Ticker: José Díaz-Balart to Co-Host New Program on Noticias Telemundo Ahora


Top of the Ticker: NBC Nightly News Saturday anchor José Díaz-Balart is taking on expanded responsibilities at Noticias Telemundo, where he will co-host Ahora 360 alongside Arantxa Loizaga on the 24/7 streaming news FAST channel Noticias Telemundo Ahora.  

Set to premiere in early 2026 and airing Monday through Thursday, Ahora 360 will feature social, political, and cultural stories impacting the Latino community.

Díaz-Balart will also host Dateline in Spanish on Telemundo beginning in January. He will contribute to the program while continuing his duties on Nightly News.

Network appointments: David Rohde is moving from NBC News to MSNBC, where he will be their senior national security reporter. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting and the author of five books was previously a senior executive editor for national security and law at NBC News.

Meanwhile, NBC News announced the appointments of Carol Lee and Colleen Long to the roles of managing editor, national security, and editorial director, national security, respectively. Lee was previously the news network’s Washington managing editor, while Long served as a senior editor on the enterprise team.  

Finally, Fox Business Network has named Darren Botelho a Washington, D.C. correspondent. He was previously a weekend evening anchor at ABC affiliate WLNE-TV (ABC6) in Providence, Rhode Island.

Show Premiere: CNN announced that its new Los Angeles-based news show, The Story Is with Elex Michaelson, will premiere on Monday, October 27, at 12 a.m. ET. California Gov. Gavin Newsom will be Michaelson’s first guest on the nightly show, which features live panels and debates showcasing a range of voices.

Scam Alert: On Wednesday, Fox Nation debuted its latest docuseries, Scammed: Getting Even. Over six episodes, released weekly, viral YouTubers Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik take justice into their own hands — tracking, confronting, and exposing real-life scammers across the globe.

Awards Recipient: On Wednesday, ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir was honored with the 2025 Lew Klein Excellence in Media Award by Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communications. The award, inspired by the legacy of broadcast pioneer and educator Lew Klein, is presented annually to a media luminary whose work is a model for Klein College students.

ABC News’ David Muir posing with students from Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communications.
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