NBC10 hires new anchor
Give a warm Philly welcome to Chris Cato, the newest member of the NBC10 team. Cato will anchor the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscast on weekends with Denise Nakano, and contribute to weekday reports.
NBC10 hires new anchor
Molly Eichel
NBC10's new weekend anchor Chris Cato.
Give a warm Philly welcome to Chris Cato, the newest member of the NBC10 team. Cato will anchor the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscast on weekends with Denise Nakano, and contribute to weekday reports.
Cato comes to Philly from CBS affiliate WSPA in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he had worked since 2005. As well as anchoring broadcasts in S.C., Cato was the station's Community Watchdog reporter. This year, Cato was named 2012 Reporter of the Year by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association.
Cato began his career in Panama City, Florida, but is originally from Oneonta, Alabama. His Twitter profile says he has a 'deep love of Crimson Tide football." How long will it be until he's bleeding Eagles green? He will move to Philly with his wife, Carmen, and son.
Comments (36)
Did someone leave NBC 10?— junethe4th- I hope that he has more personality than the guy they hired for weekday mornings. NBC10 lost me when they lost Stacey Stauffer and Terry Ruggles.
— fischman - Is every news anchor gay these days? Not that there is anything wrong with that!— elfman
- Does anyone even watch ch. 10 anymore?— jimmymack
- On another note, I'll never watch Cahnnel 10 again.. After Renee Chenault Fattah's son was in the news, CBS, ABC, Inquirer and Daily News ALL ran the story except Channel 10!!! Frauds!!....— elfman
- Bring back Connie Cola— NewMick314
- Yes it's not the same without Stacey. They better hire a few more people if they want to fill the 12 noon to 4pm block with news.— Phillies2008WSChamps
- he's 18 yrs old, right?— Tyrone Biggums
- Anyone is better than that piece of plastic Tim Lake. What a robot that guy was. Zero personality.
— thorshuffle - Couldn't they find a mixed race female or are they all working in TV already? Anyway, Good Luck fella, you'll need it around here. We can be pretty brutal.— sillybilly
- Need to find a mixed race Hispanic who is LGTB or the Rainbow Coallition will not be pleased! Still no one will watch...— Obamasfool
- Replace Fattah.— mick1219
Nobody in Philly was qualified for this job so they went to the burgeoning metropolis of Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina to find this doofus?— MODEREATER- First that dweeb from Arkansas on CBS3 and now some doofus from Alabama. OK, nobody in Philly qualified. Ain't no yankees qualified? All they can find is rednecks? — FredLeonard
- They got rid of Stacey Stauffer who was fantastic, only to hire this guy. Stacey should definitely be suing them for age discrimination.— fischman
- Is this supposed to be news?— Bobphxville
- Fischman - these folks work on contracts. I have absolutely no problem if they dont re-up someones contract because they have become older and less attractive. There is nothing wrong with that. They certainly dont mind when their age and looks are the reason that they got the job in the first place.— Bobphxville
- so many racist. newsflash. tv isn't lily white and all male anymore. except mabe a kkk type channel.— etbarksdale
- Philly is a diverse area what is with vanilla hires from the south— PHILLY76
- fox only not liberal tv stations— hannigan
- Someone made a comment about only hiring gay anchors.
Read his bio...
But what should that matter anyway?— Shemp Howard - This Chris Cato is a cyborg; he's not a human being, nobody looks like that who is real. Just an anchorbot, that's what he is.— johnny rotten
- Stacey Stauffer was the best anchor that they had and they got rid of her to bring in a schmoe like Keith Jones in the morning. I made the switch back to Action News after Stacey left.— Joseph DeSantis
- The Tonner has a VCR tape of Jim Gardner, Jim O'Brien and Don Tollefson reporting the news from 1977. The Tonner just watches that over and over. The news never changes: fires, stabbings, gunfights, same as it ever was. Look where my hand was. Same as it ever was.— hunglikeaton
- ...and yet Tim Lake gets to stay on the air. Tell me, Tim, is it because you are boffing somebody at the station, or because you know where some bodies are buried?— catharine_christian_carpenter
- Where is Steve Levy?— woody56
- What's with these cookie cutter news anchors on Channel 10? The morning anchor Keith Jones is God-awful and looks like a frat boy. I hope this kid Chris is a little better. I'm with everyone else. Can't we get a naive of the city of brotherly love? Like a Larry Mendte type but without the email spyware obsession?— mac609
- Saw this on Facebook - too bad managers don't care what viewers want.... https://www.facebook.com/BringBackStaceyStaufferToPhiladelphiaTvNews?ref=ts&fref=ts— caseygirl
- I just had to write because some people are being so rotten. I worked with Chris when he got his start as a morning anchor in Panama City, Fl. He is hilarious on and off the air. Viewers LOVED him and his colleagues did too. He's enormously talented as a writer/journalist, as you will soon find out. I've never worked with someone so creative.! This big city move is a long time coming. He is much more than a talking head. Philly, you just got a keeper!— KateMundy
- Chris Cato is an excellent anchor. You are lucky to have him coming to your area. He is also a top of the line investigative reporter. No mistake he won 2012 Reporter Of The Year. Try being positive. Sounds like you really need his help!!!! He will be greatly missed in SC on the nightly news!!!! He will show you all!!!— STortora
I wish him the best, but..if he doesn't work out for any reason, you can have Sheena Parveen read me the news anytime. I relish anything she has to communicate...even the cease-and-desist orders her lawyer sent me.— wfs0868- Replace Swartz— Happyface
Just another face to read the teleprompter soon to be replaced by another face to read the teleprompter. They are no more a journalist then you or I. I've pretty much given up on TV news anymore and get it here on this little computer. It is I who searches to find the truth, not some makeup wearing, tooth capped professional script reader from who knows where. And one thing we know, TV news always strives for the truth and objectivity, right???- You guys in Philly are so lucky to be getting Chris. He has a great personality and is so funny. I hope you guys enjoy him as much as we have here in the Carolinas. I guess the silver lining for me is I'm moving to Santa Fe, NM in December so I wouldn't be able to watch you anymore anyway, but then maybe I will, I saw you tonight on MSNBC. I know the folks in North and South Carolina will miss you for sure. Don't worry about the negative comments here; you will win those guys over in no time. Good luck Chris to you and your family and oh yes, Congrats on the job.— jimfowler
- Philly is lucky to have Chris Cato. He will be greatly missed in SC. He's an amazing, dedicated reporter who was often found in our local library doing research. (And getting the attention of everyone in the building). He's great, and I'm sure you'll all see that soon! Oh... and this is for anyone who thinks he cute--wait until you see him in person, much cuter in person and so friendly!— EMartinSC
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