"First News Weekend" debuts Saturday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Residents of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio will have a new way to start their weekend days starting March 6.

NewsChannel 15 will begin airing First News Weekend from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 

The areas only local weekend morning newscast will feature anchor Drew Blair and meteorologist Nicholas Ferreri.

Many viewers will already be familiar with Blair.  She's been with NewsChannel 15 for over three years in various capacities, including reporiting, anchoring and weather forecasting.  She's originally from Indianapolis and graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Telecommunications.

Ferreri may be a new comer to NewsChannel 15, but he's not a stranger to the area.  He graduated from Ball State University and most recently was employed as a meteorologist at WILX-TV in Lansing, Michigan.  Ferreri earned his Geosciences-Broadcast Meteorology masters degree from Mississippi State University.

First News Weekend will get viewers up to speed on the latest news and weather, plus they'll get filled in on events going on in the community.

Be sure to watch the video with Drew and Nicholas that's located to the left of this story.