Georgie56

I loved that weekend team. Jackie, Bob, Jim, Rich. THE weekend team to watch in Chicago.

I always watched the News at Nine on Sundays on WGNA while I was away from Chicago, especially the Sunday 9pm newscasts. Instant Replay is basically unwatchable online now because it's blacked out for most of the show.

Part of me wonders when Dan Roan will hang it up.

Feder: http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/12/12/wgn-weatherman-jim-ramsey-retire/

I just heard on the morning news that Jim Ramsey is retiring after 30 years.

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WTVT has debuted the new music package as of 5pm today. Chris Corley (I think) has replaced Dick Ervasti. And gone is the Impact chime from the 7-Day forecast that has been around for 20+ years.

I bet when KDFW get this music, they'll dump that 7-day forecast chime from Outlaw News.

Here's a little more inside baseball via my "connection" to the station aka my cousin's wife who works there.

Siafa Lewis is being dispatched to Minnesota to report from Super Bowl LII.

Katie Kim is going to Pyeongchang to cover the Winter Olympics, but she has to leave weeks in advance before the games start.

NBCU pays for both reporters' accomodations (airfare, hotel, etc).

Oops.

Tanja Babich anchoring the Saturday morning news with Diane Pathieu today.

Chance The Rapper did the weather this morning. It went as well as you expected to go.

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You know, I wonder what happened to Bill Campbell.

Guess I know the answer to this now. Just heard he's in the hospital suffering a stroke.

Meanwhile in Atlanta:

http://www.wkyc.com/entertainment/television/former-cleveland-news-anchor-sharon-reed-responds-to-viewer-who-called-her-n-word/497343506

Her best performance since Body of Art at WOIO. We black people don't fool around.

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#MeToo has now come for local news. I bet athletes are next.

It looks and feels like a less flashier Fox Report.

Appears the poinsettias made their way to the new set.

The tweet must have been deleted. What did it say?

Deleted tweet:

New tweet:

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Brian Ross shit the bed today.

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Former ABC and CBS'er Vinita Nair has joined KXAS as a general assignment reporter.

http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/17659228dd9540c67e0f4169452556aa-4060.html

Any thoughts on who might take over for Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning?

How about bringing back Bryant Gumbel?

Marcus Leshock is anchoring the morning news with Cortney Hall from 4-8am tomorrow. It's his first time anchoring.

You know, I wonder what happened to Bill Campbell.

WGN Morning News just announced that Pat Tomasulo talk show is called Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo. It'll air on Saturdays at 10p starting in January 2018.

I wonder how the McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade survived the exodus of Chicago programming on WGNA.

wow 363 degrees? it's going to feel like an oven tonight