View Post ShopTalk Former Chicago Anchor Allison Payne Dies at 57 By Kevin Eck on Sep. 13, 2021 - 9:04 AM "She had it all," said former co-anchor Steve Sanders. "Smart, beautiful and inquisitive, but most of all, my friend."
View Post Reporting Pope Benedict XVI Bids Farewell to the Vatican By Merrill Knox on Feb. 28, 2013 - 11:56 AM Shortly after 11amET/8amPT, Benedict XVI departed the Vatican for the last time as Pope. Local stations in the top five markets broadcast special coverage of his departure and flight to Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican’s vacatio ...
Politics | Reporting | Top 10 Local Chicago Stations Cover Politics, Protests at NATO Summit By Merrill Knox on May. 21, 2012 - 2:33 PM Chicago stations were in overdrive this weekend covering the ongoing NATO Summit, which continues today at McCormick Place. WFLD‘s Bob Sirrot and Robin Robinson co-anchored an hour-long newscast at 5 p.m. Sunday on the Fox O ...
Anchors | CW Affiliates | Top 10 Allison Payne on Leaving WGN: ‘My Health Had Become a Burden to the Station’ By Merrill Knox on Aug. 4, 2011 - 10:32 AM Allison Payne — a 21-year veteran anchor of WGN who has recently suffered from a slew of health problems, including damage to her vocal cords — will say goodbye to the station in September. Executives at the Chicago ...
CW Affiliates | Top 10 Allison Payne Missing from WGN Due to Vocal Cord Problems By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 31, 2011 - 3:12 PM “Where’s Allison Payne?” That’s what viewers in the Chicago area have been wondering this month after the veteran anchor went missing from WGN‘s 11 a.m. weekday newscast. It turns out that Payne has b ...