Posted by chicagomedia.org on September 08, 2008 at 21:41:39:
CBS 2 shuffles anchor lineup again
For the second time in five months, WBBM-Channel 2 is rearranging the deck chairs on its anchor desk.
The changes announced Monday come two weeks before the CBS-owned station is scheduled to move to its new studios at 22 W. Washington.
As of next week, the weekday morning anchor team of Jim Williams and Kristyn Hartman will be replaced by Roseanne Tellez, who has been on maternity after anchoring at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Don Schwenneker, who has been weatherman at 5 p.m.
Tellez and Schwenneker also will anchor at 11 a.m.
Schwenneker joined Channel 2 as weekend weatherman last January from WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. In recent weeks, he occasionally has filled in as morning news anchor.
Williams returns to anchoring weekend evening newscasts, replacing Derrick Blakley alongside Mai Martinez.
Both Blakley and Hartman shift to full-time general assignment reporting.
Also rejoining the morning show will be traffic reporter Susan Carlson, who most recently had been reporting for other newscasts.
(FEDER/Sun-Times)