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[[Image:Steve Bartelstein WABC July 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Steve Bartelstein on WABC-TV in July 2006.]] |
[[Image:Steve Bartelstein WABC July 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Steve Bartelstein on WABC-TV in July 2006.]] |
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'''Steve Bartelstein''' is a [[Television in the United States|American television]] [[Journalist|news reporter]] and anchor. He was most recently the co- |
'''Steve Bartelstein''' is a [[Television in the United States|American television]] [[Journalist|news reporter]] and anchor. He was most recently the co-anchor of [[WABC-TV]]'s [[Eyewitness News]] This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon alongside [[Lori Stokes]]. His last day on WABC-TV was Friday, March 9, 2007. He was reported fired, according the the NY Daily News on March 14th, for sleeping through a newsbreak to report on a house fire. As reported this was not the first time he was absent from duty including showing up 20 minutes after a news broadcast start time. He came to WABC from [[CNN]]. He has previously worked in [[South Carolina]], Indiana, and Oregon. |
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Revision as of 18:49, 14 March 2007
Steve Bartelstein is a American television news reporter and anchor. He was most recently the co-anchor of WABC-TV's Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon alongside Lori Stokes. His last day on WABC-TV was Friday, March 9, 2007. He was reported fired, according the the NY Daily News on March 14th, for sleeping through a newsbreak to report on a house fire. As reported this was not the first time he was absent from duty including showing up 20 minutes after a news broadcast start time. He came to WABC from CNN. He has previously worked in South Carolina, Indiana, and Oregon.
Career
Steve began his broadcasting career as a weekend anchor at age 19 in Evansville, Indiana. He was hired at WABC-TV originally as a weekend sports anchor for the morning broadcasts in 2000. He was promoted to co-anchor WABC's weekday morning newscasts in 2001 along with the hiring of Lori Stokes, in effort to improve WABC-TV's ailing morning news ratings. The pairing was a success as they were able to bring the newcast into the number one position in the 5-7AM and noon time slots.