With Yuki Saitō, Mekata was the co-hostess for the Red Team in the New Year's Eve Kōhaku Uta Gassen spectacular in 1986. From 1987 to 1988, she and Kazuyuki Yamamoto anchored the late-night news program NHK Night Wide, and from 1988 to 1990 delivered the weather forecasts on the prime-time NHK News Today.
With Yuki Saitō, Mekata was a co-hostess on the Red Team in the 1986 New Year's Eve Kōhaku Uta Gassen event. From 1987 to 1988, she and Kazuyuki Yamamoto anchored NHK Night Wide, a late-night news program, and from 1988 to 1990, she presented weather forecasts on NHK News Today, the main evening news.