Kim and Dana Wagner splitting duties, but not splitting up

News 3 and The CW power couple Kim and Dana Wagner are splitting duties, but not splitting up, at Las Vegas's NBC affiliate.

News 3 and The CW power couple Kim and Dana Wagner are splitting duties, but not splitting up, at Las Vegas's NBC affiliate.

Dana Wagner announced Friday morning on "Wake Up With the Wagners" (where yours truly was a guest) that he is moving off the morning shift. The 40-year broadcast vet is shifting to the 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. newscasts, effective Monday.

Those slots were previously held by Reed Cowan, who moved to CBS Bay Area in San Francisco six months ago.

"No more waking up at 2:30 in the morning for me," Dana Wagner said. "This is entirely a quality-of-life decision." Kim Wagner will continue to anchor the morning newscast. As she said, "Everybody will wonder if we’re getting divorced. We aren't." The couple has partnered in "Wake Up" since July 2007.

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