Good afternoon, while this is not completely TV news related many in the Chicago news media business probably know who fire photographer Tim Olk is. He has been a fire photographer for over 30 years, you can view his work here https://olkee.smugmug.com/ . If you look through his photographs you will see many current and former Chicago TV news reporters in them. I can see members of the media being both envious and jealous of him, he sometimes gets closer to the action then they do. Also if you look through his Facebook book page two former TV reporters and one current one are on his ..read more

Good afternoon, was on radio reference and found this https://www.radioreference.com/db/aid/2820 can someone explain how some of these frequencies work? Finally the WMAQ channel of 450.55mhz is labeled as sky 5 IFB, however you can here studio audio on it. Thanks  ..read more

So, I just saw a promo for WMAQ/NBC 5's 10pm news, and Mike Adamle is featured alongside the other anchors. So, it finally seems like he's being acknowledged as the lead sports anchor, a role he's essentially filled for over two years.   I know this didn't deserve it's own thread, but it didn't fit into any others, so I guess we can just have one for random rumblings at the old number 5 ..read more

It was inevitable, another one of WGN’s old guard is calling it quits… and this time it’s the king of Chicago weather. Tom Skilling has announced that he will retire as WGN’s chief meteorologist next year, after 45 years with the station. His last day will be February 28, 2024.     ..read more

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Man, this is sad.    Longtime media columnist/blogger Robert Feder is stepping away from the daily media grind after 42 years.     ..read more

https://www.youtube.com/c/BrokenNewswithErinandMegan   Former WBBM-TV morning anchor Erin Kennedy and Morning Meteorologist Megan Glaros have a joint YouTube channel talking about what happened after they were laid off in May 2020. Really interesting stuff from a couple minutes I've watch. They're going to have a bunch of guests on like Darrick and Marissa. They already had Lionel Moise on. They really spilled the beans on their experience in the industry and how it works. They also talked about how relieved to be out of that industry. You should check it out.  ..read more

Straight from Feder. Joe formerly of KGW, WGN and NewsNation.   https://www.robertfeder.com/2022/04/06/cbs-2-hires-joe-donlon-top-news-anchor ..read more

WBBM clearly has the best investigative team in town. They are the only station (aside from Chuck Goudie and Blago) doing any investigative that makes any waves. Is it helping the ratings? Is Brad working out as the lead? Or is it classic case of doing “good journalism” that keeps you in last place? Serious discussion.  ..read more

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-nbc-chicago-stefan-holt-returns-20200819-eyozln45dvcobbn4rjit7rmura-story.html ..read more