Chicago News Boy

The time and temp bug for WGN is always a complete joke! Can it get any longer? It mine as well just take up the entire screen!

Edit: I retract that. It's decent but very plain

It's amazing looking!

^I concur with NBC 5 Chicago... I don't think she's trying to be "rude" just more trying to fit into a new role.

She always seems pissed on abc 7 lol! I think it's her trying to be the serious new girl trying to fit in. I don't think she means it but it comes across that way. I also wonder if the veterans are treating her crappy since mike left and or social media?!?

The wooden look makes it bring class to it rather than it looking like a space machine with all the blue and the video monitor in the center

I gotta say though: it does look pretty awesome on that desk.

I do know though that they've done that before when the video monitor logo would not work last minute.

I think they've been making slow progressive changes. In the past year, they have upgraded the BAM tv wall to a large mounted plasma tv, updated the backdrop, updating technology equipment and now the news desk (replaced with old desk.. Temporarily?) and logo that used to be next to the city backdrop are gone.

I was thinking the same! Weird to see Kathy at 4

Tisha lewis (I'm shocked, she never subs) is in for Larry Yellen alongside natalie Bomke tonight at 9. Also, the FOX 32 logo that has always been next to the city backdrop is gone.

Any word on the weather center updates?

**yawns at all the "dress" talk** lol!

Lol

New set especially since they've expanded the length of so many newscasts

And it's hardly ever from SkyCam like the opening says: "and Sarah Jindra from SkyCam 9." Shes almost always at the green screen. Personally, I think evening traffic person is a waste of money. Everyone who needs the traffic report is pretty much driving home or at work so it's pointless unless you have a tv at work or in your car. I'd use the $ towards a new set.

Shots* not hits sorry

I definetely think they're cheap. When they do lives hits outside the studio in the hallway you can see scuff marks all over the walls and the announcer desk on the am news is a joke. Also, the tvs, studio laptops, monitors etc. We're all just updated not that long ago due to ten years of use. That's a long time for crucial equipment to be used in a business setting. Business technology that's important and consistently utilized is typically updated like once every three years or so. Even the mic flags are all worn out. Sean lewis made a joke a year or two ago about how they just updated the ancient phone system there. Idk this is just all my opinion but I could be wrong.

Yeah, I don't understand that either. They update their graphics all the time but do nothing to the set. It's been decent however I feel like last year and this year it's starting to look more and more dated

I don't think they did a farewell for her as far as what I've seen on GDC.

Thank you! I couldn't remember if it was the first or second

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I was thinking the same but I have been thinking about this for a while and had a feeling it was coming. I feel like after her first baby, she started to go all audio. I know I began speaking highly of them the other day but I mean honestly, how many more people can they cut? Or are they just going to keep cutting until they have no viewers of a station to operate anymore?

I was wondering why they haven't been airing her in promos and why she hasn't been on in forever. That sucks. She was ok. I always liked her on the mornings.

And a photojournalist with a truck out by the airports