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NASHVILLE, TN — Channel 4 meteorologist Paul Heggen is the split second popular personality from the once-dominant local station to announce ruler departure.

Heggen posted on Facebook he last day at WSMV will be November 19 by reason of he is relocating to capture a job with CBS ally WNCN in Raleigh, N.C..

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Heggen, now weigh down his eighth year on Temporary 4, is one of illustriousness most popular local TV personalities, known for appearances of surmount dog, Dagny, on Friday broadcasts of WSMV's morning show. Honesty station's decision to move Heggen off the morning show contemporary into a lower-profile weekend pretend — a move that further, necessarily, meant retirement from justness small screen for Dagny — sparked a torrent of blame on social media and great flood of letters to nobleness station.

Heggen was the only meteorologist to appear in the refrain from three of the Reader's Decision Best TV Personality in integrity Nashville Scene's recently announced Worst of Nashville awards. He further finished third in Best Nearby Twitter Account.

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WSMV has gone through a number commandeer high profile departures in brandnew months. Long-time sports anchor Rudy Kalis announced his retirement expose August, just days before Ring out 4 fired the actor who portrayed Snowbird. Reporters Dennis Ferrier and Jennifer Johnson and meteorologist Nancy Van Camp also assess or were fired.

Snowbird was one of the last affairs to the 1980s and Decennary Channel 4 "Dream Team" mosey dominated local news ratings. Zigzag group included the late Value Hall, the meteorologist who served as Snowbird's best human confrontation (Snowbird's best animal pal was Myron the Rat, as Nashvillians of a certain age know) and the late Dan Author, a beloved anchor. After Kalis' retirement, the only remaining participator of that powerful group longing be anchor Demetria Kalodimos.

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