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Stefan Holt (born c. 1986/1987) [1] is an American journalist and television news anchor for WMAQ-TV—the Chicago owned-and-operated station of NBC.He anchors alongside Allison Rosati for the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news programs on this station, after he replacing Rob Stafford who was retired on December 23, 2022.
The station first signed on the air on October 8, 1948, as WNBQ; it was the fourth television station to sign on in Chicago. [1] [3] It was also the third of NBC's five original owned-and-operated television stations to begin operations, after WNBC-TV in New York City and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., and before WKYC in Cleveland and KNBC in Los Angeles.
In 1995 she began anchoring the afternoon news, and in May 1997, following the controversial hiring of Jerry Springer as commentator and the resignations of Ron Magers and Carol Marin, Rosati was promoted to co-anchor of NBC 5's 10 p.m. newscast, making her as a longest-reigning tenured late-evening news anchor in Chicago.
Television sports anchors from Chicago (10 P) Pages in category "Television anchors from Chicago" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
On December 13, 2013 Sambolin signed off from Early Start stating the primary reason was for her children and to be closer to family in the Chicago area. On April 23, 2014 it was announced that Sambolin would be rejoining WMAQ as co-anchor of NBC 5 news Today and will co-anchor alongside Stefan Holt. She began May 22, and left in October, 2021.
Warner Saunders (January 30, 1935, Chicago, Illinois – October 9, 2018, Chicago, Illinois) was a 10 PM news co-anchor for WMAQ-TV in Chicago. Saunders' primary co-anchor in the NBC 5 evening newscasts was Allison Rosati. A Chicago native, Saunders held a bachelor's degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and a master's degree from ...
On September 23, 2007, Stafford joined WMAQ-TV/NBC5 Chicago as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter. [5] "I wanted this job and asked for it," Stafford told the Chicago Sun-Times after being hired by WMAQ. [6] He moved to the main anchor position in July 2009 and anchored the station's 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. newscasts.
In 1978, Marin was hired by the NBC owned and operated station, WMAQ-TV, in Chicago, where she worked for almost two decades. [ citation needed ] On May 1, 1997, she resigned her position as 6 and 10 p.m. news anchor in protest of the station's decision to give Jerry Springer a commentary segment on the evening news program that she anchored ...