{"id":16101,"date":"2017-11-28T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=16101"},"modified":"2017-11-28T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:07:03","slug":"cbs-2s-steve-baskerville-forecasts-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/11\/28\/cbs-2s-steve-baskerville-forecasts-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS 2\u2019s Steve Baskerville forecasts retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Steve Baskerville<\/p><\/div>\n

After 30 years of sunny skies and good cheer at WBBM-Channel 2, <\/a>Steve Baskerville is retiring as chief meteorologist at the CBS-owned station.<\/p>\n

Baskerville, 67, announced Tuesday that he plans to step down effective December 22. No successor has been named as weather anchor for the station\u2019s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts, according to a CBS 2 spokeswoman.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a natural time for me to step away and be more available for my family and loved ones,\u201d Baskerville wrote to colleagues. \u201cIf I\u2019ve ever looked good on the air, it\u2019s because of the talented people in the building who make you a better broadcaster. For me it\u2019s the stories, the observations and laughs we\u2019ve had in the halls that made the years seem to fly by!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff Kiernan, vice president and news director of CBS 2, praised Baskerville\u2019s long run.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve\u2019s career has been nothing short of amazing from presenting the weather nationally at CBS network to the many years of delivering reliable forecasts and weather coverage to Chicagoland viewers,\u201d Kiernan said in a statement. \u201cHis infectious smile and good humor helped viewers through Chicago\u2019s changing weather, and it brightened every day for those of us fortunate to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Philadelphia native and graduate of Temple University, Baskerville co-hosted a morning talk show with Maury Povich on KYW (then the NBC-owned station in Philadelphia), and worked as weather anchor on \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d in New York before joining CBS 2 here as weekend weatherman in 1987. He moved up to chief meteorologist the following year.<\/p>\n

The recipient of 11 regional Emmy Awards and numerous other honors, Baskerville was inducted earlier this year in the Silver Circle of the Chicago\/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

Here is the text of Baskerville\u2019s note to colleagues:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know what you\u2019re thinking, He never writes a note to EVERYBODY.\u00a0 What\u2019s going on?<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, it has taken me 30 years to write this note: I am finally putting the weather remote down and I\u2019m stepping away from the map. This has been an incredible streak of years staying employed.\u00a0 I am very fortunate.\u00a0 I started working back in 1987 on a handshake - no contract - a handshake with a guy named Ron Kershaw.\u00a0 It was that informal.\u00a0\u00a0 [I guess it\u2019s too late to ask for a contract now\u2026.]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All kidding aside, it is a natural time for me to step away and be more available for my family and loved ones.\u00a0 That\u2019s code for how much I miss my grandkids.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I\u2019ve ever looked good on the air, it\u2019s because of the talented people in the building who make you a better broadcaster. For me it\u2019s the stories, the observations and laughs we\u2019ve had in the halls that made the years seem to fly by!<\/em><\/p>\n

Enough of this maudlin reminiscing, there will be plenty of time for that.\u00a0 I\u2019m still here until December 22nd!\u00a0 It\u2019ll take that long to find stuff I\u2019ve misplaced in the move from the old studio!<\/em><\/p>\n

In the meantime, this is just a quick love note to say thank you and that I\u2019ve been honored to share so many days with you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Steve B<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After 30 years of sunny skies and good cheer at WBBM-Channel 2, Steve Baskerville is retiring as chief meteorologist at the CBS-owned station. Baskerville, 67, announced Tuesday that he plans to step down effective December 22. No successor has been named as weather anchor for the station\u2019s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts, according... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16101"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16107,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101\/revisions\/16107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}