{"id":4500,"date":"2014-08-08T16:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T21:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=4500"},"modified":"2014-08-08T16:03:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T21:03:55","slug":"abc-7-hires-weather-channel-whiz-as-morning-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/08\/08\/abc-7-hires-weather-channel-whiz-as-morning-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7 hires Weather Channel \u2018whiz\u2019 as morning producer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Jesse Hamilton<\/p><\/div>\n

Jesse Hamilton, executive producer of prime time hours at The Weather Channel <\/a>in Atlanta, has been hired as executive producer of WLS-Channel 7\u2019s <\/a>morning news.<\/p>\n

Starting September 22, he succeeds Doug Whitmire, who was promoted to executive producer of the ABC-owned station\u2019s 10 p.m. newscast. \u201cExcited to make Chicago my new home & work with a talented news team!\u201d Hamilton tweeted<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n

In his nearly four years at The Weather Channel, Hamilton has been responsible for 13 hours of live programming during the week, according to his bio.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a whiz at showcasing, breaking coverage and social media, all skills that will translate well to our morning newscasts,\u201d Jennifer Graves, vice president and news director at ABC 7, said in announcing Hamilton\u2019s appointment. \u201cHe\u2019s also a strong content manager and storyteller, having honed those skills in local television newsrooms.\u201c<\/p>\n

A native of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Hamilton previously worked as a producer at KOCO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City, and KNXV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

Here is the text of Graves\u2019 memo to the staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy to announce the latest addition to our news management team.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesse Hamilton will join us next month as our morning newscast Executive Producer.\u00a0 Jesse is currently Prime Time Executive Producer at The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia, where he manages live programming between 2pm and 3am.\u00a0 He\u2019s a whiz at showcasing, breaking coverage and social media, all skills that will translate well to our morning newscasts.\u00a0 He\u2019s also a strong content manager and storyteller, having honed those skills in local television newsrooms.\u00a0 Before joining the Weather Channel, Jesse was the late news Executive Producer at KNXV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Phoenix, where his team focused on investigations.\u00a0 Jesse started his news career at KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City, where he worked for nine years, starting as an associate producer and working his way up to 10pm senior producer.\u00a0 Jesse is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesse is familiar with Chicago and is thrilled to be making our city his new home.\u00a0 His first day will be September 22.\u00a0 Please join me in welcoming Jesse to the ABC 7 Eyewitness News Team!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jesse Hamilton, executive producer of prime time hours at The Weather Channel in Atlanta, has been hired as executive producer of WLS-Channel 7\u2019s morning news. Starting September 22, he succeeds Doug Whitmire, who was promoted to executive producer of the ABC-owned station\u2019s 10 p.m. newscast. \u201cExcited to make Chicago my new home & work with... 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\/4500"}],"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=4500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4503,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions\/4503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}