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In 1970, the two were joined by John Drury, who helmed the 5 p.m. newscast. By 1973, WLS' Eyewitness News broadcasts surpassed NBC-owned WMAQ-TV (channel 5)'s newscasts to become Chicago's top-rated news operation, a lead it held until WBBM-TV surpassed channel 7 for the top spot in 1979. For much of the 1970s and 1980s, it waged a spirited ...
The channel began operations on January 1, 1993, originally broadcasting out of studios located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook.On February 4, 2009, the Tribune Company announced that it would combine CLTV's operations with the company's flagship television station WGN-TV, though CLTV would continue to operate as a standalone cable news channel.
WFLD presently broadcasts 56 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 10 hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to locally produced news programming, it is the second-highest news programming output of any station in the Chicago market, behind independent station ...
Ron Magers (born August 27, 1944) is a former American news anchor. Magers worked for WLS-TV, the ABC owned-and-operated station in Chicago, Illinois, where he co-anchored the top-rated 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. broadcasts with Cheryl Burton and Kathy Brock, respectively.
The UHF channel 60 allocation to Aurora was originally occupied by WLXT-TV, which broadcast from May 16, 1969, to July 17, 1970. WLXT was an independent station that abruptly closed after 14 months of attempting to serve its suburban coverage area, but it was notable for the people that passed through it, particularly news director Christine Lund, who became a well-known news anchor in Los ...
Sunday night's USC vs. LSU matchup, which began at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 1, and at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1, was blacked out on Disney-owned local stations such as ABC7 Chicago, ABC7 ...
Windy City Live maintains strong viewership ratings, and has been nominated for and won numerous Chicago Emmy awards. [4] On July 21, 2021, WLS-TV cancelled Windy City Live. Production was ceased on September 3, 2021. [5] The show morphed into 'Windy City Weekend' a half-hour, weekly addition to ABC7 Eyewitness News at 11am, airing Fridays at ...
Nexstar has agreed to purchase WBNX-TV 55 from the Winston Broadcasting Co., meaning Channel 55 will again become the CW. The CW set to return to Channel 55 as Fox 8 parent company Nexstar buys ...