ShopTalk | Top 10 Former WDSU, WMAQ News Director Ed Planer Dies By Chris Ariens on Oct. 10, 2011 - 11:20 AM A New Orleans TV news pioneer, Ed Planer passed away Saturday in Atlanta. He was 82. Ed Planner was a reporter and anchor at WDSU-TV in the 1950s. In 1966, he would be named news director of the station. In 1972, Planer moved to C ...