In a small television market like Erie, often new faces will become familiar but then vanish, and the viewer will be asking “whatever happened to…?” Here’s a few folks that in recent months have flown the coop of the Flagship City and where they are now:

(Selena) Sunshine Wiles

Selena Sunshine Wiles, formerly of WJET

It was big news when Selena Wiles left the Tri-Cities in Tennessee to replace long-time anchor Karla Mullenax at Action News 24. So after just a couple years, it was shocking for the Erie viewers when she left again, this time to return to her home area of West Virginia. So much so that Selena Wiles is the most “googled” personality’s name on Press and Tower.

Ms. Wiles brought back her given middle name to the West Virginia airwaves when she moved back home last summer. Sunshine is now back at her original broadcasting company and anchoring the 10:00 nightly cast on FOX 10, WVFX/Clarkesville, WV. According to her bio:

By the summer of 2010, Wiles was more than ready to “return” home and not just be “closer” to family and friends in WV.  An opportunity with Wither’s Broadcasting and WVFX opened a door to return to her roots.
She says “it’s deja vu all over again, go Mountaineers, and this is almost heaven.”

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