Posted by chicagomedia.org on March 27, 2009 at 20:05:45:
WFLD-TV names Kori Chambers its 5 a.m. anchor
Kori Chambers, who was an anchor at Detroit NBC affiliate WDIV-TV before joining Chicago's Fox-owned WFLD-Ch. 32 last summer, has been named solo anchor of Channel 32's 5 a.m. weekday newscast, effective April 6.
Patrick Elwood, who previously co-anchored the 5 a.m. news with Nancy Loo, will remain paired Loo on WFLD's noon news and with Jan Jeffcoat at 6 a.m. Jeffcoat will continue to co-anchor with Mike Barz from 7 to 10 a.m.
Chambers worked in Detroit for three years as an anchor and reporter after stints in Las Vegas and Springfield, Mass. As a 19-year-old student at Syracuse University in 2001, he won a contest to fill in one morning for Kelly Ripa as Regis Philbin's co-host on the syndicated "Live with Regis & Kelly."
"I'm not nervous," Chambers told Philbin, The Post-Standard of Syracuse, N.Y., reported at the time. "But I am a little worried because I'm also filling in for Kelly's character, Hayley, on 'All My Children.'"
"Boom! Kori comes in!" Philbin reportedly said. "That's a funny line."
(Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune)