{"id":160,"date":"2013-08-13T15:06:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2013-09-07T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T14:56:17","slug":"tom-skilling-weathers-35-years-at-wgn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/08\/13\/tom-skilling-weathers-35-years-at-wgn\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Skilling weathers 35 years at WGN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_187\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/08\/13\/tom-skilling-weathers-35-years-at-wgn\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-187\" alt=\"Tom Skilling\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-242x300.jpg\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-242x300.jpg 242w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-828x1024.jpg 828w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-150x185.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-1200x1483.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-400x494.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-800x988.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling-200x247.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Skilling.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Tom Skilling<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thirty-five years ago today \u2014 Aug. 13, 1978 \u2014 meteorologist Tom Skilling joined WGN-Channel 9. Chicago's weather has never been the same.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably the most popular figure in local television, Skilling, 61, last year signed a 10-year multimillion-dollar renewal to continue as chief meteorologist for the Tribune Broadcasting station. Though believed to be the highest paid local weatherman in the country, he remains as humble and down-to-earth as anyone who's ever stood in front of a camera.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\"I have marveled at the support I've received from my viewers all these years \u2014 at their loyalty and kindness,\" he told me shortly after his renewal. \"We are nothing in our line of work without those who offer us the gift of taking time out of their busy days to grace us with the honor of checking out what we do and what we have to say. I'm beyond words over the whole thing.\"<\/p>\n<p>Happy anniversary, Tom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-five years ago today \u2014 Aug. 13, 1978 \u2014 meteorologist Tom Skilling joined WGN-Channel 9. Chicago's weather has never been the same. Arguably the most popular figure in local television, Skilling, 61, last year signed a 10-year multimillion-dollar renewal to continue as chief meteorologist for the Tribune Broadcasting station. Though believed to be the highest... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/08\/13\/tom-skilling-weathers-35-years-at-wgn\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}