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'''Steve Bartelstein''' is an [[Americans|American]] former [[television journalist]]. He was previously a news anchor in [[New York City]], first at [[WABC-TV]] (1999&ndash;2007), a [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television network, [[WCBS-TV]] (2007&ndash;2009), a flagship station of [[CBS]] and later in Chicago at [[WBBM-TV]] (2010&ndash;2011), a television station [[owned-and-operated station|owned and operated]] by the television network CBS.<ref name="WBBM">[[Staff writer]] (undated). [http://chicago.cbslocal.com/personality/steve-bartelstein/ "Steve Bartelstein"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225044157/http://chicago.cbslocal.com/personality/steve-bartelstein/ |date=December 25, 2010 }}. ''[[WBBM-TV]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref>
'''Steve Bartelstein''' is an American former television [[journalist]].

He was previously a news anchor in [[New York City]], first at [[WABC-TV]] (1999&ndash;2007), a [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television network, [[WCBS-TV]] (2007&ndash;2009), a flagship station of CBS and later in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] at [[WBBM-TV]] (2010&ndash;2011), a television station [[owned-and-operated station|owned and operated]] by the [[television network]] [[CBS]].<ref name="WBBM">[[Staff writer]] (undated). [http://chicago.cbslocal.com/personality/steve-bartelstein/ "Steve Bartelstein"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225044157/http://chicago.cbslocal.com/personality/steve-bartelstein/ |date=2010-12-25 }}. ''[[WBBM-TV]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]],<ref name="WBBM"/> and graduated from [[Niles East High School]], located in [[Skokie, Illinois|Skokie]], Illinois.<ref name="WBBM"/> He attended the [[University of Evansville]] for two years.<ref name="WBBM"/> He is of [[Italian Americans|Italian]] and [[American Jews|Jewish]] descent.<ref>[https://nypost.com/1999/10/07/nightly-news-stole-his-name-some-newscasters-change-monikers/ New York Post: "NIGHTLY NEWS STOLE HIS NAME ; SOME NEWSCASTERS CHANGE MONIKERS" By Austin Smith] October 7, 1999</ref>
Bartelstein was born in [[Evanston, Illinois]],<ref name="WBBM"/> and graduated from [[Niles East High School]], located in [[Skokie, Illinois]].<ref name="WBBM"/> He attended the [[University of Evansville]] for two years.<ref name="WBBM"/> He is of Italian and Jewish descent.{{cn|date=April 2023}}


==Broadcasting career==
==Broadcasting career==
He began his broadcasting career at age nineteen as a weekend news anchor in Evansville. He worked in [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[North Carolina]]; [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]]; [[Indianapolis]], Indiana; [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]];{{Citation needed|date=January 2011|reason=for entire paragraph}} and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Schulberg|first=Pete|title=Heres the latest on the Ex-Files|url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=107995|accessdate=31 August 2013|newspaper=Portland Tribune|date=January 15, 2004}}</ref>
He began his broadcasting career at age nineteen as a weekend news anchor in Evansville. He worked in [[Durham, North Carolina]]; [[Providence, Rhode Island]]; [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]; [[Charleston, South Carolina]];{{Citation needed|date=January 2011|reason=for entire paragraph}} and [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Schulberg|first=Pete|title=Heres the latest on the Ex-Files|url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=107995|accessdate=August 31, 2013|newspaper=Portland Tribune|date=January 15, 2004}}</ref>


Following a period working at [[CNN]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], he joined WABC-TV in New York City.<ref name="NYDN 2007-11-7">Huff, Richard (November 7, 2007). [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/11/07/2007-11-07_steve_bartelstein_hired_by_wcbs.html "Steve Bartelstein Hired by WCBS"]. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref>
Following a period working at [[CNN]] in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]], he joined WABC-TV in New York City. Bartelstein was the anchor for WABC when they initially covered the September 11 attacks.<ref name="NYDN 2007-11-7">Huff, Richard (November 7, 2007). [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/11/07/2007-11-07_steve_bartelstein_hired_by_wcbs.html "Steve Bartelstein Hired by WCBS"]. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref>


