Jase 818 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 FROM CHICAGO TRIBUNE http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-fox-chicago-news-director-to-depart-20120105,0,3458260.story "Carol Fowler is out and Phyllis Schwartz is in as news director at Fox Chicago (WFLD-Ch. 32). The station announced Thursday that Schwartz, a former news director at WLS-Ch.7, will oversee all editorial, business and administrative functions at Fox Chicago effective immediately." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Well it's about time! But the damage is done. Fox Chicago is a mess and even if Schwartz did come from the No. 1 station in the market, she has her work cut out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Well it's about time! But the damage is done. Fox Chicago is a mess and even if Schwartz did come from the No. 1 station in the market, she has her work cut out. Exactly, one has to ask if it's too late...but you cannot ignore the ABC7 backgorund. Corporate has been letting Fowler & Co. get away with murder lately, so I can only hope that Schwartz can be given similar freedom. With appropriate resources from the network, they can mount a little bit of a turnaround...maybe/probably not out of last place, but if some credibility can be established, more respectable ratings should follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Exactly, one has to ask if it's too late...but you cannot ignore the ABC7 backgorund. Corporate has been letting Fowler & Co. get away with murder lately, so I can only hope that Schwartz can be given similar freedom. With appropriate resources from the network, they can mount a little bit of a turnaround...maybe/probably not out of last place, but if some credibility can be established, more respectable ratings should follow. I would imagine Schwartz asked for (and was given) the freedom to do whatever she wants. It's doubtful she would agree to anything less than total control (I know I wouldn't). Swanson likely made this appointment happen with no involvement/input from Renda. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if Renda was told to stay away from the newsroom altogether. No doubt, changes are coming, but it's going to take several months to undo all the damage done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evening Magazine 18 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I can only imagine the employees of the news department are celebrating tonight. Kudos to FOX for doing one thing right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I can only imagine the employees of the news department are celebrating tonight. Kudos to FOX for doing one thing right! No celebrations yet with what little employees they have left.. This is only part one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thank goodness they have gotten rid of this stupid segment. I can only hope 'The Talker' and so much more are next on the list. 'Steve Dahl may have suffered collateral damage from last week’s shakeup at Fox Chicago. The ouster of Carol Fowler after three years as news director and her replacement by market retread Phyllis Schwartz coincided with the termination of Dahl’s Friday night commentaries after six months.' --Robert Feder http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/15078323/crain%E2%80%99s-video-updates-missing-leiter-touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Chris Myers named as Asst. ND. @ WFLD- http://www.mediabist...-at-wfld_b36763 "Christopher Myers has been named assistant news director at WFLD, the Fox O&O in Chicago, the company announced today. Myers, who is currently a senior consultant at rumorfix.com, will be reunited with recently-named WFLD news director Phyllis Schwartz. The pair worked together at both NBC O&O WMAQ, where Myers was an executive producer, and ABC O&O WLS." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 612 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 They really think this guy can run the station? j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 SPring rubber Omg lmao hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15connects 4 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Has anybody else noticed the new talent promos that WFLD just started airing. They are different than the WABC-type ones that they had since....maybe September. Maybe a sign of changes to come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Has anybody else noticed the new talent promos that WFLD just started airing. They are different than the WABC-type ones that they had since....maybe September. Maybe a sign of changes to come? The text from the older promos was being cut off (either a aspect ratio issue or the result of switching from an engineering-based system to an IT-based system maybe ???) which justified the need for new ones. Substantial changes are no doubt weeks/months away. Still a lot of behind-the-scenes issues to deal with. Reportedly, Schwartz laid down the law at her 1st staff meeting which likely lit a fire under some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Mike Leiderman out as executive producer of WFLD 9 PM news http://www.chicagotr...0,2587788.story "Mike Leiderman stepped down Wednesday evening as executive producer of Fox Chicago’s 9 p.m. newscast. Leiderman informed his newsroom colleagues he was leaving after less than a year to pursue other interests, sources said." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15connects 4 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Wow...they've really lost a lot of people. Not that that's bad though. Hopefully a complete turn around will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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