WCVB-TV meteorologist JC Monahan has been named co-host of the station’s evening magazine program “Chronicle,” after eight years providing weather forecasts on Channel 5’s Eyeopener newscast. (Pictured) Monahan and actor Chris Cooper at a 2012 event.

Monahan’s replacement on the Eyeopener will be former Fox 25 meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon.

WHDH-TV reporter Victoria Block signed off for the final time on March 19 after 27 years at the station. WHDH said on its website that Block was retiring to enjoy “sunshine, flip flops, and family time.” The veteran reporter spent 35 years in the business, including 32 in Boston.

Melissa Mack

WBZ-TV Channel 4 meteorologist Melissa Mack announced on March 22 that she is leaving the station after three years for a “new opportunity.” “Goodbye, WBZ and Boston! I will always remember and never forget,” Mack tweeted. “I love you all!”

Paula Ebben

WBZ-TV news anchor, Paula Ebben will be leaving the morning newscast to anchor the 5 p.m. newscast. She will also be working on stories for WBZ news at 6 and 11 p.m. “Hard to say goodbye to my morning friends on WBZ. Please join me starting Monday on WBZNews at 5pm with Jonathan Elias,” Ebben tweeted on her page.

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David Brown

WCVB-TV Channel 5 meteorologist David Brown (pictured, right, with former WCVB meteorologist Dick Albert) announced on his Twitter account that he is leaving the station after 17 years to become Chief Advancement Officer at the Forsyth Institute.

Many faces and personalities who graced Boston-area TVs for years have left the airwaves, or reduced their on-air roles. Read on for a look at the region’s changing TV news landscape.

Anne Allred <br> <br>WHDH-TV Channel 7 morning news anchor Anne Allred recently left the station to return to her home town of St. Louis, Missouri, according to the station.

Heidi Watney <br> <br>Watney, who left NESN last November, has left Time Warner Cable SportsNet Lakers telecasts before working a single game.

Dylan Dreyer <br> <br>Channel 7 meteorologist Dylan Dreyer is leaving for a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” WHDH news director Linda Miele announced in an e-mail to station employees on Aug. 2.<br> <br> Read more

Jack Williams <br> <br>Long-time anchorman Jack Williams is leaving the 11 p.m. newscast at WBZ-TV, but will continue to co-anchor the 6 p.m. newscast with Lisa Hughes, according to Ro Dooley Webster, Boston market director of communications at WBZ-TV.<br> <br>

Out: Heidi Watney; In: Jenny Dell <br> <br>After serving as an in-game reporter on NESN’s Red Sox broadcasts since 2008, Watney (pictured, left) has departed the network to become a sideline reporter on the Lakers’ telecasts on Time Warner.<br> <br>Jenny Dell (right) was chosen to replace Watney.<br> <br>Dell, a University of Massachusetts graduate, most recently worked at ESPN, where she had both on and off-camera duties.

Kim Carrigan <br> <br>Kim Carrigan’s contract was not been renewed at Boston’s Fox25, where she co-anchored that station’s morning news show since 2004.

Frances Rivera <br> <br>WHDH-TV (Channel 7) main anchor Frances Rivera left Boston’s NBC affiliate after 10 years to take a broadcasting job in New York City, the country’s largest TV market.

Gail Huff <br> <br>Longtime WCVB-TV reporter Gail Huff left the station in 2010 after 17 years. Huff is the wife of US Senator Scott Brown.<br> <br>Huff has taken a part-time reporter position in Washington, D.C., and plans to spend more time with her family.<br> <br>Pictured, Brown and Huff in 2007 at the 18th Annual Boston Wine Festival held at the Boston Harbor Hotel.

Mary Richardson <br> <br>Channel 5 anchor and reporter Mary Richardson and longtime co-host of “Chronicle” left the station in 2010.<br> <br>Pictured: Richardson recently interviewed Tom Hanks when he was in town promoting the HBO film “The Pacific.”

Alice Cook <br> <br>Alice Cook, a WBZ-TV sports reporter for 25 years, was told last year by the station that they will not renew her contract.<br> <br>Cook, a former Olympic figure skater, joined other local television personalities at the Frog Pond in the Boston Common during an charity event in December 2009.

Mallika Marshall <br> <br>WBZ-TV also let go of “HealthWatch” reporter Dr. Marshall, who used to report on medical news. Marshall, daughter of former ABC News anchor Carole Simpson, joined the Litton News Source, an independent program distributor, to host a series called “Brighter Living.”<br> <br>From left: Channel 5’s Natalie Jacobson, Marshall, and Fox 25’s Maria Stephanos at the Go Red for Women Luncheon in February 2008.

Dick Albert <br> <br>Albert, the longtime meteorologist for WCVB Channel 5, signed off after 31 years at WCVB in 2009.

Tom Ellis <br> <br>NECN dismissed weekend anchor Tom Ellis in December 2008. “I am disappointed. I feel humiliated. I feel like a part-time throwaway,” Ellis said about losing his job.

Jim Boyd <br> <br>Boyd retired from WCVB in December 2008. Boyd had worked for the station for 24 years and served as a co-anchor of the station’s noon broadcast until November 2006 before becoming a special correspondent for the last two years.

Joyce Kulhawik <br> <br>Kulhawik, a veteran entertainment reporter for WBZ-TV, was let go by the station in April 2008. A three-time cancer survivor, she became a full-time entertainment reporter at the station in 1981. She was the first, and now the last, of the full-time arts reporters on a local network affiliate.

Bob Lobel <br> <br>Lobel, a longtime sports anchor for WBZ, was let go along with Kulhawik.<br> <br>Lobel started at WBZ in 1979 as a weekend sportscaster and moved to the weeknight position two years later. He also hosted the well-regarded Sunday night sports show “Sports Final.” Viewers came to know his offbeat personality, including gimmicks such as the “panic button” he would press when local teams showed signs of faltering.

Scott Wahle <br> <br>Wahle left WBZ at the same time as Kulhawik and Lobel. With the station since 1989, he was a reporter and anchor of the station’s 9 p.m. newscast on sister station WSBK-TV (Channel 38).

Natalie Jacobson <br> <br>Channel 5 anchor Natalie Jacobson, who worked in Boston television for 35 years, retired from WCVB-TV in 2007.

Caterina Bandini <br> <br>Bandini resigned as the lead female anchor at WHDH in August 2006 because she was pregnant with twin girls at the time, and didn’t want her job to interfere with her children.