Peter Dunn

WCBS/Channel 2 Forms Duopoly With Acquistion of WLNY/Channel 55 - Posted December 12, 2011
WCBS/Channel 2 announced today that it signed a definitive agreement to purchase independent station WLNY/Channel 55. While terms of the agreement with the seller, WLNY Holdings, Inc., were not disclosed, the acquisition of WLNY-TV would give CBS a duopoly in the nation's largest media market. "... [FishbowlNY]

Chris Wragge on WCBS: 'I'm Going to Do Whatever the Hell They Want Me to Do' - Posted November 16, 2011
Chris Wragge is recommitting his time to WCBS, following a year hosting "The Early Show," and he says he'll do whatever GM ... [TVSpy]

WCBS Plans To Launch Digital Subchannel in NYC - Posted October 18, 2011
WCBS, the CBS owned-and-operated station in New York City, has announced plans to launch a digital subchannel before the end of the year, ... [TVSpy]

Don Dahler Will Shift to Weekends at WCBS Following Chris Wragge's Return - Posted September 8, 2011
Don Dahler, who was displaced from the WCBS 6 p.m. broadcast this week when Chris Wragge ... [TVSpy]

Chris Who? WCBS Scores Major Ratings Win with Maurice DuBois's 11 p.m. Newscast - Posted March 3, 2011
WCBS's 11 p.m. newscast, which lost anchor Chris Wragge to the "Early Show" in January, ... [TVSpy]

WCBS/Channel 2 'Sweeps' Competition With Late Newscast - Posted March 3, 2011
Update: Comments from Peter Dunn On January 3, veteran anchor Maurice DuBois made th... [FishbowlNY]

WCBS Picks Rob Morrison to Replace Maurice DuBois in the Morning - Posted December 20, 2010
Rob Morrison is set to replace Maurice DuBois as WCBS's weekday morning anchor. DuBois is taking over the weekday eveni... [TVSpy]

Rob Morrison Gets Weekday Morning Anchor Slot at WCBS - Posted December 20, 2010
Rob Morrison has been upgraded from weekend to weekday morning anchor at WCBS-TV. FishbowlNY has obtained an internal memo sent by GM/President Peter Dunn to sta... [FishbowlNY]

Maurice DuBois 'Pleased' to Get Weeknight Anchoring at WCBS - Posted December 13, 2010
Since 1997, Maurice DuBois has become a familiar face for millions of viewers. The majority of those years were waking up New Yorkers, first at WNBC, then at WCBS. Now, the affable DuBois is ready to put the alarm clock in a drawer and head for nights. "... [FishbowlNY]

Les Moonves Holds Court at CBS Holiday Bash - Posted December 10, 2010
CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves -- sans wife Julie Chen who is fully ensconced in L.A. for her ensemble daytime show, "The Talk" -- celebrated with his CBS minions, and the press who cover them, at CBS' Black Rock headquarters last night. [caption id="attachment_43486" align="alignright" width="266" caption="CBS' annual airing of "Rudolph the... [TVNewser]

Chris Wragge Says Leaving WCBS for Early Show Was 'Too Good ... to Pass Up' - Posted December 3, 2010
As we reported on Tuesday, WCBS top anchor Chris Wragge is heading to mornings as host of the network's The Early Show. ... [FishbowlNY]

Maurice DuBois Named WCBS 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Anchor - Posted December 1, 2010
WCBS-TV didn't waste any time naming Chris Wragge's replacement behind the anchor desk. Maurice DuBois, who has been with WCBS since 2004, will move from mornings to the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. DuBois, a Long Island native, will be joined by co... [FishbowlNY]

WCBS Boss Upped to Pres. of CBS TV Stations - Posted November 9, 2009
Peter Dunn, president and GM of WCBS-TV, now has the additional job of overseeing CBS' 29 stations across the country. In an email to staff, obtained by FishbowlNY, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves w... [FishbowlNY]