{"id":2271337,"date":"2026-02-07T13:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2271337"},"modified":"2026-02-07T13:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:40:17","slug":"andrea-williams-is-milwaukee-tonight-permanent-anchor-on-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/andrea-williams-is-milwaukee-tonight-permanent-anchor-on-channel-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Williams is &#8216;Milwaukee Tonight&#8217; permanent anchor on Channel 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"88475664007\" title=\"Meet Anya Sesay, the Journal Sentinel's new arts and culture reporter\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/02\/PMJS\/88477444007-anyaintrovide-0-screenshot.png?crop=943,530,x166,y173\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Meet Anya Sesay, the Journal Sentinel&#8217;s new arts and culture reporter<\/p>\n<p>Why would Anya Sesay leave the warmth of Florida to write about Milwaukee&#8217;s art scene? It&#8217;s simple. She loves art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>The new anchor of &#8220;Milwaukee Tonight,&#8221; the news and entertainment program of WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), is no stranger to the show, station or community.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Andrea Williams has been named the permanent anchor of the show, the station announced in a news release on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Williams had been serving as the interim anchor since <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/television-radio\/2025\/10\/28\/shannon-sims-leaving-milwaukee-wtmj-tv-channel-4\/86952426007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/television-radio\/2025\/10\/28\/shannon-sims-leaving-milwaukee-wtmj-tv-channel-4\/86952426007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shannon Sims left WTMJ-TV in November<\/a>. Williams has worked at WTMJ-TV since May 2022 when she was hired as a specialty reporter, where she highlighted people in the community &#8220;whose stories often go untold,&#8221; the station said.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/06\/PMJS\/88555603007-andrea-williams-photo.png bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/06\/PMJS\/88555603007-andrea-williams-photo.png?crop=1078,810,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/06\/PMJS\/88555603007-andrea-williams-photo.png?crop=810,1078,x120,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/06\/PMJS\/88555603007-andrea-williams-photo.png?crop=1077,606,x0,y66 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Provided by WTMJ-TV (Channel 4)\" caption=\"Andrea Williams\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Williams has been a Milwaukee media fixture for years after moving here in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her start at WTMJ-TV, Williams was a radio personality. Williams spent 20 years at Jammin\u2019 98.3, where she was also the news\/public affairs director for the Milwaukee Radio Group. She got her start in Milwaukee at WKKV-FM, V100.7.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Williams has also hosted and executive produced &#8220;Our Issues Milwaukee&#8221; and &#8220;Connect MKE&#8221; on Milwaukee\u2019s CW 18 and My 24.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Bucks fans are also familiar with Williams. She was the team&#8217;s original in-arena host and also previously was a Bucks Energee! dancer.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It will be a couple weeks, though, before viewers see &#8220;Milwaukee Tonight.&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/olympics\/2026\/02\/03\/when-do-2026-winter-olympics-start-opening-ceremony-schedule-tv\/88492766007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/olympics\/2026\/02\/03\/when-do-2026-winter-olympics-start-opening-ceremony-schedule-tv\/88492766007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 2026 Winter Olympics<\/a> will keep the show off until Feb. 23.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Milwaukee Tonight,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/television-radio\/2021\/04\/23\/wtmj-tv-channel-4-launching-milwaukee-tonight-nightly-newscast-focusing-positive-stories\/7343179002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/television-radio\/2021\/04\/23\/wtmj-tv-channel-4-launching-milwaukee-tonight-nightly-newscast-focusing-positive-stories\/7343179002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which launched in 2021<\/a>, is a half-hour show following WTMJ-TV&#8217;s 6 p.m. newscast.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-02-07 12:30:26.222736681 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-02-07 12:30:26.222736681 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.jsonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Anya Sesay, the Journal Sentinel&#8217;s new arts and culture reporter Why would Anya Sesay leave the warmth of Florida to write about Milwaukee&#8217;s art scene? It&#8217;s simple. She loves art. The new anchor of &#8220;Milwaukee Tonight,&#8221; the news and entertainment program of WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), is no stranger to the show, station or community. 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