NEW YORK (AP) -- Maggie Rodriguez, co-anchor of CBS News' "The Saturday Early Show" since last summer, is moving to weekdays as co-anchor of "The Early Show."

The network announced Tuesday that she will join Harry Smith and Julie Chen on the broadcast, as well as news anchor Russ Mitchell and weatherman Dave Price, beginning Jan. 7.

She succeeds Hannah Storm, whose departure from "The Early Show" for other duties at the network was announced last week.

Besides co-anchoring "The Saturday Early Show," Rodriguez has reported for and substitute-anchored the weekday edition of the broadcast. She also has reported for "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" and "CBS News Sunday Morning," as well as substitute-anchored the weekend "Evening News."

Before joining CBS News, Rodriguez spent seven years as an evening news anchor at CBS-owned WFOR-TV in Miami. She also anchored and reported at KABC-TV in Los Angeles.

Rodriguez, who turns 38 next week, was born in Miami and grew up in South Florida.

"This is my dream job," she said about her new "Early Show" assignment. "I get to utilize the journalistic skills I've developed over the past 15 years and have fun at the same time with feature segments."

In the ratings, CBS' morning show lags behind NBC's "Today" and ABC's "Good Morning America."

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