Local News Anchor Pretends to Care About His Girlfriend's Job So He Can Propose to Her On the Air Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/07/12 12:54PM When Alissa Groeninger was invited by her boyfriend, WAND-TV early morning news anchor Mark Rivera, to talk about her role as editor of the weekly Voice section of The State Journal-Register, she thought he had finally taken an interest in her work.