Mendez hired at KOMO Veronica Villafañe 17 years ago Melody Mendez jumps 70 markets to join KOMO-4 in Seattle as a reporter. She leaves WICD-15,the ABC affiliate in Champaign, IL, where she was a weekend anchor/reporter since 2006. Before that, she spent a few months as 5 pm anchor at WBBJ-TV in Jackson, Tennessee.