NBC 10 Renee Chenault-Fattah On Leave After Husband's Indictment

Renee Chenault-Fattah long time news anchor and the wife of the indicted United States Representative Chaka Fattah has temporarily left the anchoring chair at NBC 10. Chenault-Fattah was not charged by the U.S. attorney's office but she was mentioned in the 85-page indictment. She was a participant, according to the indictment, in a scheme to falsely report the sale of her 1989 Porsche Carrera convertible to a lobbyist for $18,000.

The Fattahs used the cash to help buy a $425,000 vacation home in the Poconos, but Chenault-Fattah kept the Porsche and even renewed its registration. She has contacted NBC 10 and stated in a letter that the car sale was legal and explains why the car remains at her home.

Rep. Chaka Fattah and others face charges of racketeering, bribery, mail fraud, and money laundering. Pretty serious stuff.

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NBC 10 Will Relocate to the New Comcast Skyscraper in Philly

Artist rendering of the new home of Channel 10 in 2017

Comcast Corp. has announced the construction of a new skyscraper in Philadelphia that will be home to up to 4,000 employees, including the newsrooms and studios of NBC’s WCAU and Telemundo’s WWSI. The 59-story Comcast Innovation and Technology Center will be located at 1800 Arch St. Construction is set to begin this summer and to be completed by the end of 2017. WCAU’s relocation to the new building will be its first move in 62 years. WWSI, the Telemundo station recently acquired by NBC Universal, will also move into the building. Both stations are currently located on City Line Avenue in Bala Cynwyd. -TVSpy

Telemundo Philadelphia Channel 62 WWSI Launches Newscast at 6 and 11

Eagles Fans Do the Wild Card Game Hot Tub Tailgate Machine

That's Dennis waving his hand in the photo. That's Dad with the white hair. It's a matter of biology and fertilization for the reason why this hot tub came about.

NBC 10 Turns Sports Reports Over to Comcast SportsNet This January

NBC10 joins forces with Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia to deliver unparalleled daily sports coverage

What's going to happen to John Clark? Will Vai Sikahema do news exclusively? Stay tuned... 

(NBC 10 Press Release) -- To serve the millions of passionate sports fans throughout the region, NBC10 Philadelphia and Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia today announced a new and expansive news programming alliance that will deliver an unprecedented level of sports coverage within more than 700 NBC10 newscasts throughout the year. Beginning in January, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s award-winning sports, news and information will power NBC10’s sports reports, featured in multiple newscasts every day.

Jim Rosenfield Joins NBC 10 Philadelphia as Weeknight Anchor

NBC10 Philadelphia announced today that veteran journalist Jim Rosenfield will join the station as 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weeknight anchor starting Sept. 9. Rosenfield comes to Philadelphia from NBC-owned WRC in Washington, D.C., where he has been a weekend anchor and reporter.

An Emmy-award winning journalist, Rosenfield will share the evening anchor desk with NBC10 veterans Renee Chenault-Fattah and Vai Sikahema, as well as Jacqueline London, who joined NBC10 in March 2013.

During his time at WRC, Rosenfield was an integral part of the station’s team coverage of Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. He covered the Paula Broadwell/General Petraeus story as it broke and was part of NBC4's live coverage of President Obama's second inauguration in January, where he reported throughout the event from the presidential reviewing stand on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Lori Wilson Leaves NBC 10 for WISH-TV Indianapolis

NBC10 anchor and reporter Lori Wilson is returning to her homestate of Indiana, where she will be on the air at the CBS station WISH-TV in Indianapolis.

Wilson has been with NBC10 since 2005 when she joined the station as a general assignment reporter. She came to Philadelphia after working in Atlanta.

Wilson said, “After almost 16 years covering news in other cities, I feel truly blessed to have the opportunity to work in my hometown, for the station I grew up watching.”

Below she says goodbye to Philadelphia.

Jacqueline London is the new anchor at NBC 10

Jacqueline London has been off the air since June 2010, but she has landed on her feet.

The former anchor at WKMG-Channel 6 will start later this month as an early evening anchor at WCAU, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia.

