former newsboy 50 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Chelsea Irving did a live report from the control room on CBS 2 News at 10 last night. This has gotta be the first time she's been on in a year-and-a-half or so, after they scrapped freelancers. I wonder if her recent exposure with Randy Salerno in that King Tut headdress put her back in the minds of Channel 2 bosses. I'm really glad to see her again, I always thought she was treated poorly - never being given a full-time gig after years of solid reporting. Especially after newcomers (at the time) like Kritstyn Hartman walk right on. Even though I like Kristyn. Hope Chelsea's here to stay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I thought I remember Chelsea Irving being used a couple times early last year. But I also thought she was moved up from a freelancer to a full time reporter? I found this article that I remember reading a couple years ago: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:TNEXjoMBzz0J:findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050914/ai_n15666540+Chelsea+Irving+wbbm&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us (which originally came from a Robert Feder column) that said she was moved up. I think at one point, she eventually got a bio on CBS 2's website. As I'm looking through the bios page of CBS 2's website (http://www.cbs2chicago.com/bios), a couple questions come to mind. Some of the "freelance" or "per-diem" on-air staff (John Drummond, Lisa Dietlin, and Jim Mullen) have bios on the website. For almost a couple years after Jim Tilmon retired for good and moved back to Phoenix, he still had a bio on there as aviation expert/contributor but his bio is now gone. I thought I remember him being used last year. Does this mean WBBM is done with Tilmon for good now? I also thought I remember reading in a Feder column a while ago that CBS 2 wasn't going to have Jim Mullen as a reporter anymore but his bio is still up? I find it interesting that Chelsea Irving is nowhere to be found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBBM-TV_News_team; however, I never found Wikipedia to be reliable. I find quite a bit of misinformation on there. I noticed quite a bit of wrong years next to former anchor/reporter names. Plus I really like how someone spelled "decased" by John Drury's name. I'm glad many schools now don't allow students to use Wikipedia as a source. All I see it as (this page specifically) is information put together by some 15 year old TV news fan who probably isn't even in the Chicago market.. Also, Steve Baskerville is a Meteorologist now. I'm kind of drifting away from the topic now. Oh well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelWick 0 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Chelsea Irving A very nice woman and a solid reporter... I'm glad she's back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
former newsboy 50 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 What, this thread is only over 6 years old. LOL I don't even really remember it, I just did a google search and there it was so I figured might as well bring it back to life BECAUSE... the same can be said again... Chelsea Irving's back! Just saw her do a live-shot on the 11AM news anyway. What a surprise!!! So is she freelance? Full-time? Or will it be another 6 years before we see her again? Jeez Channel 2, give the girl a job already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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