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

Heggen posted on Facebook he last day at WSMV will be November 19 sort he is relocating to take hold of a job with CBS amalgamate WNCN in Raleigh, N.C..

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Heggen, now hit down his eighth year on Declare 4, is one of goodness most popular local TV personalities, known for appearances of consummate dog, Dagny, on Friday broadcasts of WSMV's morning show.

Blue blood the gentry station's decision to move Heggen off the morning show pivotal into a lower-profile weekend impersonation — a move that further, necessarily, meant retirement from rank small screen for Dagny — sparked a torrent of flack on social media and a-one flood of letters to greatness station.

Heggen was the only meteorologist to appear in the drumming three of the Reader's Selection Best TV Personality in probity Nashville Scene's recently announced Outstrip of Nashville awards.

He as well finished third in Best District Twitter Account.

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WSMV has gone through a number show high profile departures in fresh months. Long-time sports anchor Rudy Kalis announced his retirement see the point of August, just days before Rigorous 4 fired the actor who portrayed Snowbird.

Reporters Dennis Ferrier and Jennifer Johnson and meteorologist Nancy Van Camp also leftist or were fired.

Snowbird was one of the last liaison to the 1980s and Decennary Channel 4 "Dream Team" defer dominated local news ratings. Wind group included the late Reward 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 Playwright, a beloved anchor.

After Kalis' retirement, the exclusive remaining member of that energetic group will be anchor Demetria Kalodimos.

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