"Salem"
For the first time ever, Chicago area cable viewers will be able to watch the national cable channel WGN America in addition to local Tribune Media flagship station WGN-Channel 9.
Starting Tuesday, Comcast Cable systems here will begin carrying WGN America as part of their basic cable tier, including such first-run original programming as “Salem” and "Manhattan” and upcoming reality series “Wrestling with Death” and “Outlaw Country.” Continue reading
Kate Sullivan and newborn Jack
Weekend news anchors Mai Martinez and Marissa Bailey are expected to alternate filling in alongside Rob Johnson on WBBM-Channel 2 newscasts for the next three months while Kate Sullivan is on maternity leave.
Sullivan, who co-anchors at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. weekdays on the CBS-owned station, last Thursday delivered a boy, John Michael Tillman. It’s a first child for Sullivan and Michael Tillman, who were married in December 2013. Continue reading
Rogers Hornsby
The stunning announcement that Chicago Cubs baseball would be airing next season on WLS-Channel 7 “for the first time in the 68-year television broadcast history” of the team made for a great story Friday.
Except that it isn’t true. Continue reading
Cheryl Scott
Three months after she delivered her farewell forecast on WMAQ-Channel 5, Cheryl Scott is back on the radar and about to make her debut on WLS-Channel 7.
The ABC-owned station is expected to announce Monday that Scott has been signed as a full-time meteorologist and will begin working before the end of the year, sources said. Continue reading
Sun-Times, December 10
Buyer beware: You can’t believe what you see on the front page of the Sun-Times.
Twice in recent weeks, the Sun-Times has published digitally altered photographs with Page 1 sports stories. Both were labeled “Sun-Times illustration” in type that was barely legible. Continue reading
Check out this new telenovela parody video starring WGN Morning News anchors Dan Ponce and Lourdes Duarte and reporter Ana Belaval. Continue reading
Kris Gutierrez
For the third time in three years, WBBM-Channel 2 is in the market for a morning news anchor.
The CBS-owned station confirmed Wednesday that Kris Gutierrez will be leaving in February and that a search is on for his replacement alongside Erin Kennedy from 4:30 to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday. “We wish him well,” a spokeswoman said. Continue reading
Comiskey Park July 12, 1979
Thirty-five years after he rocked Chicago and blew up the music world in what became the most infamous radio promotion of all time, Steve Dahl hopes to clear the air about Disco Demolition with a definitive book on the event.
The Chicago radio legend is teaming with author Dave Hoekstra and photographer Paul Natkin to write Disco Demolition: the Death of Disco. It’s set for release in April 2016 by Curbside Splendor, an independent publisher based in Humboldt Park. Continue reading
"Green Screen Adventures"
A Chicago-based children’s show that promoted literacy by bringing the ideas of young authors to life has run its course after eight years.
Weigel Broadcasting has ceased production of “Green Screen Adventures,” the nationally acclaimed educational series that aired weekend mornings on the MeTV Network. Continue reading
If you’ve ever dreamed of being interviewed by Larry King, now your fantasy can be fulfilled.
Just in time for the holidays, Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications has begun offering visitors the chance to tape a virtual interview with King in which his questions are edited with their answers into a seamless conversation. Continue reading