Ellen McNamara promises she'll be seen again in the metro if we attract a specific big rasslin' event, and, oh, yeah she'll return for her sister Elizabeth's wedding.
McNamara has taken a main anchor job with Kansas City, Mo.'s KCTV5 after three years of being on KSTP-TV's "B-Team," she said with a laugh.
"KSTP offered me a new contract but I felt I was treading water," said McNamara. "I felt this was a great opportunity. When the timing is there, you've got to jump on it. [My dad] encouraged me to take this job."
And who's her dad?
Bob McNamara, the no-nonsense TV journalist who retired after 40 years, 30 of which were spent at CBS News. By the way, her dad, who now lives in Arizona and attended high school in Wisconsin, has become a lot more playful.
"You should interview him. He's like a golf marshal now. He gets paid in free golf now. Going from someone who was Mr. Hardcore, Mr. Stickler, Mr. Sailor's Mouth, it's interesting to see him in the customer service aspect of working on a golf course now," said McNamara.
"We've always been a CBS family, so for me working at a CBS affiliate feels like home," said McNamara, who was working for an ABC affiliate here. "They [CBS] have a great national product right now. I love that morning show right now, I think it's great."
Agreed. "CBS This Morning" often sucks me in for two hours with "The Eye Opener" at 7 a.m.