CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | Top 10 Former WBBM News Director John Madigan Dies By Merrill Knox on Mar. 7, 2012 - 10:55 AM Former WBBM news director John Madigan has died from complications of a stroke, according to the station. He was 94. The veteran newsman began his career in the 1930s as a reporter for the Chicago American newspaper. He moved to W ...