Philly TV: CBS3 Shakes Up The Weather Team

CBS3’s Eyewitness News is shaking up its weather team, moving chief meteorologist Kate Bilo from nights to daytime and replacing her with newcomer Bill Kelly, report the Philly Business Journal.

Beginning January 9, Kelly will supplant Bilo as chief meteorologist, working the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m newscasts on CBS3, and the 10 p.m. newscast on the CW Philly (WPSG-TV) and the CBS News Philadelphia streaming channel.

Kelly was most recently the chief meteorologist for WJLA-TV, the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C., since 2017.

Bill Kelly

Prior to joining WJLA, Kelly was the chief meteorologist at stations in Columbus, Ohio; Phoenix, Arizona; and Spokane, Washington. He has also worked at TV stations in Sacramento, California; Cincinnati, Ohio; Medford, Oregon; and Eureka, California. He graduated from California State University-Sacramento with a degree in broadcast news communications and completed the broadcast meteorology program at Mississippi State University. He has won 12 regional Emmy Awards, six Associated Press awards, and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for technological innovation during his 20-year career.

Bilo, who replaced Kathy Orr as chief meteorologist in 2015 as part of a major overhaul, will transition to daytime in large part to address the growing demand for weather coverage on the CBS News Philadelphia streaming channel, according to the station. Bilo will also appear on the noon and 4 p.m. weekday television newscasts.

A Phoenixville native, Bilo returned to the region in October 2010 when she joined CBS3 (KYW-TV) from AccuWeather in State College, where she had been a meteorologist since 2004.