{"id":6013,"date":"2014-12-16T12:30:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T18:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6013"},"modified":"2014-12-16T17:08:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T23:08:01","slug":"abc-7-to-produce-7-p-m-newscast-for-the-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/12\/16\/abc-7-to-produce-7-p-m-newscast-for-the-u\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7 to produce 7 p.m. newscast for The U"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Linda<\/a>

<\/a> Linda Yu and Hosea Sanders<\/p><\/div>\n

In a groundbreaking partnership between two Chicago television powerhouses, Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s WCIU-Channel 26<\/a> will air a one-hour Monday-through-Friday newscast in prime time, to be produced by ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting January 12, \u201cABC 7 Eyewitness News on WCIU, The U,\u201d will air from 7 to 8 p.m. weeknights, with veteran news anchors Linda Yu and Hosea Sanders, sports anchor Jim Rose and ABC 7\u2019s newest hire,<\/a> meteorologist Cheryl Scott. The newscast will originate from ABC 7 studios at 190 North State Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited about our partnership with WCIU, The U,\u201d John Idler, president and general manager of ABC 7, said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cIt gives viewers a chance to watch Chicago\u2019s No. 1 news at a new time and is a convenient option for those who want live, local news earlier in the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bob Ramsey, executive vice president of local media for Weigel Broadcasting, described the deal as a licensing agreement with the ABC-owned station. Weigel Broadcasting will handle all advertising sales.\u00a0\u201cAdding local news to the schedule was a goal of ours,\u201d Ramsey said. \u201cWe are thrilled to partner with ABC 7 Eyewitness News, the market\u2019s news leader, to provide this service to WCIU, The U\u2019s viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plan to produce and license a local newscast appears to be a first for Chicago, although ABC Television Stations already have similar arrangements with local outlets in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Raleigh\/Durham, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\"Terrell<\/a>

Terrell Brown<\/p><\/div>\n

Yu will continue to anchor ABC 7\u2019s 4 p.m. weekday newscast. But the new assignment means a major change for Sanders, who has anchored ABC 7\u2019s morning newscast since 1994. As of January 12, he\u2019ll be succeeded from 4:30 to 7 a.m. weekdays by Terrell Brown, who signed on <\/a>last April after five years as a CBS News correspondent. Brown will join co-anchor Judy Hsu, meteorologist Tracy Butler and traffic reporter Roz Varon.<\/p>\n

In addition to anchoring with Yu at 7 p.m on The U, Sanders will contribute reports to ABC 7\u2019s 4, 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts and will be heading a new stationwide initiative covering the community, according to Idler.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will truly miss my morning co-anchors; they\u2019ll always be like family to me,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cBut after 20 years of waking up at 2:30 in the morning, the chance to anchor a prime time newscast on WCIU is a wonderful reward for my hard work. Linda Yu and Jim Rose have been great colleagues and friends of mine since I started at the station, so launching this newscast with them along with our new meteorologist Cheryl Scott will be very gratifying.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a groundbreaking partnership between two Chicago television powerhouses, Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s WCIU-Channel 26 will air a one-hour Monday-through-Friday newscast in prime time, to be produced by ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Starting January 12, \u201cABC 7 Eyewitness News on WCIU, The U,\u201d will air from 7 to 8 p.m. weeknights, with veteran news anchors Linda Yu and... 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\/6013"}],"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=6013"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6022,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6013\/revisions\/6022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}