WKRG Names New Sports Director/Anchor

WKRGhas announced the promotion of Simone Eli to sports director/anchor after it was announced that Randy Patrick would be leaving the station after 43 years. Eli started at WALA in Mobile, where she also held the position of sports director. She was an anchor and reporter at CBS 42 in Birmingham for five years before joining WKRG two years ago. Eli is originally from Genoa, Ohio, and attended Bowling Green State University, where she played basketball while earning her master’s of education in sports administration and BS in journalism. Patrick made his final broadcast for the station on January 13.