On March 14, 2007, the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' reported that Bartelstein had been "fired" from WABC-TV after "sleeping through a newsbreak he was to anchor".<ref name=fired>Huff, Richard (March 14, 2007). [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/03/14/2007-03-14_wabc_anchor_snoozes_and_loses_his_job-3.html "WABC Anchor Snoozes and Loses His Job"]. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref> The ''Daily News'' article also reported that WABC-TV had previously suspended him several times for persistent tardiness.
On March 14, 2007, the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' reported that Bartelstein had been "fired" from WABC-TV after "sleeping through a newsbreak he was to anchor".<ref name=fired>Huff, Richard (March 14, 2007). [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/03/14/2007-03-14_wabc_anchor_snoozes_and_loses_his_job-3.html "WABC Anchor Snoozes and Loses His Job"]. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/|access-date=June 20, 2021|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> The ''Daily News'' article also reported that WABC-TV had previously suspended him several times for persistent tardiness.


On November 7, 2007, ''[[Mediaweek]]'' reported that WCBS-TV had announced that it had hired Bartelstein as a weekend news anchor.<ref>Bachman, Katy (November 7, 2007). [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003669601 "WCBS-TV N.Y. Gives Bartelstein Second Chance"]. ''[[Mediaweek]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref> The station soon began airing promotional announcements featuring him and making reference to an upcoming feature story about his [[cancer]] illness. {{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
On November 7, 2007, ''[[Mediaweek (American magazine)|Mediaweek]]'' reported that WCBS-TV had announced that it had hired Bartelstein as a weekend news anchor.<ref>Bachman, Katy (November 7, 2007). [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003669601 "WCBS-TV N.Y. Gives Bartelstein Second Chance"]. ''[[Mediaweek (American magazine)|Mediaweek]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011.</ref> The station soon began airing promotional announcements featuring him and making reference to an upcoming feature story about his cancer illness.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
On September 28, 2007, ''[[New York Post]]'' columnist [[Cindy Adams]] had reported that Bartelstein was being treated for [[testicular cancer]].<ref>[[Cindy Adams|Adams, Cindy]] (September 27, 2007). [http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cindy_adams/item_unlHH5q9tq3ieSbsenOHlI;jsessionid=9283599DF50B73E6451ABF9082C61C5F "TV Newsman Spills and Looks Ahead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021183928/http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cindy_adams/item_unlHH5q9tq3ieSbsenOHlI;jsessionid=9283599DF50B73E6451ABF9082C61C5F |date=2012-10-21 }}. ''[[New York Post]]''. Retrieved January 6, 2011</ref>
On September 28, 2007, ''[[New York Post]]'' columnist [[Cindy Adams]] had reported that Bartelstein was being treated for [[testicular cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Barmash|first1=Jerry|date=July 5, 2011|title=One-Time New York Anchor Steve Bartelstein Fired in Chicago|url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/one-time-new-york-anchor-steve-bartelstein-fired-in-chicago/|access-date=June 20, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>


On March 18, 2009, WCBS-TV announced that he had left the station. Bartelstein told the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' that he was unhappy and felt unappreciated with his job. {{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
On March 18, 2009, WCBS-TV announced that he had left the station. Bartelstein told the ''Daily News'' that he was unhappy and felt unappreciated with his job.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}


On August 12, 2010, it was announced that he would be joining [[WBBM-TV]] in Chicago as a morning-news anchor<ref>[http://www.wbez.org/blog/robert-feder/another-new-yorker-joining-cbs-2-anchor-lineup/ "Another New Yorker joining CBS 2 anchor lineup"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918191418/http://www.wbez.org/blog/robert-feder/another-new-yorker-joining-cbs-2-anchor-lineup/ |date=2012-09-18 }}. Retrieved August 12, 2010.</ref> On July 3, 2011, it was announced that he left WBBM after only 10 months, putting an end to his broadcasting career.<ref>[http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/14836681/over-and-out-cbs-2-releases-morning-anchor-bartelstein "Over and out: CBS 2 releases morning anchor Bartelstein"]. Retrieved July 3, 2011.</ref>
On August 12, 2010, it was announced that he would be joining [[WBBM-TV]] in Chicago as a morning-news anchor<ref>[http://www.wbez.org/blog/robert-feder/another-new-yorker-joining-cbs-2-anchor-lineup/ "Another New Yorker joining CBS 2 anchor lineup"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918191418/http://www.wbez.org/blog/robert-feder/another-new-yorker-joining-cbs-2-anchor-lineup/ |date=September 18, 2012 }}. Retrieved August 12, 2010.</ref> On July 3, 2011, it was announced that he left WBBM after only 10 months, putting an end to his broadcasting career.<ref>[http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/14836681/over-and-out-cbs-2-releases-morning-anchor-bartelstein "Over and out: CBS 2 releases morning anchor Bartelstein"]. Retrieved July 3, 2011.</ref><ref name=":0" />


