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1 hour ago, Spring Rubber said:
I didn't even realize he was on last night. I tuned into the 5pm show and saw Patrick Elwood on. Did Joe anchor the 9pm and 10pm?
Was it totally unannounced ahead of time that it would be his last day? I knew it would be soon, but I didn't hear anything in advance.
If there was an announcement, I didn’t see it, but he and Dina anchored the 9&10 last night.
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Last night was Joe’s last as a WGN-TV anchor. I was surprised to learn he won his first Emmy while there; he’d been in Portland I believe for two decades before.
I know this will never happen, but I’d love to see Jim Williams come back from CBS and anchor 9&10 with Micah.
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Looks like the good folks at channel 7 pissed off viewers, blurring the faces of white gun holders intimidating protesters at a NW In diana march. After the backlash, WLS deleted their social media posting of the tape, and replaced it with the raw footage. More from Scott Jones:
https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2020/6/8/blurred-lines-in-chicago
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Freakin’ thugs...
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I’m could’ve sworn I saw this posted here earlier, but anyway, the axe swung at 22 W Washington today:
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/05/27/mass-layoffs-cbs-2-hit-pam-zekman-valued-members-team/
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7 hours ago, alex979 said:
Julie Unruh to join Midday. She should fit in well there.
Sheeesh! It’s about time!
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It’s been a few days
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/04/21/cbs-2-opens-terrific-new-chapter-247-streaming-news-service/
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3 hours ago, Georgie56 said:
God, I'll miss him. All of the Chicago TV legends I grew up watching are retiring fast.
I’ll miss Steve too. I was pissed when Mark whomever from WFLD came in to replace Steve on the 9 pm news. I grew up watching Steve and Allison at 9. I was really hoping for a message from her today. I hope Allison is doing well and best wishes to Steve.
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The Cubs posted a video on Facebook thanking WGN-TV for 72 years
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157367414205659&id=30530605658
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Has Nexstar voiced an opinion as to CLTV? Other than WGN keepin’ on with the status quo?
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On 12/7/2018 at 6:07 PM, NYPhillynews said:
Terrell did good on WNN. I can see him taking Kendis’ spot
Now that Kendis’ exit is official, I wonder if Terrell will head east? Especially if his filling in was successful.
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Something I've never seen before...instead of a correspondent, like normal, ABC News pulled a local anchor of one of their stations to fill in for Kendis Gibson on the network's overnight newscasts. Terrell Brown got the nod, and is anchoring the 2 hours before his normal shift. It's an odd and costly arrangement, but Brown did anchor CBS News' overnight fare before coming to Chicago. It begs the question, after 4.5 years at the local level, is he itching to get back to a national audience?
That is interesting. Did he anchor from New York or Chicago? If Chicago, did he also anchor the WLS show as normal?!
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I looked up some old Feder archives...February 28: "In a coincidence of cosmic proportions, Linda MacLennan's last night on the air at WBBM-Channel 2 also turned out to be Diann Burns' last night on the air at WLS-Channel 7.
The big difference between the two sign-offs Wednesday night was that Burns didn't know at the time that her 18-year career at the ABC- owned station was over. So she never got to say goodbye.
I’ll be damned! That’s exactly what I thought. Thanks for looking that up. I didn’t remember that Diann was the market’s highest paid news anchor; I wish she would’ve stayed, I’m sure she’d still be the main anchor. I also wish Roseanne Tellez would’ve stayed at WGN; she had a great anchor gig on the city’s top rated morning news, now she’s out on the streets on the city’s lowest rated newscast. Dang.
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"Getting fired 15 years ago hardly makes her part of the station," as she said it as if she still worked there now. We all had a good laugh.
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For some reason I’m thinking she was fired too. My recollection is on Linda MacLennan‘s last night at/on WBBM, Diann still hadn’t renewed with WLS, so station management pulled her off the air; no one realized it at the time, but Diann and Linda had the same final night at their respective stations. I’m also recalling that Diann then went on a tour of black radio stations in the city basically protesting WLS’ move to take her off the air. I don’t recall if she had a non-compete or not, but also don’t remember it being too long before she appeared on channel 2.
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There's a small plane that landed on LSD, too bad it happened in the afternoon.
I was thinking the same thing
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Their last upstairs set was able to accommodate all 5 anchors at the end of the show, and they closed that way on most nights.-
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Man arrested for harassing a female WLS-TV metorologist...
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Even though the Cubs game went to 11:30 on a Friday night, neither of the anchors went home early, and Tom Skilling is still there. Surprising.
That’s why they’re Chicago’s Very Own!
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I was never a fan of Mark Suppelsa and Ben Bradley waltzing in and occupying the anchor desk while Steve Sanders and Tom Negovan received demotions. WGN, to me, seems anchor heavy. I like the team of Tom Negovan and Micah Materre. Perhaps keep Ben on as an achor at 4, in house reporter at 5&6, in the field at 9 and 10, and as a backup anchor for Tom’s Negovan.
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Haha. Oooppps!
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Per today's Robert Feder column, CBS 2 is working on a new set; should debut next month.
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Meanwhile, Larry Potash, a weekend news anchor and reporter at KOTV-TV in Tulsa, Okla., has been hired as a general assignment reporter."
Check this out! Larry was the "Around Town" reporter with anchors Sonja Gantt and Jackie Bange and weather with Jim Ramsey.
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I hope this is not true. Talk about a step backwards.
http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/2/5/look-which-ny-anchor-is-interviwing-in-chicago-today
Random WGN thread
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For some odd reason, I wouldn’t be surprised if she pops up at 22 W Washington.