Yesterday was Urquidi’s last day on the air after almost four years at KTVW-33.
A station spokesperson confirmed his departure: “We thank Sergio for his contributions and wish him well.”
Heidi Renpenning will anchor the newscasts solo while a replacement is announced.
Urquidi previously spent 12 years at Univision Network as a weekend news anchor from 1997 to 2009. He was also a senior correspondent and substitute anchor for the network’s late-night newscast “Última Hora,” and was a correspondent for the primetime newsmagazine “Aquí y Ahora.”
Before that, he was a co-anchor for Telemundo’s KVEA-52 Los Angeles for from 1995 to 1997.
During a broadcast career spanning four decades, he also worked as an anchor for the now defunct NBC Canal de Noticias in Charlotte, as a reporter for KMEX-34 Univision Los Angeles, a reporter for WSNS-TV Telemundo Chicago, and a sports anchor for KINT-TV in El Paso.