WTOK welcomes new news director to team

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Published: Apr. 3, 2017 at 3:28 PM CDT
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WTOK-TV is welcoming the newest member of our news team.

Pat Peterson is stepping in as news director after John Johnson retired from the position in December. Peterson comes to us from the Mobile-Pensacola market. He says he knew he wanted to be a writer when he was in the sixth grade, and after 22 years of working in television news, Peterson says he still loves meeting new people and telling their stories.

"I'm not going to make any major changes just yet," he says. "I know John Johnson is a television legend here in Meridian. I've got some big shoes to fill, but I am pretty confident, I'll be able to fill those shoes pretty nicely."

Peterson says viewers can still expect to see quality news and severe weather coverage from WTOK, as he steps into this new role.