ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 WKMG News 6 is proud to announce Rob Evans as the newest member of the News 6 morning team, bringing nearly three decades of broadcast journalism experience to Central Florida.<\/p>\n
From Southwest Florida to Arkansas to Austin, Texas, Evans has had the privilege of telling the stories of incredible people from coast to coast. A graduate of the University of Missouri\u2019s renowned Journalism School, he is known for thoughtful storytelling, strong reporting, and a deep commitment to the communities he serves.<\/p>\n
While Evans is grateful for multiple Emmy nominations and Associated Press awards, he\u2019ll be the first to say his greatest accomplishment is making a positive difference in people\u2019s lives. Whether he\u2019s anchoring the morning news, reporting on the issues that matter most to Central Florida, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, or mentoring youth through Big Brothers, Evans is passionate about serving the community both on and off the air.<\/p>\n
Rob Evans will join Chief Meteorologist Candace Campos<\/a> and Anchor Lauren Melendez<\/a> starting August 10. And viewers can watch this team, along with our local reporting from our embedded team of Community Correspondents<\/a>, and in-depth investigations from our News 6 Investigative team weekday mornings starting at 5:00am on WKMG News 6, the CBS affiliate in Central Florida.<\/p>\n ABOUT WKMG NEWS 6<\/p>\n WKMG News 6 serves Central Florida as the CBS affiliate, delivering local news coverage across broadcast, streaming, and digital platforms.<\/p>\n Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 WKMG News 6 is proud to announce Rob Evans as the newest member of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47756,78954,140246,48284,17078,139,141,140,40379,29013],"class_list":["post-341501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-anchor","tag-candace-campos","tag-cbs-orlando","tag-lauren-melendez","tag-news-6","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-rob-evans","tag-wkmg-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}