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Several network correspondents have left their jobs for anchor roles at local stations in major markets. The pay is comparable or in most cases better, hours are predictable, and there’s no travel required. For plenty of people, especially those with families, all of those things can be more important that just having a national profile. Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, and Rob Nelson all did this, leaving ABC News to join WABC as anchors. Before returning to ABC News, Whit Johnson had left CBS News for an anchor/reporter role at KNBC. There are countless other examples.

Many years ago, traffic services like Shadow Traffic actually did the reports from their own offices. If the regular person was out, a different Shadow Traffic person would sub. They sat in a cube with WNBC 4 logos etc. Stations now employ their own, and just receive data from whoever provides those services these days. This week clearly became an unusual situation, with Adelle on family leave and Emily taking the week off (probably a pre-planned vacation or whatever). Raphael is a known face to viewers and may have been asked to sub or he volunteered. That's all internal to WNBC. Whether he gets additional compensation that is part of his contract. It is good they did not go the "let the anchor read it approach" or worse, just include the data in the ticker. Especially on a day like today.

I think the set looks great, if not a bit dark. If they could lighten it up, I think it would be stunning.

Besides the website archives being dumped for the cable channels it sounds like corporate is about to start another slow-roll cull of big name talent via early retirement (just like the New York and LA offices are heavily filled with Robert Half contractors)...this can only end badly and I feel like Skydance/Son of Oracle is about to give us an even uglier replay of the Tisch era for CBS.

Man. This hurts. Both Mark and Vic were icons at WJZ. Now that Mark is gone, who’s going to do sports?

A market size does not determine a step up or step down. How much happier (or unhappier) you are with your professional life, personal life, living conditions, surrounding environment, your income vs cost of living and the opportunities available for your family determine whether a new job is a step up or step down.

We are going to have to agree to disagree on this. Not everyone wants to work in NYC, LA, etc... and many can be very successful in smaller markets. Reportedly, the highest paid local meteorologist and sportscaster both work in Chicago.