KSHB News Director Peggy Phillip, who was unceremoniously let go by the E.W. Scripps station in August after three years, has landed a new position with WPLG-TV in Miami, reliable sources have told Bottom Line.

Phillip will join the ABC affiliate as the station’s weekday morning executive producer effective December 3.

WPLG is a Post-Newsweek station that is part of the broadcasting division of the Washington Post Company.

KSHB had been doing very well in the Nielsen ratings under Phillip and GM Mike Vrbac. However, in July Vrbac announced he was retiring after a short tenure at the station, and Phillip was let go about a month later.

The NBC affiliate entered the current November sweeps without filling the two key positions and did not fare well in the Nielsen ratings (LINK).

Phillip had joined KSHB, a E.W. Scripps station, in June 2009 and brought more than 30 years experience to the position. She came from WMAR in Baltimore where she served as News Director for a year. She had previously spent 17 months at WSTM in Syracuse and 8 1/2 years at WMC-TV in Memphis as those stations’ News Director.

She began her news career at KTVN in Reno where she spent 11 years. She had also worked at WSVN-TV in Miami earlier in her career.