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I think it's Rob's to lose (if not, Ravi), though I am surprised he didn't get the 5, instead. He has pretty solid chemistry with Cheryl, and I think there's a big risk of totally turning over the 4 within like a year (Alan now, Linda later), especially with new competition. Alan would've maintained stability in that slot, but I do understand keeping his daily airtime to only 90 minutes. Fun fact: In his career with ABC 7, Alan has helmed 6 different "broadcasts". He was entrusted to launch two of them, the morning news and the midday webcast. And now, he has the right to say that he has succeeded John Drury, Floyd Klaber, Joel Daly, and Ron Magers, considered 4 of the very best to ever grace Chicago television screens. No pressure. Well deserved.

OFFICIAL: Ron Magers hangs it up on May 25th. Announced by the anchor himself on Facebook Live. As reported by Feder, Alan Krashesky will succeed Ron at 5 and 10, with a replacement at 4pm to be named later. This will be a return to the 5 that Alan anchored from 1994-98, then with Diann Burns.

At least somebody in town makes an effort to maintain their bio page.

I'm all for it.

Cheryl's on at 7, so it must've been a one-off in a pinch, like Ron being on at 4 (but rarer). I'd imagine, though, that Linda is now #2 behind Kathy at 6.

Legit question to my fellow Chicagoans. Outside of doing every show on a holiday, can anyone ever recall Linda filling in on the 5 o'clock news? If not, today might be a first.

Even if no one watches, it really is about time.

Not surprised. They're in too good of a position right now to be like the only NBC-owned station NOT expanding to 4. At least they should have a co-anchor by then.

Promo time! Taping this year's severe weather special, slated to air within a couple weeks.

He'll stick to just the weekend evening newscasts.

Even though Larry Mowry joins tomorrow, Phil Schwarz confirmed to me on Twitter (EXCLUSIVE! ) that he'll still be on the Sunday morning show next week, and that it will be his last.

When WLS carried at 2 central for two seasons, there were times that they aired headlines that had only broken minutes before. I wonder if multiple A-blocks are recorded through the afternoon, when necessary.

Like, as of it was 2 separate words? Otherwise, that just sounds like she emphasized the p on the first syllable. Soo-pitch. She was likely decently close. I saw a few minutes of her this morning, and was not hardly as bad as I expected.

Still an improvement. It was like exposed drywall and a hole or two before.

In recent weeks/months, they cleared the area behind the monitor to allow for a larger screen. Unfortunately, it looked sloppy. It looks like they painted/covered the unfinished wall and maybe even added some lighting, though it's hard to tell from the photo.

Mike Adamle's been off the air for nearly a month for personal reasons. Management expects him back soon. http://www.robertfeder.com/2016/04/06/mike-adamle-on-personal-leave-from-nbc-5/

Ah, right. Forgot about her. We were a channel 7 and (for some inexplicable reason) channel 2 house back then.

A lot of the CSN hires have been iffy, at best, but the 5 main stations have fared pretty well with female sportscasters...Jill Carlson, Peggy Kusinki, Paula Faris, Megan Mawicke, Dionne Miller, and now Magiera, who seems to be competent in her resume reels. I'm probably missing a few (at least it seems like it), but just as there are more men in the field, I can come up with a longer list of weak/poor/lousy guys than gals.

Ummmm... This doesn't seem right. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1188104071202124

That an effort to maintain locally-produced programming be damned so we can have yet another hour of news in an already-crowded time slot...a shift that would possibly be an "exclusive" on a certain website.

I don't see WCL going anywhere. It still does respectable ratings against the 3 newscasts, a consistent 2nd place in some demos. Really, there are 5 options for the 1pm hour... Rachael Ray moves back to the slot, and RTM goes to overnights. RTM airs a double run. RTM and Millionaire are paired together. Unlikely, WCL moves to 1, though I don't know where the other shows fall. The completely nuts idea, Eyewitness News and RTM in the 1 o'clock hour. (Perhaps fronted by Linda Yu and a semi-retiring Jerry Taft?) After that last one, I realize I need to stop drinking this early.

They're still doing the news/weather update at 11:28 and full forecast at 11:58 during WCL, but yeah. Color me crazy, though, but I'm not ruling anything out for the fall, as there are a few of variables on the new schedule.

Are these two anchoring the noon show, too?

After they moved it to 11 last year, it seems to have faded away. It still might be streamed, but they don't post the webcast for viewing after. That said, they still post some reports and the midday forecast with the non-time/temp bug. Long story short...I'm not sure if it's still around.

And Bernie rejected it.