{"id":30429,"date":"2021-07-27T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=30429"},"modified":"2021-07-27T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T11:00:05","slug":"robservations-abc-7-picks-tamron-hall-replace-windy-city-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2021\/07\/27\/robservations-abc-7-picks-tamron-hall-replace-windy-city-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: ABC 7 picks up \u2018Tamron Hall\u2019 to replace \u2018Windy City Live\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Tamron Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

Tamron Hall's<\/strong> syndicated daytime talk show is moving to ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7,<\/a> where it will air in place of \"Windy City Live\" at 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, starting September 6. Soon to kick off its third season, the New York-based \"Tamron Hall\"<\/a> has been airing here on Weigel Broadcasting's WCIU-Channel 26 and The U since 2019. John Idler,<\/strong> president and general manager of ABC 7, recalled Hall's decade as a local news anchor and reporter at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 from 1997 to 2007. \"Tamron Hall is an especially well-known and talented personality in our city, and I know our viewers will be excited to watch her show at 1 p.m.,\" Idler said. \"She already has so many fans in Chicago and we are thrilled to bring her authentic, distinctive and thoughtful conversations to ABC 7.\" Hall said in a statement: \u201cMy love for Chicago is deep and real. It\u2019s a second home for me and as we know there is no place like Sweet Home Chicago. Moving to the iconic ABC 7 is like winning life\u2019s lottery. I look forward to joining forces with everyone there. I want to thank everyone at WCIU as their support over the past two years has been immeasurable in our success.\u201d The locally produced \"Windy City Live\" will end its 10-year run<\/a> as a weekday series September 3. \"Tamron Hall\" is produced by Walt Disney Television, a unit of ABC 7's parent company.<\/p>\n

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Amy Rutledge and Tonya Francisco<\/p><\/div>\n

Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9<\/a> has tapped Amy Rutledge<\/strong> and Tonya Francisco<\/strong> to co-host \u201cDaytime Chicago,\u201d a new hourlong lifestyle show to air at 10 a.m. weekdays, starting in September. Topics will run the lifestyle gamut from entertainment and health to d\u00e9cor, cooking and travel, according to the station.\u00a0The syndicated talk show \u201cRachael Ray,\u201d<\/strong> now airing at 10 a.m., will move to afternoons. \u201cWe are very excited to launch more local programming for our viewers,\" Paul Rennie,<\/strong> vice president and general manager of WGN, said in a statement. \"With 'Daytime Chicago' five days a week, WGN will soon be airing 81 hours of weekly live local programming.\u201d Rutledge had been a traffic and feature reporter at WGN before her last stop as co-host of \"The Jam\" on WCIU. Francisco co-anchors weekend morning newscasts on WGN. Like \"Windy City Live\" and similar programs, \"Daytime Chicago\" is designed to generate revenue through sponsored content<\/a> \u2014 segments paid for by the products or services featured. Earlier this month WGN canceled<\/a> \u201cChicago\u2019s Best,\u201d the weekly food show that also accepted branded content and product placement revenue.<\/p>\n

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Andrea Hanis<\/p><\/div>\n

Andrea Hanis,<\/strong> the stellar Chicago journalist who excelled as an editor at the Chicago Tribune, Crain\u2019s Chicago Business and Sun-Times, was named editor of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin<\/a> Monday. Peter Mierzwa,<\/strong> president and publisher of Law Bulletin Media,<\/a> said the publication was \u201cevolving and expanding to deliver news and analysis tailored to meet the growing needs of legal professionals and we are excited to have found an exceptional talent in Andrea Hanis to lead our newsroom and help us reach these goals.\u201d Hanis, an Indiana University graduate who took a buyout from the Tribune in 2020, said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to join Law Bulletin Media in serving readers who are highly engaged in their work lives and their professional community. We look forward to presenting new ways to help them stay current on essential news, analyze the business of law, connect with important people and ideas in their industry, and thrive in their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Donna D\u2019Alessandro<\/p><\/div>\n

In a major hire for Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, <\/a>Donna D\u2019Alessandro<\/strong> has been appointed to the new position of executive vice president and head of content for Weigel's broadcast networks \u2014 including MeTV, Heroes & Icons, Start TV, Decades and Movies! D\u2019Alessandro signed on after nine years at Discovery, Inc., where she most recently was senior vice president of factual programming for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel. \u201cDonna joins Weigel with a wealth of programming experience on multiple platforms and levels,\u201d said Neal Sabin,<\/strong> vice chairman of Weigel Broadcasting. \u201cHer energy, attitude and ability to innovate and motivate will serve our networks, viewers, staff and advertisers well.\u201d Said D\u2019Alessandro: \u201cI am beyond excited to join the amazing team at Weigel as we work on the forefront of content evolution.\u201d Earlier she was vice president of programming and strategy at BET Networks and director of program planning at Bravo.<\/p>\n

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Patti Vasquez<\/p><\/div>\n

Patti Vasquez,<\/strong> the radio personality, comedian and political activist, has moved up to Monday-through-Friday host on Newsweb Radio progressive talk WCPT 820-AM. <\/a>Starting Monday \"Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez\" will air from 5 to 6 p.m. weekdays \u2014 following Joan Esposito's<\/strong> afternoon show. \u201cI am thrilled to join the progressive political conversation at WCPT on a full-time basis and very excited to promote freedom through equality and inclusion for all,\u201d said Vasquez, who's been a fill-in host for two years. She previously hosted late nights on Nexstar Media news\/talk WGN 720-AM.<\/p>\n

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Crain's Chicago Business<\/p><\/div>\n

Crain\u2019s Chicago Business<\/a> is on the move. After 10 years at 150 North Michigan Avenue, Crain Communications is moving its Chicago offices to One Prudential Plaza at 130 East Randolph Street. Downsizing from 54,000 square feet to 25,000, the publisher is subleasing space previously occupied by tech giant Oracle. \u201cWith this move, we are doubling down on our commitment to the city of Chicago,\"\u00a0KC Crain,<\/strong> CEO of Crain Communications, said in a statement. \"As a trusted and cherished journalism entity that thoroughly covers the business and political landscape here, it is also important our readers and business partners know that we, too, play a vital role in its growing business ecosystem.\" Earlier this year the Chicago Tribune stopped paying rent<\/a> on its space in One Prudential Plaza and moved out.<\/p>\n

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Betsy Edgerton<\/p><\/div>\n

There's a noteworthy new book out this week from Betsy Edgerton,<\/strong> associate professor of journalism at Columbia College and a former editor at Crain Communications. (Here is the link.<\/a>) One Woman's World: The Columns of Lenora Mattingly Weber,<\/strong><\/em><\/a> published by Image Cascade Publishing, recalls the work of the mid-20th century writer best known for her Beany Malone series of books for girls. Edgerton's collection brings back the socially conscious \"Mid Pleasures and Problems\" columns Weber wrote from 1946 to 1967 for Catholic Extension<\/a>, a monthly magazine still published in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Charlie Meyerson:<\/strong> Great to see a commercial Chicago broadcaster [WBBM Newsradio] stop treating its digital presence as an afterthought.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Tamron Hall's syndicated daytime talk show is moving to ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, where it will air in place of \"Windy City Live\" at 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, starting September 6. Soon to kick off its third season, the New York-based \"Tamron Hall\" has been airing here on Weigel Broadcasting's... 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\/30429"}],"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=30429"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30451,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30429\/revisions\/30451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}