Feder: NBC 5's Siafa Lewis breaks out of sports box

Yes, that was Siafa Lewis co-anchoring the weekend morning news Saturday with Michelle Relerford (and meteorologist Alicia Roman) on WMAQ-Channel 5.

It was a first for the NBC-owned station's lead sports anchor.

"I'm not leaving the sports chair," said Lewis, who joined NBC 5 from WNBC in New York in 2014. "This is just me seeing if I can expand my horizons. I'm multifaceted, pretty eccentric, and I hate being placed in a box."

He's the latest Chicago sportscaster to try his hand at news, following Ryan Baker, Corey McPherrin and others. Frank Whittaker, station manager and vice president of news at NBC 5, said Lewis might turn up on the news desk again.

"We'll be giving opportunities to several of our people who've expressed interest in growing their skills," Whittaker said.

There's an anchor opening on weekend mornings since Susan Carlson was cut back to reporting three days a week.

Bears-Packers radiofest: The Brat Stop in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is the place to be Friday in advance of Sunday's Bears-Packers game in Green Bay. From 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM and Milwaukee counterpart WSSP will broadcast live from the Kenosha venue.

Former Bears and Packers players will appear throughout the day, and hosts from The Score and The Fan will turn up on each other's stations.

"Bears-Packers is one of the best rivalries in sports and to bring these two radio stations together for Brat Bowl 1 should be great content for both Chicago and Wisconsin listeners," said Mitch Rosen, who doubles as program director of the two stations.