==After broadcasting==
==After broadcasting==
Bartelstein attended baseball umpire school and umpires in the [[Pecos League]] for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.<ref>http://www.pecosleague.com/pecosleague.asp?page=188</ref><ref>https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/12-sports/302562-179960-steve-bartelstein-finds-true-passion-umpiring-baseball-</ref>
Bartelstein attended baseball umpire school and umpired in the [[Pecos League]] for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pecosleague.com/pecosleague.asp?page=188|title=Welcome to the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs! Pecos Baseball!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/12-sports/302562-179960-steve-bartelstein-finds-true-passion-umpiring-baseball-|title = Steve Bartelstein finds true passion umpiring baseball| date=April 19, 2016 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:University of Evansville alumni]]
[[Category:Television anchors from Portland, Oregon]]
[[Category:Television anchors from Portland, Oregon]]
[[Category:American people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:American people of Italian descent]]

Latest revision as of 01:47, 31 July 2024

Steve Bartelstein is an American former television journalist. He was previously a news anchor in New York City, first at WABC-TV (1999–2007), a flagship station of the ABC television network, WCBS-TV (2007–2009), a flagship station of CBS and later in Chicago at WBBM-TV (2010–2011), a television station owned and operated by the television network CBS.[1]

Early life and education

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Bartelstein was born in Evanston, Illinois,[1] and graduated from Niles East High School, located in Skokie, Illinois.[1] He attended the University of Evansville for two years.[1] He is of Italian and Jewish descent.[citation needed]

Broadcasting career

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He began his broadcasting career at age nineteen as a weekend news anchor in Evansville. He worked in Durham, North Carolina; Providence, Rhode Island; Indianapolis, Indiana; Charleston, South Carolina;[citation needed] and Portland, Oregon.[2]

Following a period working at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, he joined WABC-TV in New York City. Bartelstein was the anchor for WABC when they initially covered the September 11 attacks.[3]

On March 14, 2007, the Daily News reported that Bartelstein had been "fired" from WABC-TV after "sleeping through a newsbreak he was to anchor".[4][5] The Daily News article also reported that WABC-TV had previously suspended him several times for persistent tardiness.

On November 7, 2007, Mediaweek reported that WCBS-TV had announced that it had hired Bartelstein as a weekend news anchor.[6] The station soon began airing promotional announcements featuring him and making reference to an upcoming feature story about his cancer illness.[citation needed] On September 28, 2007, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams had reported that Bartelstein was being treated for testicular cancer.[7]

On March 18, 2009, WCBS-TV announced that he had left the station. Bartelstein told the Daily News that he was unhappy and felt unappreciated with his job.[citation needed]

On August 12, 2010, it was announced that he would be joining WBBM-TV in Chicago as a morning-news anchor[8] On July 3, 2011, it was announced that he left WBBM after only 10 months, putting an end to his broadcasting career.[9][5]

After broadcasting

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Bartelstein attended baseball umpire school and umpired in the Pecos League for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Staff writer (undated). "Steve Bartelstein" Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. WBBM-TV. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Schulberg, Pete (January 15, 2004). "Heres the latest on the Ex-Files". Portland Tribune. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  3. ^ Huff, Richard (November 7, 2007). "Steve Bartelstein Hired by WCBS". Daily News. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  4. ^ Huff, Richard (March 14, 2007). "WABC Anchor Snoozes and Loses His Job". Daily News. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  6. ^ Bachman, Katy (November 7, 2007). "WCBS-TV N.Y. Gives Bartelstein Second Chance". Mediaweek. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  7. ^ Barmash, Jerry (July 5, 2011). "One-Time New York Anchor Steve Bartelstein Fired in Chicago". Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Another New Yorker joining CBS 2 anchor lineup" Archived September 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  9. ^ "Over and out: CBS 2 releases morning anchor Bartelstein". Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  10. ^ "Welcome to the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs! Pecos Baseball!".
  11. ^ "Steve Bartelstein finds true passion umpiring baseball". April 19, 2016.