{"id":186966,"date":"2025-12-16T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186966\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:03:07","slug":"fox-2s-rob-wolchek-known-for-hall-of-shame-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186966\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox 2’s Rob Wolchek, known for ‘Hall of Shame,’ announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The veteran TV reporter will leave the station in March, he has announced.<\/p>\n

After 28 years of inducting fraudsters and scam artists into his “Hall of Shame,” Fox 2’s Rob Wolchek has announced it’s time to call it a day.<\/p>\n

The veteran TV investigator will leave WJBK-TV in March, he has announced. He has been with the station since 1997.<\/p>\n

“I’ll be 67 years old,” Wolchek said on-air Monday evening, announcing his pending retirement<\/a>. “I just feel like it’s time to spend more time with my wife and kids and grandchild, and not have to come to work five days a week.”<\/p>\n

Wolchek began his career as a deejay at a country music radio station in Farmington, New Mexico. He later worked as a traffic reporter in Los Angeles before making the move to TV news at stations in Bakersfield and Fresno, California, and then joining the team at Fox 2.<\/p>\n

“Detroit was supposed to be just a stop along the way in my career, but it became home,” Wolchek said. “You, the wonderful viewers, have embraced me and shown me way more love than I ever expected.”<\/p>\n

Wolchek said he plans to continue to stay in Metro Detroit, and may continue to work on a part-time basis, “because I love my job,” he said.<\/p>\n

And also, “I’ve still got some bad guys to catch.”<\/p>\n

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