WNWO-TV, Channel 24, is making a change to its weekday 5 to 7 a.m. anchor desk.

Beginning Monday, morning reporter and NBC 24 Midday anchor-producer Stefanie Martinez will take over for Angi Gonzalez, who is being shifted to "MMJ" — multimedia journalist — where she'll shoot, edit, and report her own stories for the weekday evening newscasts.

"It's all about putting the right people in the right place to make the most of our staff and to put the best newscast on the air," WNWO News Director Nicole Hahn said of the change.

"[Gonzalez will] be one of our main reporters on our evening news to beef up" the newscasts.

Martinez, who has been with the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned WNWO since October, was hired from WFXL-TV, a Sinclair Fox affiliate in Albany, Ga., and recently launched the station's 11:30 a.m. to noon newscast.

Gonzalez was hired approximately three years ago as WNWO's sole 6 and 11 p.m. news anchor, until Jim Blue joined her on the desk a year later. Gonzalez was moved to mornings with the hire of evening anchor Laura Emerson in August.

Gonzalez announced the news of her departure as morning anchor on Toledo’s NBC affiliate early Thursday via her Facebook and Twitter accounts.

"To all my Toledo area fans — I am sorry to say I will no longer be part of your mornings. I'm afraid I can't say more than that but I wanted you to be aware of why I'd no longer be behind the anchor desk. I am still trying to digest the news myself — but thank you ahead of time for your support. Stay tuned for more in the weeks to come."

WNWO has been a ratings laggard for years, trailing the more popular newscasts on the CBS and ABC affiliates, WTOL and WTVG, respectively.

Contact Kirk Baird at kbaird@theblade.com or 419-724-6734.

First Published February 28, 2015, 5:00 a.m.