Meet Our Team

David Custer

There's no place like home and this Goodrich Martian is happy to be doing what he loves in his hometown. You can catch David every weeknight anchoring WNEM-TV5 News at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Meg McLeod

Meg McLeod made mid-Michigan her beautiful new home in July 2014 after spending four years in mid-Missouri.

Frank Turner

Frank Turner is a seasoned veteran of broadcast journalism, with 40 years experience as a news anchor, reporter, and radio talk-show host.

Ashlyn Hill

Wake-Up every Saturday and Sunday morning with Ashlyn Hill. After joining WNEM in 2016 as a reporter, Ashlyn was quickly promoted to weekend morning Anchor.

Jamie Sherrod

Jamie calls Mid-Michigan “home sweet home” and is excited to be back after spending some time in Northern Michigan. Originally from the Detroit area, Jamie began her career at WBKB News in Alpena.

Rebeca Velazquez

Rebeca Velázquez joined the TV5 Wake-Up Morning Crew in August 2019.

Colette Stinger

Colette invites you to join her for a ‘cup of joe’ weekdays on TV-5 Wake-Up from

Veronica Gabriel

Start your morning with Veronica Gabriel and the rest of TV-5’s Wake-Up team weekdays 4:30 a.m. – 7 a.m. & again at 9 a.m.

Bryan Bachman

Bryan Bachman joined the First Warn 5 Weather Team in April 2014, and was named Chief Meteorologist in February 2015.

Chris Easlick

Meteorologist Chris Easlick was thrilled to join the First Warn 5 weather team in April 2015 and now proudly serves as the weekday morning meteorologist on WNEM-TV5 Wake Up!

Kylee Miller

Meteorologist Kylee Miller has been designated a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society.

John Gross

John Gross joined the First Warn 5 Weather Team in January 2018 as a Trainee Meteorologist. Since December 2018, he's become the weekend Meteorologist.

James Felton

James Felton is a general assignment news reporter. He joined the WNEM TV5 news team in 2005 as chief photographer.

Rachel McCrary

Rachel joined WNEM TV 5 in October of 2015 as a reporter. Rachel was born and raised in Michigan and is looking forward to diving into important news in the Mid-Michigan area.

Kate Nadolski

Kate joined WNEM TV 5 in February of 2017 as a reporter. Kate was born and raised in Fraser, Michigan but can't wait to discover all the beautiful treasures Mid-Michigan has to offer!

Scott Wolchek

Scott loves storytelling, adventure and meeting interesting people. That’s why he loves reporting, because every day is something new, something exciting, something important. He wants to let you know what’s going on in Mid-Michigan and he’s not afraid to tell it like it is.

Jonathan Jackson

Jonathan began working at WNEM-TV5 in the summer of 2017 as a freelance reporter. Although originally from a small town out of Metro Detroit called Madison Heights, Jonathan came to Mid-Michigan eager to start his career as a broadcast journalist.

Blake Keller

Blake Keller joined WNEM TV5 Wake-Up in August 2019 after spending two years reporting in the desert landscape in Yuma, Arizona. Blake is familiar with what great things Mid-Michigan has to offer, as he is a Metro Detroit native and is excited to Wake-Up with you.