Rob Stafford began his career as a reporter and anchor for KBJR-TV in Duluth, Minnesota, and WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He then became a morning news anchor and an investigative reporter at WFTV-TV in Orlando, Florida.
While at WFTV, Stafford founded the station’s investigative unit and launched a two-year investigation into hotel security in Orlando, which because of Disney World is a popular tourist destination. Stafford’s work exposed significant security breaches for tourists and ultimately resulted in a grand jury investigation.
In September 1992, Stafford joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as a general assignment reporter. During his four years at the station, he also worked as a fill-in anchor. Stafford left WBBM in 1996 to join NBC’s Dateline NBC newsmagazine show, where he worked as a Chicago-based correspondent for the newsmagazine program for almost 11 years.
He was fired from Dateline NBC in 2006 in a cost-cutting move. On September 23, 2007, Stafford joined WMAQ-TV in Chicago as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter. “I wanted this job and asked for it,” Stafford told the Chicago Sun-Times after being hired by WMAQ.
He moved to the main anchor position in July 2009 and currently anchors the station’s at a5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. newscasts. In the same time, Rob Stafford launched a two-year investigation into hotel security in Orlando that because Disney World is a famous tourist destination.
Stafford held many anchoring and reporting positions at WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wis. Rob Stafford moved to WBBM-TV in Chicago as a general assignment reporter in September 1992. He also worked as a fill-in anchor for four years.
After leaving WBBM in 1996, Rob Stafford moved at WBBM-TV in Chicago as a general assignment reporter. There, he worked as a Chicago-based correspondent for the newsmagazine program for almost eleven years. Rob Stafford was fired from Dateline NBC in 2006 in a cost-cutting move.
Stafford moved to WMAQ-TV in Chicago as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter on September 23, 2007. Rob told the Chicago Sun-Times after hired by WMAQ, “I wanted this job and asked for it.” In July 2009, he moved to the main anchor position and currently anchors the station’s 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. newscast.
