Veteran WLS Chicago Anchors Rob Elgas & Ravi Baichwal Promoted To Afternoon And Evening Weekday Newscasts

Rob Elgas

Anchors Rob Elgas and Ravi Baichwal have been promoted to anchor ABC O&O WLS Chicago’s afternoon and evening newscasts. Elgas has been tapped to join Cheryl Burton on the station’s 10 p.m. newscast. He will continue to co-anchor the 4 p.m. newscast with Judy Hsu and the 7 p.m. live stream newscast with Burton.

Baichwal will move from weekend evening anchor duties to weekdays and will co-anchor the station’s 5 p.m. newscast with Burton and 6 p.m. newscast with Hsu. The new anchor lineups begin Monday, March 6.

Elgas and Baichwal replace Alan Krashesky, who recently retired.

Ravi Baichwal

“Rob Elgas and Ravi Baichwal are journalists viewers know, like and trust,” said Jennifer Graves, vice president of news. “They represent decades of solid anchoring and reporting experience in Chicago which we know will serve our viewers well.”

A Crystal Lake, Ill., native, Elgas joined WLS in 2015 as a reporter and fill-in anchor. He is an award-winning journalist who has won prestigious Associated Press, Peter Lisagor and Chicago Midwest Emmy Awards for everything from reporting breaking news to hosting specials. Elgas is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).

Baichwal joined WLS in 2006 as anchor of the station’s 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekend evening news. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored Baichwal with a Chicago Midwest Emmy Award for his anchoring ability. Prior to arriving at in Chicago, Baichwal was an anchor for CTV News in Canada.