"It all happened so fast," London said Tuesday evening. She said she loved Philadelphia and called the decision "a no-brainer."

"I'm beyond excited to be in the fourth largest market in the country at the NBC O&O where Comcast is headquartered," she said.

New Faces at NBC 10 @NBCPhiladelphia

Chris Cato with now "veteran" anchor Denise Nakano

Sometimes it seems you can't keep up with the new additions to the newsroom over at NBC 10. The comings and goings have been many in the past few months.

No longer on the air are veteran NBC 10 staffers Tim Lake, Terry Ruggles, Dawn Timmeney. Recently added are weekend weather anchor Brittney Shipp, along with reporters Daralene Jones, and Nefertiti Jáquez. Shipp comes to Philly from the NBC station in Phoenix. Jones arrives from Orlando, and Jaquez, the former Fox 29 reporter returns to Philly from Houston.

By the way new news anchor Chris Cato did a great job filling in and doing sports on the weekend during one of the recent weekend newscasts. He came off very creditable. ...Impressed!

Here are the aforementioned in a recent Twitter photo. [below]

NBC 10 Abandons Nonstop Philadelphia Channel Early for Cozi TV

NBC 10 has dropped the programming on its local entertainment channel Nonstop Philadelphia. It will be replaced by a new channel from NBC Universal Cozi TV. The new channel will feature classic drama, action and comedy shows. Get ready for shows like Charlie Angels, Magnum P.I., and The Beverly Hillbillies. It was originally slated to begin in January. The decision itself came from the parent company, NBC Universal, which has launched Cozi TV in several markets across the country including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

The new channel is promoting itself through social media. They say 'it will be easier on your eyes and easier on your mind.' Cozi TV will be found on the same place as the former Nonstop Philadelphia. That would be on 10.2 digital, 248 on Comcast and 460 on Verizon FIOS channels.

I for one will miss "Talk Stoop" from NBC 4 in New York and the locally produced "Foodies" with NBC 10 reporter Tim Furlong. The new Cozi TV channel will allow for local programming to pre-empt network programming. Here's hoping 'Foodies" returns on Cozi.

NBC 10 Continues Make Over, Timmeney Leaves and Jáquez Returns

Former Fox 29 reporter Nefertiti Jáquez will be returning to Philadelphia in 2013 to work for NBC10. Jáquez, who left the Philadelphia market in 2009 has been working as a reporter and fill-in anchor for the NBC affiliate in Houston.

Dawn Timmeney, who anchored the 4 and 5:30 p.m. newscasts at NBC 10 has been released by the station. She worked at NBC10 for nearly 12 years. Her contract was not renewed as was most recently anchor Tim Lake.

Tim Lake No Longer with NBC 10 WCAU TV

NBC 10 News anchor Tim Lake worked his last shift at the station on Friday night's 11 p.m. newscast. His contract was not renewed by NBC Universal. He had been told months earlier that he would not be offered a new contract. He left the airwaves with no fanfare. Would that have happened at Channel 3 or 6?

Lake had been with Channel 10 for 20 years and is the last on-air anchor at WCAU-TV who transitioned with the station from its days as a CBS affiliate to being owned by NBC. That big switch happened in Philadelphia in 1994. Channel 3 KYW-TV of course became CBS 3.

NBC 10 is said to be looking for a new main anchor, however newcomer Chris Cato is probably slated to fill that position.

Chris Cato Joins NBC 10

PHILADELPHIA, PA –  NBC10 Philadelphia announced that Chris Cato will be joining the station as weekend anchor starting at the end of the month. Cato will anchor NBC10 News at 6 and 11 PM on weekends with co-anchor Denise Nakano. In addition, he will contribute reports to NBC10’s weekday newscasts.

Cato joins NBC10 from CBS affiliate WSPA in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he has worked since 2005. In 2008, he moved to the anchor desk for the station’s 5:30 and 7 PM newscasts. While at WSPA, Cato covered some notable major breaking news events, including the devastating tornadoes of April 2011 and former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s public admission of his extramarital affair. Additionally, he served as the station’s ‘Community Watchdog’ reporter.