TV anchor Libby Weaver signs off KDVR, for good

Libby Weaver had been at KDVR since 2000.

Half of Denver's longest-lasting TV anchor team signed off Thursday, as Libby Weaver ended her tenure at KDVR and, most likely, in broadcasting. Her co-anchor, Ron Zappolo, is preparing to exit the anchor chair in March, although he'll remain at the station, shifting his attention to sports.

Weaver and Zappolo, an on-air team since the station's news department launched in 2000, clicked from the beginning and have been trading easy ad-libs ever since. (When they've verged on too cute, there has always been BBC World News on Channel 6 for balance.)

Weaver has said she's not retiring, just seeking a change. Would the station have extended her contract? It never got that far.

"It was her decision," Fox31 news director Ed Ostrow's Off the Record Blog

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