Posted by Byron Allen on March 27, 2010 at 16:54:54:
In Reply to: Weekend anchor Byron Harlan leaving Fox Chicago posted by Bud on March 26, 2010 at 15:40:50:
Byron + TV = no personality.
: Byron Harlan, a weekend anchor at WFLD-Ch. 32 for nearly 13 years, is leaving the Fox-owned station.
: A WFLD spokeswoman confirmed Harlan's contract is not being renewed and, with his exit after this weekend, co-anchor Nancy Pender will handle the 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday newscasts solo while successor options are weighed.
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: Harlan (pictured right), 50, joined Channel 32 in July 1997, having been a Chicago-based correspondent for CBS News NewsPath service and a fill-in anchor for the network's "Up to the Minute" segments. He worked at KGTV-TV and KFMB-AM in his hometown of San Diego before that.
: WFLD flirted with removing Harlan as Pender's co-anchor a decade ago when it hired David Novarro from ABC New York flagship WABC-TV. But after announcing it had hired Novarro to work weekends, he wound up replacing Bob Sirott on the station's weekday morning news and talk program.