus,” she said on the air May 8. “It’s really cool to be home.”

TVSpy previously reported Robinson joining the Nexstar station.  

Columbus is the No. 32 Nielsen DMA. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.