CBS Saturday Show Names Co-Anchor

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Early Show correspondent Tracy Smith has been named co-anchor of CBS' Saturday edition of the morning program.

She co-anchors with Russ Mitchell starting Aug. 6 and will also be a national correspondent for The Early Show.

Smith joined CBS News in 2000 from school net Channel One News.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.