CBS has named a new News Director as it gets ready to relaunch news for the Detroit market.

The company named Paul Pytlowany as the News Director.

If that name doesn’t ring a bell in news circles that’s because Pytlowany doesn’t have much experience in TV news.

Pytlowany has been with WKBD since 1988 and also WWJ since the two stations became a duopoly in 1995. He has served WWJ and WKBD’s director of local production and community affairs since 2017. His background seems to be mostly in community affairs.

He work on and help create shows for the station. he has involved in “Community Connect” and “Michigan Matters” and served as the creator and producer of the “Eye on Detroit” segments, which air daily on CBS 62 during CBS MORNINGS and showcase positive stories about people and places across metropolitan Detroit.

“Paul has been a key architect in the design of our plan to make history with the launch of CBS News Detroit,” General Manager Brian Watson said. “As someone who has spent his entire career with our stations and lives and breathes Detroit news, he is uniquely qualified to execute our vision of converting our local neighborhoods into the newsrooms that will serve as the backbone of CBS News Detroit. Paul is an experienced and respected manager and a tremendous storyteller who will draw on his experience and insights to help our team deliver hyper-local news coverage that resonates with viewers across our broadcast and streaming channels.”

CBS plans to launch CBS News Detroit as a 24/7 streaming service with live local news coverage from 4:00 AM to 11:35 PM, Monday-Sunday, for a total of 137 hours per week. In addition, CBS 62 will simulcast live CBS News Detroit newscasts 40 hours per week in early morning, midday, early evening and late news time periods.