At WSLS (Channel 10), a list of changes to the station's on-air staff is bringing different faces to many newscasts.

Two familiar names have already said goodbye, and viewers can expect two new reporters soon. Meanwhile, the Storm Team has shuffled its staff again.

Juliet Bickford signed off from WSLS for the last time Friday. She had joined the station as a reporter in July 2002, rising to anchor the morning and noon newscasts with a large smile and colorful suits. Bickford has accepted the morning anchor spot at Norfolk's CBS affiliate, WTKR.

Bickford said the decision to leave was both personal and professional, as the cross-state move puts her closer to family and in front of the larger Hampton Roads audience. "It's nice to have this opportunity to go home and report there," she said.

The Hampton native is the third member of the WSLS newsroom to leave for WTKR since July. That month, former news director Shane Moreland made the move, followed by reporter Jeremy Crider in January.

Bickford's replacement may come from within the station or be a new hire, WSLS officials said. A date to fill the position has not been set, though viewers can expect to see Dawn Jefferies and Lindsey Henley filling in.

"We've got to have the right fit," said Warren Fiihr, the station's vice president and general manager. Specifically, a bright, morning personality. "Someone that people like to wake up with."

The Storm Team has made some changes, too, less than a year after the weather staff received a makeover.

Jeff Haniewich has taken over as "the meteorologist of record," forecasting on the evening broadcasts, said news director Melissa Preas. The move bumps Ros Runner, former lead weatherman, to the weekends. "Jeff is very well loved in our community," Fiihr said of the switch.

And weatherwoman Johanna Calfee left WSLS last week, Preas said.

Explaining the changes, Preas said Runner wanted to explore options outside TV and that Calfee's departure was a quality-of-life decision, so that she could spend more time with family.

Lastly, WSLS has plans to add two new reporters.

Mollie Halpern will join the station as an investigative reporter, filling a position that has been open since last year. Halpern was most recently with Pittsburgh's NBC affiliate, WPXI.

And Lindsey Ward has made a verbal agreement to join WSLS as a reporter, Preas said. Ward was previously with the Charlottesville Newsplex.

"As far as the changes at the TV station, this is just normal business," Fiihr said, and pointed to its constant "front line" veterans John Carlin and Karen McNew.

So what will this mean for the Storm Team billboard that watches over commuters on northbound Interstate 581? WSLS is exploring different possibilities, perhaps one without faces.

DePompa departs, Abraham arrives at WDBJ

WDBJ (Channel 7) has lost one reporter and added another.

Rachel DePompa left the station Thursday for Richmond's NBC affiliate, WWBT. She started at the "Hometown Station" in November 2003, serving as New River Valley bureau chief.

"She did terrific service here, especially on April 16," said Jeffrey Marks, the station's president and general manager.

Sinu Abraham joined the station last week as a general assignment reporter. She arrives with experience in TV and, more recently, radio at WTOP in Washington, D.C, said Amy Morris, WDBJ news director.