Samantha Rivera Exiting WFOR-TV

     Samantha Rivera is leaving WFOR-TV Channel 4 in Miami after three years and joining ESPN as a sportscaster. She will work on their English-language digital platforms like ESPN and their Spanish-language digital platforms such as ESPN Deportes. Rivera joined WFOR-TV as a sports reporter and sports anchor in April 2023. 

     Rivera co-hosted a podcast for Univision Radio Chicago while she was attending college at DePaul University. She started her professional broadcasting career as a morning news anchor and news reporter for WLUC-TV in Marquette, Michigan. Rivera was then employed at WTVO-TV and WQRF-TV as a sportscaster in Rockford, Illinois.

     She shifted to San Diego as a sportscaster at KSWB-TV. Rivera was a bilingual reporter of the San Diego Wave FC in the National Women's Soccer League. 

     Rivera returned to her hometown of Chicago in September 2022 and became a sportscaster at WMAQ-TV. She also contributed to the sports staff of NBC Sports Chicago and Telemundo Chicago.