CBS3 steals its sister’s kids January 28, 2009

In the tough economic times, CBS3 is taking advantage of its sister station, the CW Philly 57.

On its bios page, CBS3 has added two personalities from the CW to its own news team.

First, Sean Murphy, the traffic guy on the CW’s Wake Up News, is playing double duty at CBS3 as a back-up traffic reporter and features reporter.

Now, Christa Quinn, the perky morning meteorologist, has joined the CBS3 meteorology team under Kathy Orr.

All this after CBS3 did not renew anchor/reporter Angela Russell from her contract. She landed on her feet — in a gig as the lead anchor for a Seattle station. But clearly, they’re trying to be frugal.

When I was talking to Fox29 reporter John Atwater last week and informed him I was a graduating senior, he did one of those breathing-in-with-clenched-teeth things.

“It’s an interesting world out there right now,” he said. The reality of that becomes more evident day by day.