Original sentence: After the state-mandated six month non-compete clause passed, WBBM-TV CBS 2 President & General Manager Joe Ahern pursued Burns and signed her to anchor the station's evening newscasts in another attempt to re establish the station's past news dominance, which had faded since the late 1980s to the point where the station was in fourth place at 10pm behind reruns of The Simpsons on WFLD (Channel 32).Ahern had signed big names like Antonio Mora and paired him and Burns together in an attempt to attract viewers familiar with Burns from ABC 7 and Mora from Good Morning America.Although there was some progress in CBS 2's ratings while Burns was in the anchor chair, many factors, including editorial missteps, network interference, and signal reception problems continued to plague the station's news operation.Cost pressures also weighed down on Joe Ahern from CBS Corporation headquarters in New York, along with an unexpectedly strong launch by Channel 32 of a 10pm newscast in 2007 which put even more pressure on CBS 2.On February 27, 2003, WLS/ABC released Burns from the station after tenuous contract negotiations failed to lead to a new contract to continue anchoring for ABC 7
Edited sentence: After the state-mandated six month non-compete clause passed, WBBM-TV (Channel 2) station manager Joe Ahern pursued Burns and signed her to anchor the station's evening newscasts in another attempt to resestablish the station's past news dominance, which had faded since the late 1980s to the point where the station was in fourth place at 10pm behind reruns of The SImpsons on WFLD (Channel 32).Ahern had signed big names like Antonio Mora and paired him and Burns together in an attempt to attract viewers familiar with Burns from Channel 7 and Mora from Good Morning America.Although there was some progress in Channel 2's ratings while Burns was in the anchor chair, many factors, including editorial missteps, network interference, and signal reception problems continued to plague the station's news operation.Cost pressures also weighed down on Ahern from CBS Corporation headquarters in New York, along with an unexpectedly strong launch by Channel 32 of a 10pm newscast in 2007 which put even more pressure on WBBM.On February 27, 2003, WLS/ABC released Burns from the station after tenuous contract negotiations failed to lead to a new contract to continue anchoring for Channel 7