{"id":994,"date":"2013-11-03T21:30:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T03:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=994"},"modified":"2013-11-03T21:33:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T03:33:30","slug":"tv-academy-adds-six-to-silver-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/11\/03\/tv-academy-adds-six-to-silver-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Academy adds six to Silver Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carol Cooling-Kopp, longtime special events director at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 who died last week, will be inducted posthumously into the Silver Circle of the Chicago chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n
Also named Silver Circle honorees for 2014 were: Jerry Bryant, founder and producer of \"JBTV,\" the longest running music television show in the country; Carole B. Cartwright, former manager of community programs at NBC 5 and former general manager of Chicago City Colleges' WYCC-Channel 20; Rich King, sports anchor at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9; Mike Leonard, former Chicago-based reporter for NBC's \"Today\"; and Larry Yellen, news anchor and reporter at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32.<\/p>\n
All six were announced Sunday during the 55th annual Midwest regional Emmy Awards ceremony at Alhambra Palace. They will be honored at a dinner on May 9, 2014.<\/p>\n
Cooling-Kopp rose from community relations assistant to director of special events and director of special projects programming during a 30-year career at NBC 5. \"Carol worked longer and harder than anyone in this building,\" news anchor Allison Rosati said in an on-air tribute. Cooling-Kopp died after a battle with lung cancer last Wednesday at 56.<\/p>\n