{"id":33792,"date":"2022-06-24T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=33792"},"modified":"2022-06-24T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:00:01","slug":"cbs-2-restore-jumbotron-street-front-studio-overlooking-daley-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2022\/06\/24\/cbs-2-restore-jumbotron-street-front-studio-overlooking-daley-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS 2 to restore jumbotron, street-front studio overlooking Daley Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CBS 2 Chicago, 22 West Washington Street<\/p><\/div>\n

It's been years since WBBM-Channel 2<\/a> dismantled the giant video screen outside its Loop studios overlooking Daley Plaza. But soon it will be back \u2014 bigger and better than ever.<\/p>\n

Construction is underway on a new jumbotron monitor along the western exterior of the CBS Broadcast Center at 22 West Washington Street.<\/p>\n

\"If all goes according to plan, we look for the sign to be fully operational by mid to late August,\" said Jennifer Lyons, president and general manager of the CBS-owned station. \"Our 24\/7 local news stream, CBS News Chicago,<\/a> will be the content on the monitor.\"<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Lyons<\/p><\/div>\n

Once that project is finished CBS 2 is expected to begin recommissioning its former street-front studio at the corner of Washington and Dearborn.<\/p>\n

Considered a crown jewel of the facility when it opened in 2008, the 3,500 square-foot Studio A fell into disrepair. It was shut down in 2017 when the station unveiled a new windowless news set in Studio B.<\/p>\n

The company tried to\u00a0rent out the space,<\/a> marketing it as suitable for \u201crestaurant\/retail users,\u201d but there were no takers.<\/p>\n

Now, Lyons said, she's moving forward with plans to bring the studio back to life.\u00a0\"We have an incredible space and have plans to build a state-of-the-art weather center that showcases our 'First Alert Weather' brand,\" she said.<\/p>\n

Joe Ahern, the former general manager of CBS 2 who overspent on construction of the glitzy broadcast facility, was fired three weeks after the grand opening in fall of 2008.\u00a0He was cited for such perks as installing a marble shower in the private bathroom of his office suite.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Chuck Canning:<\/strong> The Chicago Tribune has already insulted readers with a deadline that eliminates reporting of prior evening news and sports results. This move may push deadlines to a point where reporting of prior afternoon events are delayed a full day. Is there even room for any more nails in this coffin?<\/em><\/p>\n

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