CBS announced yesterday that KDKA (Pittsburgh) News Director Kathy Hostetter is getting a big promotion in the O&O food chain.

Hostetter is moving from the Burgh to B-more to be the new GM at CBS’s WJZ.

“I am humbled and honored to have this opportunity to go from working with one of the finest local newsrooms in the business at KDKA to joining an equally great team in Baltimore,” Hostetter said.

CBS has bumped a number of News Directors up the food chain to GM jobs, which we have to say is a refreshing change.

You hope that all these former ND’s won’t lose their news roots and become so focused on sales.

Prior to joining CBS Pittsburgh in November 2018, Hostetter spent five years as the news director at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis.