For Shame, Diaz returns. (Station Break).(Arnold Diaz returns to WCBS-TV to revive "Shame on You" feature)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, January, 2003 by Trigoboff, Dan

NEW YORK--Veteran consumer reporter Arnold Diaz, who has spent the past few years at ABC News, will return to WCBS-TV where he had worked for 22 years prior to joining ABC. WCBS-TV News Director Dianne Doctor said the veteran reporter will revive the "Shame on You" feature that exposed government and business corruption and incompetence and won Diaz 25 local Emmys at the station.

Diaz said he hopes to begin airing consumer stories next month "on at least a weekly basis. We're talking about a regular slot, so it can be appointment TV." Diaz, who was released from the end of his contract with ABC, said of his decision to return to the station ranks, "At a network magazine, there is no newsroom, You're in your office; you could be in any corporation. I like...

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