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Former WHDH-TV main anchor Frances Rivera has a new role at NBC News as co-anchor to the newly launched 'MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts' which airs weekdays from 1pm-3pm.

The show takes the place of 'Ronan Farrow Daily' and 'Reid Report' which were canceled in February.

Thomas Roberts joined MSNBC in December 2010 after serving as a freelance anchor for several months. Most recently, he was the anchor of early morning program 'Way Too Early' on MSNBC. He also appeared on 'Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski' as a contributor. Roberts has also served as a fill-in host on NBC's Today, a role that he will continue.

Prior to MSNBC, Roberts was a correspondent at CBS News, and has also been a news anchor at CNN Headline News.

Roberts told TVNewser that he will "miss the ‘Way Too Early’ staff! They’re a fantastic group, but they also work on ‘Morning Joe’ and will be staying with their regular roles." He also said that he is looking forward to working with his new team.

Roberts also said that he was "really proud to reveal that my colleague Frances Rivera will be joining me throughout the show to help break down the major news events of the day with extra content that will only enhance what we deliver on a daily basis."

Rivera joined MSNBC in February of 2014, and often filled in on MSNBC and NBC'S Early Today show, and also contributed  to the Weekend Today Show.

Prior to joining MSNBC, Rivera spent two years at WPIX-TV CW 11 in New York City as their morning anchor.

From 2001 to 2010, Rivera was in Boston where she anchored the 5, 6, and 11pm newscasts on WHDH-TV NBC 7 as well as the 10pm newscast on WLVI-TV CW 56. While at WHDH, Rivera was recognized with several Emmy nominations. In 2003 and 2007, she won the Emmy award for 'Outstanding Anchor.'

Rivera has also worked on-air at KWTV-TV in Oklahoma City, OK and KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, TX.

Rivera has also worked behind the scenes at 'CBS This Morning' and also covered the 1996 election for CBS's political unit. During that time, she was a freelance co-host and reporter for the nationally syndicated PBS program "Asian America."

A native of the Philippines, Rivera immigrated to the United States when she was three years old. She went back to the Philippines for college and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of the Philippines.

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