{"id":2043,"date":"2014-01-14T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2014-01-14T06:16:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T12:16:56","slug":"jacobson-joins-wgn-at-perfect-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/01\/14\/jacobson-joins-wgn-at-perfect-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacobson joins WGN at 'perfect time'"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Walter Jacobson<\/p><\/div>\n

Chicago broadcasting icon Walter Jacobson is bringing his signature \u201cPerspective\u201d commentaries and his unique political insight to WGN AM 720.<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting next month, his weekly, 90-second commentaries will air Thursdays during Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano\u2019s midday show and repeat weekends during \u201cThe Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson.\u201d The celebrated anchorman also will appear as a contributor to various shows on the Tribune Broadcasting news\/talk station.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving been listening to WGN Radio since the day I became a reporter,\u00a0and believing it's the best in the business, I'm thrilled to be joining the team,\u201d Jacobson, 76, told me Monday. \u201cFor me,\u00a0it's a perfect fit at a perfect time. The station's\u00a0coming back, and 2014 is going to be an intriguing and exciting year\u00a0in Chicago's wild and wooly politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacobson\u2019s new role coincides with the shift of his commercial endorsements <\/a>for Hartland Mortgage Centers to WGN. From September through December of last year, his commercials for the company\u2019s reverse mortgages and his weekly commentaries aired on Cumulus Media news\/talk WLS AM 890.<\/p>\n

The Hartland spots, which already have begun airing on WGN, promote a program allowing people 62 and older to tap their home equity without making payments.<\/p>\n

At the time he signed the endorsement deal, Jacobson acknowledged he was doing it for the money and to keep himself busy. He said he had been unable to land a regular news job after his last gig \u2014 co-anchoring the 6 p.m. weekday news with Bill Kurtis and delivering 10 p.m. commentaries for CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 \u2014 ended in February 2013.<\/p>\n

WGN, which has been remaking itself by adding a cavalcade of familiar Chicago names and voices, is welcoming the legendary newsman with open arms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud to have Walter\u2019s \u2018Perspective\u2019 as a regular weekly feature and also have him make periodic appearances as an analyst on all the shows,\" said Todd Manley, vice president of creative content at WGN. \u201cWhen you talk about us trying to be a \u2018fence post for conversation,\u2019 this is a guy that walks the streets of his hometown and goes, \u2018Wait a minute, what\u2019s not right about this?\u2019 That\u2019s a great fire to keep burning. It makes perfect sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacobson\u2019s first commentary for WGN will air on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago broadcasting icon Walter Jacobson is bringing his signature \u201cPerspective\u201d commentaries and his unique political insight to WGN AM 720. Starting next month, his weekly, 90-second commentaries will air Thursdays during Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano\u2019s midday show and repeat weekends during \u201cThe Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson.\u201d The celebrated anchorman also will appear... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043"}],"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=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2047,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}