Why is CBS Quietly Hiring MMJ's? (Patreon)

Back in November, FTVLive told you that  CBS was looking to hire an MMJ in the Tampa market.  

at the time, we wrote, "The interesting thing is the only station that CBS has in Tampa is WTOG and that station does not do a newscast." 

Well, now it appears that CBS is also looking for an MMJ in the Atlanta market. 

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says that the CBS owned-and-operated stand-alone CW station WUPA 69 is hiring for multimedia journalists.  

Raising the question of whether CBS is quietly mulling over launching news broadcast at the CW station, or of this is for locally produced non-news show.

Here is a part of the job description that CBS posted:

 The full job posting can be seen here.  

Neither the Tampa nor the Atlanta station currently do any newscasts. 

The AJC reached out to WUPA GM Tom Canedo who punted the question about the positions to a Los Angeles-based CBS publicist named Mike Nelson. 

Nelson declined to comment. 

So far, FTVLive has seen job listings for other CBS CW stations, such as Seattle CW affiliate KSTW 11 or the Detroit CBS-CW duopoly WWJ 62 and WKBD 50.

But, it seems that CBS is doing something in the Southeast, but so far have not tipped their hand. 

Stay tuned...