Manko was a QVC host for a while a few years back.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/marianne-manko-joins-wand_b94712
Marianne Manko has joined WAND, the NBC affiliate in Springfield-Decatur, Ill.
News director Tai Takahashi told TVSpy Manko will anchor the afternoon and evening newscasts alongside Sean Streaty while two WAND anchors, Dawn Sterling and Stacey Skrysak, are out on maternity leave.
Until March, Manko was the evening anchor at rival WICS, the ABC affiliate in Springfield-Decatur. She has also worked at KRGV in Brownsville, Texas and WOFL in Orlando.