Chicago’s WFLD Lets Reporter Go After Nearly 17 Years

By Andrew Gauthier 

Chicago Tribune

Special projects reporter Mark Saxenmeyer is leaving WFLD-Ch. 32 after almost 17 years, he confirmed Monday night.

WFLD is not renewing his contract, which expires next month, sources say. The station did not respond to a call for comment, but Saxenmeyer indicated his last day will be Dec. 23.

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Saxenmeyer joined Channel 32 in 1994 from KOVR-TV in Sacramento, Calif., where he was a general assigbment reporter. He previously interned at WFSB-TV in Hartford, Conn., and WISC-TV in Madison, Wis. More…

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