NBC-owned WMAQ Chicago (DMA 3) today announced a series of changes to its weekday midday, afternoon and evening anchor lineup. Anchor Stefan Holt will return to WMAQ in early October to anchor NBC 5 News at 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays, alongside Marion Brooks and Allison Rosati, respectively.
Anchor Robert Stafford, the current 10 p.m. co-anchor will continue his anchor role at 5 and 6 p.m. on weekdays and devote more time to the station’s nationally recognized and award-winning NBC 5 Investigates team. Stafford has a long history of investigative journalism in Chicago and nationally with NBC’s primetime news magazine Dateline. Additionally, Patrick Fazio, current co-anchor for the station’s 4 p.m. news, will move to anchoring the 11 a.m. news and report for NBC 5 News at 4pm, 5 pm and 6pm.
Stafford has more than 30 years of experience in local and national investigative journalism. He joined WMAQ in 2007 as a news anchor, a role that he continues to hold. Before this, he spent a decade as a Chicago-based national correspondent for NBC’s award-winning newsmagazine, Dateline.
