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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Alycia Lane gets job in L.A.
Alycia Lane with Chris Booker after a court appearance last year.

CBS3 alumna Alycia Lane signs on Wednesday (8/19) at KNBC, the NBC owned- and -operated station in Los Angeles, as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter.

The station announced today that Lane takes over for Kim Baldonado, who last month was promoted to anchor the middays and the weekly News Extra, which focuses on investigative reporting.

“Alycia is an experienced anchor and skilled reporter who has a tremendous ability to engage and connect with the audience,” said KNBC president Craig Robinson in a statement. “Her energy and talent will be great assets to KNBC, and we look forward to her contributions to our newsroom.”

Lane left Philly in July to join her boyfriend, Chris Booker, who in June got a job doing afternoon radio at a CBS station in L.A.

Lane was fired in January 2008 from CBS3 after an altercation with New York City police. The charges were later dropped. Lane is suing the station and her former coanchor Larry Mendte.

The station's press release did not mention the circumstances surrounding her firing or the ensuing legal battles.

 

Posted by Michael Klein @ 1:58 PM  Permalink | 10 comments
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Posted 02:54 PM, 08/18/2009
america
Good riddance, drama magnet.
Posted 03:23 PM, 08/18/2009
Tankmare
LA is a freakshow. She'll fit in just fine.
Posted 04:03 PM, 08/18/2009
MDefl
I really do wish her well. She was rail roaded by an obsessed, jealous, felon. The lady did nothing wrong.
Posted 01:41 AM, 08/19/2009
esterrick
Ever watch LA TV news? She'll come off as cerebral there.
Posted 06:36 AM, 08/19/2009
mick314
Larry on line 2: "What about me, Michael ?"
Posted 09:33 AM, 08/19/2009
anthony n
good luck u are missed in philly u and chris got the shaft . i hope u persue all that u said u would with ur former anchorman and cbs what ashame you were a class act here in philly good luck in ur future
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Posted 05:48 PM, 08/19/2009
Jill
Class act???? Did nothing wrong??? She went after married men, hit a cop and lied to the FBI to get them to make a federal case out of a petty newsroom squabble. She is POISON. Good luck KNBC.
Posted 08:06 AM, 12/26/2009
ALZPhilly
I feel so bad for Larry Mendte now that the truth is coming out about this case. It seems he was the only honest person involved in that he told the truth about everything. At first I blamed him - now its clear this woman is the devil - LA deserves her. I hope Larry is back on his feet soon.
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About Michael Klein
Michael Klein chronicles local people, places and things (in easy-to-digest portions) three days a week in his Inquirer column "INQlings." He also covers the restaurant scene in his Thursday Food column, "Table Talk." See his work at http://is.gd/5Ozz7
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