Background
He was born in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from Niles East High School, located in Skokie, Illinois.
He was born in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from Niles East High School, located in Skokie, Illinois.
He attended the University of Evansville for two years.
He was previously a news anchor in New York City, first at WABC-television (1999–2007), a flagship station of the American Broadcasting Company television network, WCBS-television (2007–2009), a flagship station of Columbia Broadcasting System and later in Chicago, Illinois at WBBM-TV-television (2010–2011), a television station owned and operated by the television network Columbia Broadcasting System.
He began his broadcasting career at age nineteen as a weekend news anchor in Evansville. He worked in Durham, North Carolina. Providence, Rhode Island.
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Charleston, South Carolina. And Portland, Oregon.
Following a period working at Cable News Network in Atlanta, Georgia, he joined WABC-television in New York City. On March 14, 2007, the Daily News reported that Bartelstein had been "fired" from WABC-television after "sleeping through a newsbreak he was to anchor".
The Daily News article also reported that WABC-television had previously suspended him several times for persistent tardiness.
On November 7, 2007, Mediaweek reported that WCBS-television had announced that it had hired Bartelstein as a weekend news anchor. The station soon began airing promotional announcements featuring him and making reference to an upcoming feature story about his cancer illness. On September 28, 2007, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams had reported that Bartelstein was being treated for testicular cancer.
On March 18, 2009, WCBS-television announced that he had left the station.
Bartelstein told the Daily News that he was unhappy and felt unappreciated with his job. On August 12, 2010, it was announced that he would be joining WBBM-TV-television in Chicago as a morning-news anchor On July 3, 2011, it was announced that he left WBBM-TV after only 10 months.
