Switcharoo at CBS 2 This week, veteran anchors Jim Rosenfield and Dana Tyler, who were anchoring at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., switched newscasts with Chris Wragge and Kristine Johnson, who were anchoring the noon and 5 p.m. We think that moving younger talent to the higher profile 11 p.m. newscast is probably an attempt to get some younger viewers. Channel 2 has been the least stable of the local newscasts over the past ten......

WCBS News now in HDTV . . . CBS 2 News did a bit of an unexpected midweek transition to HD news yesterday becoming the third station in the city and the second CBS owned and operated station in the country to do so after KYW in Philadelphia went HD last week. The new music package still uses the familiar CBS “I Love Chicago” melody in its umpteenth incarnation since first used in 1975......

Sam Champion Leaves WABC Longtime channel 7 weather presenter Sam Champion left the station last week to work full time for ABC News where he has been the morning weather presenter for Good Morning America since September. Champion, who is not a meteorologist, originally joined WABC to be an anchor, but was quickly shuffled into weather presenting. After taking the Good Morning America weather presenter spot, Champion’s duties were reduced to the 5 p.m. newscast......

So, you want to be a meteorologist? The New York City/Long Island Chapter of the American Meteorological Society is having a panel discussion on career opportunities in meteorology and atmospheric science next Thursday. The meeting will be held at the SUNY-Stony Brook. Speakers include meteorologists from the private sector, the National Weather Service, TV, academia and the Air Force. Content with reading the forecast instead of making a forecast? Gothamist will try to keep you......

Mostly sunny, high of 80. Gothamist sees some rain on the weather.com radar, but apparently they don't think it'll come our way. Yesterday Gothamist was aimlessly perusing the Nola.com website in search of some Louisiana news. Turns out the American Meteorological Society recently held its 33rd annual Conference on Broadcast Meteorology there. Though the article's writer didn't come across as a beloved fellow weather lover--hey, he works for the Times-Picayune and probably had to run......