KOLD reassigns Grijalva

She has been at KOLD-13 for 23 years, almost exclusively as an anchor, but now management has pulled Barbara Grijalva off the 5 pm desk to send her out on the street.

Jim Arnold, the general manager at the CBS affiliate, told the Tucson Weekly that adding reporting duties to Barbara’s work schedule was part of a cost-cutting effort. With a reporter position open and no means to expand staff he “came to the conclusion that Barbara would be the one who could get it done. She’s a great resource for our station.”

Barbara will continue her anchor role a during the station’s noon news.