{"id":21012,"date":"2019-03-14T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=21012"},"modified":"2019-03-14T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:10:15","slug":"new-cbs-2-anchor-brad-edwards-says-hes-still-just-news-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/03\/14\/new-cbs-2-anchor-brad-edwards-says-hes-still-just-news-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"New CBS 2 anchor Brad Edwards says he\u2019s still \u2018just a news guy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Brad Edwards<\/p><\/div>\n

Just because he\u2019s been promoted to the top news anchor job at WBBM-Channel 2<\/a> doesn\u2019t mean Brad Edwards will be off the street.<\/p>\n

One day after he was named to replace<\/a> Rob Johnson as 5, 6 and 10 p.m. anchor alongside Irika Sargent at the CBS-owned station, Edwards said he has no intention of leaving the CBS 2 Investigators<\/a> unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told my boss I\u2019ll be an investigative reporter anchoring,\u201d Edwards said Thursday. \u201cWe have important work to do. I can\u2019t wait to work with Irika, but there will certainly be nights where she opens the newscast with the fact that I\u2019m on assignment, and I will be. Chicago has a wealth of multi-talented anchors: singers, dancers, some play professionally \u2014 I\u2019m just a news guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edwards, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a graduate of Michigan State University, joined CBS 2 in 2012 after reporting stints in Indianapolis, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing.<\/p>\n

He quickly became known for what some considered a theatrical reporting style and a tendency to draw attention to himself. He\u2019s also proven to be a fierce competitor and outspoken champion for his station.<\/p>\n

Last month Edwards publicly pushed back after \u201cWGN Morning News\u201d anchors Larry Potash and Robin Baumgarten and weatherman Paul Konrad mocked CBS 2 for offering tips to viewers on how to walk on icy surfaces.<\/p>\n

Edwards shot back by tweeting:<\/a>\u00a0\"Our whole damn medium is under attack. And let me tell you, we take A LOT of hits @cbschicago. In Chicago, gold standard @WGNNews dodged an ownership bullet, continue to do #1-rated TV, and . . . I expect more from them. 'It\u2019s all in good fun' - they\u2019ll say. That\u2019s what bullies say.\"<\/p>\n

He later tweeted:<\/a> \"That\u2019s it! We\u2019re all in the same game. The rest was frivoloity.\"<\/p>\n

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Rob Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n

His promotion to top anchor at CBS 2 came without the usual fanfare that accompanies such announcements. Management revealed the move in an internal message that first noted the departures of Johnson and morning news anchor Marissa Bailey, whose contracts were not renewed. Edwards was named to replace Johnson, and reporter Mike Puccinelli was named to replace Bailey alongside Erin Kennedy.<\/p>\n

Edwards stepped up with grace: \u201cI started with Marissa the same day <\/a>in 2012; she\u2019s dear to me,\u201d he said. \u201cRob was a friend and great advocate for others. I wish them, and assure them, the absolute best in next.\"<\/p>\n

For his part, Johnson posted this message on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>: \u201cJust want to thank family, friends, co-workers, and viewers for the wonderful outpouring of support in the wake of this unfortunate news. I have had a wonderful 21 years in Chicago, and I expect to have many more. I am looking forward to taking some time off before I begin to write the next chapter. God Bless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday's comment of the day:<\/a> Carol Marin:<\/strong> Cancer makes a mistake tangling with Art Norman. We all at NBC5 have our bets on Art. And are cheerleading him on!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just because he\u2019s been promoted to the top news anchor job at WBBM-Channel 2 doesn\u2019t mean Brad Edwards will be off the street. One day after he was named to replace Rob Johnson as 5, 6 and 10 p.m. anchor alongside Irika Sargent at the CBS-owned station, Edwards said he has no intention of leaving... 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\/21012"}],"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=21012"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21019,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21012\/revisions\/21019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}