View Post ShopTalk Chicago Media Legend Carol Marin to Step Down from TV News in November By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Sep. 14, 2020 - 11:56 AM She started at WMAQ in 1978.
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Ron Magers Tells Carol Marin Breaking News Is His Pet Peeve By Kevin Eck on Apr. 21, 2016 - 4:33 PM "If you label everything breaking news, you become that fanatic that clings to the idea until the idea is no good anymore.”
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | Revolving Door Ron Magers Set to Retire From WLS By Kevin Eck on Feb. 5, 2016 - 11:45 AM Robert Feder says "insiders" tell him Magers could retire as early as this summer.
View Post NBC Affiliates | Politics | Top 10 WMAQ Report Used for Governor Pat Quinn’s Re-Election Campaign Ad By Aneya Fernando on Oct. 13, 2014 - 12:20 PM With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, local stations are being bombarded with political ads. Chicago’s WMAQ is no exception, but the NBC-owned station is unhappy about it for a very specific reason. On Friday, a ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Reporting | Top 10 WMAQ to Expand Investigative Reporting Team By Merrill Knox on Jun. 26, 2013 - 2:15 PM WMAQ, the NBC owned station in Chicago, has announced a major expansion of its investigative reporting team. The station will add Chris Coffey, who will join WMAQ from another NBC owned station, WVIT in Hartford, in August. Two cu ...
NBC Affiliates | Politics | Top 10 WMAQ Turns Political Blog Into Weekly Show By Merrill Knox on Feb. 1, 2012 - 5:52 PM Chicago’s WMAQ is turning Ward Room, the station’s popular political blog, into a weekly show. The program will be hosted by political editor Carol Marin (pictured) and political reporter Mary Ann Ahern. It will air on ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 As ‘Morning Joe’ Broadcasts From Chicago, WMAQ Brings Viewers an Inside Look By Alissa Krinsky on Feb. 11, 2011 - 2:36 PM When political reporter Mary Ann Ahern, of NBC’s Chicago O&O WMAQ, learned that MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” was going to broadcast live from the Windy City today, she jumped at the chance to cover it. “ ...