{"id":147081,"date":"2026-02-27T05:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/147081\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:54:32","slug":"nycs-pix-11-cuts-four-familiar-faces-behind-news-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/147081\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC’s PIX 11 cuts four familiar faces behind news desk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four of New York City\u2019s familiar TV news faces have been shown the door as corporate owner Nexstar trims staff at PIX11.<\/p>\n

The cuts included early-morning anchor Craig Treadway, weekend morning anchor John Muller, evening anchor Kori Chambers and afternoon anchor Arrianee LeBeau, the news site Newscaststudio reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring at Nexstar Media Group stations in New York and Los Angeles.<\/a><\/p>\n

PIX11 anchor Craig Treadway, who reflected on more than 25 years at the station in a LinkedIn post after learning his job had been cut. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The trade outlet reported that WPIX parted ways with the four anchors as part of a cost-cutting round, while other newsroom, production and sales roles were also said to be affected. The exact number of eliminated positions was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n

Treadway, a longtime fixture at PIX11, reflected on his more than 25 years at the station in a farewell message he shared earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would\u2019ve loved to say goodbye to my colleagues in person. I had other plans. Life had different ones \u2014 ones not of my choosing,\u201d he wrote in a Feb. 9 LinkedIn post.<\/a><\/p>\n

Evening anchor Kori Chambers, who helmed PIX11\u2019s 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, was also included in the staffing cuts. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Muller, who anchored weekend mornings and reported for the station, was a visible presence on PIX11\u2019s broadcasts.<\/p>\n

Chambers anchored the station\u2019s weekday 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, holding one of the most prominent roles in the newsroom.<\/p>\n

Weekend morning anchor John Muller was among the WPIX on-air personalities let go in the latest round of Nexstar layoffs. Getty Images<\/p>\n

LeBeau, a weekday afternoon anchor, also covered transit for the morning newscast.<\/p>\n

Nexstar declined to comment on individual personnel matters but said in a statement reported by multiple outlets that it is \u201ctaking steps necessary to compete effectively\u201d amid \u201cunprecedented change\u201d in the broadcast industry.<\/p>\n

Afternoon anchor Arrianee LeBeau, who also covered transit for PIX11\u2019s morning news, was named among the anchors affected by the layoffs. Instagram\/Arrianee LeBeau<\/p>\n

The job losses at PIX11 come as Nexstar continues to streamline operations across its portfolio of major-market stations, raising fresh questions about the future direction of one of New York\u2019s most recognizable local news brands.<\/p>\n

Even as Nexstar trims newsroom staff at stations like WPIX and WGN, the company has been aggressively lobbying federal regulators to approve its proposed $6 billion acquisition of Tegna<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The WPIX-TV studios in Manhattan, where four on-air anchors were laid off as Nexstar Media Group restructures its local stations. JHVEPhoto \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

The deal would significantly expand Nexstar\u2019s footprint and requires sign-off from the Federal Communications Commission because current rules bar a single broadcaster from reaching more than 39% of US TV households.<\/p>\n

Nexstar has argued that consolidation is necessary to compete with streaming giants like Netflix and YouTube, which are not subject to the FCC\u2019s ownership cap and have siphoned advertising revenue from traditional broadcasters.<\/p>\n

Critics, however, point to prior Nexstar acquisitions that resulted in newsroom consolidations and job cuts, raising questions about whether further expansion would bolster \u2014 or further shrink \u2014 local news operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four of New York City\u2019s familiar TV news faces have been shown the door as corporate owner Nexstar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[21446,1208,9,61667,56,63,65,64,61668],"class_list":{"0":"post-147081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-layoffs","9":"tag-media","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-nexstar-broadcasting","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-wpix-ch-11"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}