WCBS Names New Anchors

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Kristine Johnson, anchor for NBC News' Early Today, Weekend Today and MSNBC, has joined CBS-owned WCBS-TV New York as anchor.

She will co-anchor the news at noon and 5 p.m. with newly minted anchor Chris Wragge, who has been upped from sports anchor/director at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.

Johnson's resume includes anchor-reporter at WPRI/WNAC Providence, R.I. Wragge's credits include reporting for NBC and Entertainment Tonight.

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.