 After deciding that his replacement needed to be a veteran of WCVB with a strong viewer connection, management let Everett stay as full-time anchor alongside Mary Richardson.He continued his role as lead anchor on "NewsCenter 5" while anchoring "Chronicle", which in a sense brought the program full circle.Chet Curtis, who had been replaced by Everett at the news department when he defected to New England Cable News in 2000, was a "Chronicle" anchor in 1982 when the program premiered, while having remained lead anchor at "NewsCenter 5".