He was fired from Dateline NBC in 2006 in a cost - cutting move .
Stafford left WBBM in 1996 to join NBC 's Dateline NBC newsmagazine show , where he worked as a Chicago - based correspondent for the newsmagazine program for almost 11 years .
Stafford was fired from Dateline NBC in 2006 in a cost - cutting move .
Stafford left WBBM in 1996 to join NBC 's Dateline NBC newsmagazine show , where he worked as a Chicago - based correspondent for the newsmagazine program for almost 11 years .