Complex sentence: In 1980 he was hired by WMAR-TV to be the station's weekend anchor and reported on such events as the Wayne Williams trial in Atlanta (1981) and the Cuban refugee influx in Pennsylvania.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1980 he was hired by WMAR-TV to be the station's weekend anchor and reporter. He covered events such as the Wayne Williams trial in Atlanta (1981) and the Cuban refugee influx in Pennsylvania.