Jim Rosenfield is an
American
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local television
news anchor
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currently working for
WCAU-TV
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, the
NBC
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-owned television station in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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.
Career
Rosenfield started his television news career in 1981, after graduating from
Duke University. He started out at
WTVD-TV
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in
Durham, North Carolina, where he was a general assignment reporter. He moved to Houston,
KTRK-TV
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, as a reporter and eventually anchor. He later moved to
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, where he became a reporter and weekend anchor at
WLS-TV
WLS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on North Stat ...
. He came to New York in 1998, and joined WCBS-TV, where he co-anchored the noon newscast with
Cindy Hsu, and the 5pm newscast with Lisa Cooley (later known as Lisa Hill).
He left WCBS in April 2000 after a contract dispute and joined rival station
WNBC-TV
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, where he co-anchored the 5pm newscast (
"Live at Five") with
Sue Simmons
Sue Simmons (born May 27, 1942) is an American retired news anchor who was best known for being the lead female anchor at WNBC in New York City from 1980 to 2012. Her contract with WNBC expired in June 2012 and WNBC announced that it would not ren ...
. He left WNBC in 2005, and returned to WCBS in June of that year to replace
Ernie Anastos
Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an American news anchor and the host of the show ''Positively America with Ernie Anastos''. He anchored the news at 6 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. He was also the anchor of the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Fo ...
, who in turn left WCBS for a 5-year $10 million contract at
WNYW-TV
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. He was one of the hirings of
Dianne Doctor, who had been his previous boss at WNBC.
This move allowed Rosenfield to become lead male anchor at a local New York station, which would not have happened if he remained at WNBC (where longtime anchor
Chuck Scarborough
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is locked in as anchor at 11pm for years to come).
Between June 2005 and April 2006, Rosenfield anchored ''CBS 2 News at 5'' and ''CBS 2 News at 11'' with
Roz Abrams
Roslyn Maria Abrams (born September 7, 1948) is a former American television news journalist.
She had a long career as an anchor on ''Eyewitness News'', which is broadcast by WABC-TV, working in Manhattan. More recently she worked for WCBS-TV, al ...
. In April 2006 he dropped the 5PM newscast and joined
Dana Tyler
Dana Tyler (born November 24, 1958) is a news anchor and reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City, where she anchors the station's 6 PM newscast. In addition, Tyler hosts ''Eye on New York'', a half-hour weekly community affairs program for WCBS, a ...
at 6PM, while also keeping the 11PM with Tyler. Abrams had moved to noon and 5PM (but is now no longer at the station).
In June 2007, he and Dana Tyler were reassigned to the noon and 6pm newscasts at WCBS by new station managers.
In May 2008, the station's management decided to let him go as the noon and 6PM newscaster as a part of major CBS budget cuts across the owned station division (political reporter Andrew Kirtzman was let go in March;
Roz Abrams
Roslyn Maria Abrams (born September 7, 1948) is a former American television news journalist.
She had a long career as an anchor on ''Eyewitness News'', which is broadcast by WABC-TV, working in Manhattan. More recently she worked for WCBS-TV, al ...
was let go for similar reasons in 2006). As the station was in breach of his contract it was considered a matter of time before Rosenfield would leave the station
On June 1, 2012, it was announced that Rosenfield will be joining WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. as a weekend news anchor, effective June 4
In September 2013, Rosenfield was asked by the NBC station division to join WCAU-TV in Philadelphia as weeknight anchor at 4, 6, and 11 p.m.
On December 8, 2022 it was announced by WCAU-TV that Rosenfield would be leaving the station after 9 years to "be closer to home and pursue new opportunities." He will be moving back to New York to be closer to family, but has not made any specific announcements as to his future career plans. His last day on air will be Friday, December 23, 2022
Video of Rosenfield
September 11, 1988 weekend newscast, KTRK-TV Houston (ABC) 13 Eyewitness News Tonight
September 3, 1986: KTRK-TV Houston (ABC) 13 Eyewitness News Tonight
* (From 31:00-31:36)
Sources
Daily News: Rosenfield's back at Channel 2*
ttps://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/about-nbc10/on-air/after-nine-years-jim-rosenfield-to-bid-farewell-to-nbc10/3445183/: After Nine Years, Jim Rosenfield to Bid Farewell to NBC10
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenfield, Jim
1958 births
Living people
Television anchors from Chicago
Duke University alumni
Television anchors from New York City
People from Westchester County, New York
American television journalists
Television anchors from Houston
American male journalists