{"id":1729,"date":"2013-12-21T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2013-12-21T09:21:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T15:21:30","slug":"newsradio-newcomers-awesome-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/12\/21\/newsradio-newcomers-awesome-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsradio newcomer\u2019s \u2018awesome opportunity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kimberly<\/a>

<\/a> Kimberly Easton<\/p><\/div>\n

Kimberly Easton, a former television news anchor and reporter in Pittsburgh and Grand Rapids, is the newest voice on WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9.<\/p>\n

In joining the CBS Radio all-news station as a part-time news anchor and reporter, she replaces Brandis Friedman, who left in October<\/a> to become a full-time correspondent for \u201cChicago Tonight\u201d on WTTW-Channel 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust couldn't say no to this awesome opportunity,\u201d Easton wrote on Facebook.<\/a> \u201cWBBM Newsradio Chicago knows how to do news! Working with some of the best veteran journalists in the country. Grateful and so humbled to be a part of their team.\u201d<\/p>\n

A native of Columbus, Indiana, and graduate of Liberty University, Easton interned at CNN in Washington, D.C., before working in radio news. Her shift to television took her to WSET-TV in Lynchburg, Virginia, WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh. Earlier this year, she earned a master\u2019s degree in communications from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Two other part-timers at WBBM Newsradio \u2014 Catherine Catalane and Veronica Carter \u2014 have taken turns filling in as afternoon drive anchor since Steve Grzanich abruptly left the station Tuesday. It appears that no decision has been made about filling his position.<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/a>

Steve Grzanich<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAfter 20 years, I am signing off at WBBM Newsradio to explore other opportunities,\u201d Grzanich wrote on Facebook.<\/a> \u201cI am hungry for a new challenge and must embark on the journey to find it starting now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several websites incorrectly linked Grzanich\u2019s departure to the layoffs last Monday<\/a> of four sales account executives as part of year-end cutbacks at CBS Radio. In contrast to those moves, no one at the station would talk on or off the record about why Grzanich left.<\/p>\n

A memo to newsroom staff Tuesday from Ron Gleason, director of news and programming, said: \u201cThis is to let you know Steve Grzanich is no longer with WBBM.\u00a0 We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Except for an 18-month stint when he served as news director of WTAX in Springfield, Grzanich had worked at WBBM since 1994. He joined the all-news station as an anchor\/reporter from WLRW in Champaign. If you rarely read or heard anything about the guy until now, that\u2019s just the way he wanted it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve tried very hard to stay out of Feder\u2019s column,\u201d he tweeted<\/a> last week. \u201cFly below the radar . . . stay out of Feder . . . wonderful advice from Dale McCarren to me 20 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kimberly Easton, a former television news anchor and reporter in Pittsburgh and Grand Rapids, is the newest voice on WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9. In joining the CBS Radio all-news station as a part-time news anchor and reporter, she replaces Brandis Friedman, who left in October to become a full-time correspondent for \u201cChicago Tonight\u201d on... 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\/1729"}],"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=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1737,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/1737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}