{"id":9991,"date":"2016-01-06T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=9991"},"modified":"2016-01-06T06:04:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:04:11","slug":"fox-32-winter-folly-hats-off-to-women-of-good-day-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/01\/06\/fox-32-winter-folly-hats-off-to-women-of-good-day-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox 32 producer: Hats off to women of 'Good Day Chicago'"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Natalie<\/a>

<\/a> Natalie Bomke (November 20, 2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s only the first week in January, but I\u2019m pretty sure we can already declare the dumbest TV executive of the year.<\/p>\n

Dan Salamone, an executive producer at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32,<\/a> this week told the women who report on \u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d not to wear hats during their outdoor live shots this winter, sources said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/a>

Dan Salamone<\/p><\/div>\n

Salamone\u2019s directive, which he did not issue to male reporters, said the women would \u201clook a lot better without hats\u201d and should go without them from now on. He\u2019d be willing to make an exception, he said, \u201cif it\u2019s 20 below.\u201d<\/p>\n

The order first came to light when Jessica D\u2019Onofrio, a reporter for ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7,<\/a> tweeted: <\/a>\u201cOne local TV station is telling its reporters NOT to wear hats during the winter months. #ForCryingOutLoud!\u201d She followed it with: \u201cIt sure isn\u2019t my station.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s reminiscent of a notorious edict from management of WBBM-Channel 2<\/a> in 1991 ordering anchorwomen to wear silk blouses in order to appear \u201cmore feminine.\u201d Bosses of the CBS-owned station denied it at the time, but general manager Bill Applegate later acknowledged he'd \u201csuggested\u201d his anchorwomen ditch tailored suits in favor of tight-fitting silk blouses.<\/p>\n

Salamone was named executive producer of the Fox 32 morning show last August. He\u2019d been out of work since January 2015 when he stepped down after nine years as news director at Cleveland\u2019s CBS affiliate WOIO-TV and MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB-TV. Coincidentally, Salamone\u2019s boss throughout his tenure in Cleveland was . . . wait for it<\/em> . . . Bill Applegate!<\/p>\n

\u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d airs from 4:30 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s only the first week in January, but I\u2019m pretty sure we can already declare the dumbest TV executive of the year. Dan Salamone, an executive producer at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32, this week told the women who report on \u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d not to wear hats during their outdoor live shots this winter, sources said... 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\/9991"}],"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=9991"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10003,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9991\/revisions\/10003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}