The Baltimore Sun
WMAR introduced two long-time station staffers in new roles as weeknight anchors.
Kelly Swoope and Roosevelt Leftwich debuted as replacements for Mary Beth Marsden and Terry Owens, who took buyout offers and left the station last week after 21 and 17 years, respectively.
Swoope will anchor at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. weeknights replacing Marsden, while Leftwich will anchor 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. Sunday. He replaces Owens in the 5:30 p.m. weeknight slot.
Neither Swoope nor Leftwich is new to WMAR. Leftwich arrived at the station in 2000 from WEWS in Cleveland where he was a reporter. Swoope came to the station in 2003 as a medical reporter and weekend anchor from WFTS in Tampa-St. Petersburg. She had worked there since 1994.
Given that kind of experience, it was not surprising that both moved easily into their new roles. Swoope and Leftwich provided a solid on-air presence at 5 and 5:30, respectively. More…