Media Moves

Baton Rouge CBS station hires Eads as sports reporter, news anchor

July 6, 2023

Posted by Mariam Ahmed

John Eads

WAFB-TV Ch. 9, a CBS affiliate in Baton Rouge, has tapped John Eads to serve as a sports reporter and news anchor. His tweet reads:

“I offer a sincere thank you to anyone that has ever contributed to my journey. I can’t wait to get to Baton Rouge and launch my career.”

Previously, Eads was co-host of “On the Bench,” a 30-minute weekly show on the latest Syracuse sports at Citrus TV. He was a radio broadcaster at WAER-FM 88.3, part of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications.

He interned at WSYR-TV Ch. 9, an ABC affiliate in Syracuse, N.Y.

Eads graduated from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Be sure to congratulate Eads on Twitter.

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