CBS Affiliates

The KCBY evening news will be anchored by David Walker from the KVAL studios, beginning March 12th, as longtime KCBY reporter and anchor Tim Novotny departs the station.

Both KCBY and KVAL are owned by Fisher Communications.  KVAL is a CBS-affiliate based in Eugene, and KCBY operates as a satellite station in Coos Bay.

Walker was the news director at KCBY before becoming an anchor at KVAL in 1999.  Novotny succeeded Walker as KCBY’s news director and has anchored the station’s local news for the past decade. Read more

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After failing to agree on terms of a new contract with station management, Al Terzi will anchor his last WFSB newscast this week.

“We couldn’t reach contractual terms,” general manager Klarn DePalma told the New Haven Register. “It just didn’t work out.”

Terzi, who anchors the 5 and 5:30 p.m. newscasts, is a veteran of the Hartford CBS-affiliate. He has done two stints, totaling 28 years, at the station.

Terzi said he is talking with “other media outlets,” but said he had nothing to announce yet. Dennis House will anchor the 5 and 5:30 newscasts until the station is prepared to announce a replacement.

Diana Rocco is joining KYW, the CBS O&O in Philadelphia, as a general assignment reporter.

Rocco will be a general assignment reporter at the station beginning February 20. She joins KYW after just three months at WHDH, the NBC-affiliate in Boston.

Previously, Rocco has reported at CNN Newsource, as well as WNYW in New York City, WFXT in Boston and WFSB in Hartford. She began her career at News 12 The Bronx.

Last October, longtime WBNS anchor Andrea Cambern announced that she would be stepping down from the anchor desk in May.  And now the Columbus CBS-affiliate has announced who will be taking her place alongside Jerry Revish, on the station’s main anchor team.

Kristyn Hartman, a general assignment reporter with Chicago’s WBBM for the past seven years, is joining WBNS and will take over for Cambern at the beginning of June.

“Kristyn embodies everything that was important to us in our search for a new anchor,” WBNS president and general manager Tom Griesdorn said, in announcing the move.  “An affinity for local news, a desire to impact change in her community, and a personality that will be a leader in our newsroom and a delight for our viewers.” Read more

Cedar Rapids CBS-affiliate KGAN recently reported on some renewed interest in the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, who began her broadcasting career with the station.

Huisentruit disappeared in 1995, a short time before she was expected to arrive for work as a morning anchor for KIMT in Mason City.

“Investigators believe she was kidnapped, but they’ve never named a suspect, or found her body,” KGAN reporter Alice Barr told viewers on Thursday.  “Now some renewed interest in the case has her family and friends more dedicated than ever to finding justice for Jodi.” Read more

Fox News correspondent Kris Gutierrez is joining WBBM, the CBS O&O in Chicago, as a morning anchor, the station announced today.

Gutierrez will co-anchor the 4:30-7 a.m. newscast alongside Susan Carlson beginning March 12.

“Kris has an incredible depth of news experience — on a local and national level — and I am thrilled to welcome him to our morning news team,” WBBM vice president and news director Jeff Kiernan said in a statement. “He will bring a new energy and fresh perspective to our early morning news show and I’m confident viewers will enjoy his broadcast style.” Read more

CBS Corporation reported fourth quarter and full-year financial results for 2011 this week, announcing $721 million in revenue for its local broadcasting unit during the final three months of the year–$100 million less than the division brought in during the same period in 2010.

CBS Television Stations fourth quarter revenues decreased 18%, a dip the company attributes to lower political sales as well as lost revenues suffered from the NBA lockout.

For the full-year, CBS’s stations saw a 7% decrease in revenue.  While CBS’s entire local broadcasting unit registered a 3% drop in revenue for 2011, the company’s TV stations couldn’t quite compete with the figures from 2010, a year that included the Super Bowl on CBS as well as significant political advertising sales.

WUSA reporter Andrea McCarren was interviewed today on “CBS This Morning” about the angry viewer backlash to her series of reports on underage drinking (video above).

“There were calls for revenge and retaliation against my family,” McCarren told “This Morning” anchor Charlie Rose. “I’m now in about my 27th year as a reporter and I have never seen anything like this.” Read more

John Denison, a longtime anchor at Monroe CBS-affiliate KNOE, is leaving the station at the end of this month.

“I’ve been doing this a long time, but there are many things I want to do and can do while I’m able,” Denison told the News Star. “I’ve wanted to do some long-form writing, volunteering and travel, and that’s what I plan to do.”

Denison joined KNOE in 1981 and worked at the station for 11 years before joining rival KTVE. He rejoined KNOE in 2003 after a three-year sabbatical from television. His last broadcast will be February 29.

In addition to anchoring the station’s weekday primetime newscasts, Denison is managing editor of KNOE.

Mark Burdett has been named president and general manager of WUSA, the CBS-affiliate in Washington, DC.

The move marks a return to the Washington, DC local television market for Burdett. He was vice president and station manager at rival WJLA, the ABC-affiliate, from 1996-98. Most recently, he was vice president of corporate sales and development for the Baltimore Ravens.

“His innovative thinking, proven team-building and community expertise make him an ideal fit for WUSA,” Dave Lougee, president of WUSA parent company Gannett Broadcasting, said in a statement. “He brings back to broadcasting a fresh perspective on serving our viewers and the community at large.”

Burdett replaces Allan Horlick, who announced his retirement in November.