View Post ShopTalk Chicago Station Evacuated Following Phone Threat By Kevin Eck on Oct. 28, 2021 - 8:53 AM The station got the call around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
View Post ShopTalk Chicago News Director Under Fire for Social Media Posts By Kevin Eck on Feb. 16, 2021 - 11:44 AM Hugo Balta was placed on administrative leave.
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 | CBS Affiliates How Did Chicago Stations Handle Laquan McDonald Shooting Video? By Kevin Eck on Nov. 30, 2015 - 12:39 PM Feder credited WLS with "prompting Chicago police to move up the scheduled release" of the dashcam footage.
View Post ShopTalk Al Jazeera America Announces Correspondents for Regional Bureaus By Merrill Knox on Jul. 30, 2013 - 1:40 PM Al Jazeera America is adding five more correspondents from the local news landscape to its ranks. The network has announced the hires of Ash-har Quraishi, Heidi Zhou-Castro, Bisi Onile-Ere, Natasha Ghoneim and Jonathan Martin. ...
TV Biz | TVBiz Sinclair to Buy Freedom Communications Stations By Merrill Knox on Nov. 2, 2011 - 2:16 PM Sinclair Broadcast Group will purchase the eight-station Freedom Communications station group for $385 million, the company announced today. The deal will be reviewed by the FCC and is expected to cl0se early next year. Sinclair a ...
Reporting | ShopTalk | Top 10 WTTW Will Bring Content From Al Jazeera English to Chicago By Merrill Knox on Oct. 20, 2011 - 1:52 PM Starting October 31, Chicago public television station WTTW will air global programming from Al Jazeera English for an hour each day. Launched in 2006, Al Jazeera English is available in a limited capacity in the U.S. The agreemen ...
FOX Affiliates | Top 10 Mike Leiderman to Oversee WFLD’s Struggling 9 p.m. Newscast By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 8, 2011 - 2:37 PM It’s official: Mike Leiderman is joining Chicago’s WFLD as an executive producer. Leiderman, who previously served as the EP of WTTW news magazine show “Chicago Tonight,” will oversee WFLD’s 9 p.m. newscast, ...
