Jase 823 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 WFLD- The search is on for a new weekday 9PM Executive Producer after Phil Landeros quit last Thursday after taking over for Mike Leiderman who left WFLD earlier this year. Landeros joined the station last year as EP for the weekend 9PM newscasts before taken over, on a interim basis, the 9PM weekday newscasts. Ray Aslam (Good Day Chicago) is the only EP currently left. Asst. ND Chris Myers will be leading the search for a new 9 PM EP. Not sure what the game plan is at WFLD, but clearly nothing is working. I guess Schwartz (ND) is waiting to see what will happen with Renda (GM), but not making any changes is as equally harmful as leaving things as is. The 9PM newscast (2.3) is down a more than half a point from May of last year. May 2012 Ratings- http://reelchicago.c...-1-news-ratings WLS remains on top with a 9 rating for May, more than 3 ratings points ahead of WBBM (5.8). WMAQ is third with 5.6. and at 9PM, WGN managed to pull a 4 rating, down from a 4.4 a year ago. Poor lead-ins likely a factor why WMAQ can't seem to hang on to 2nd place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1812 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Seriously considering submitting a resume. "I can't make things any worse!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 823 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Seriously considering submitting a resume. "I can't make things any worse!" I may have to throw my hat in the ring as well. Also, an interesting nugget about WBBM's 2nd place finish..... "You’d have to go back 22 years to find the last time WBBM-Channel 2 ranked No. 2 in the market from sign-on to sign-off during a May ratings period. But the CBS-owned station just did it again — and was the only local station to grow year-to-year in household ratings, according to Nielsen figures for May." -- Robert Feder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnson 15 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Maybe they can use me, too. I'm a MMJ, too. Little light on experience, but plenty of drive. I'm so proud of WBBM. That's they way to become a comeback kid. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboy247 42 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Congrats to WBBM. Yeah, they've had quite a history of ups and downs, but they're suddenly finding ways to gain back viewers. Well deserved!!! As for the EP search at the already crippled WFLD, I have a neighbor who works at a DJ on a local radio station and has 17 years of broadcast experience, I'm not giving out his name, but when I told him this story, he informed me that he may possibly throw his name into the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15connects 4 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Not surprised about WBBM, their broadcasts to me are really close or even better than WLS'. I think everything about WLS is getting dated, and the newscasts just seem boring. Otherwise, has anybody noticed some of the new breaking news, and live graphics they have started airing on CBS 2? I see a lot of resemblance between the NBC O&O gfx and those elements. (Not the whole package) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15connects 4 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Here's the 5pm open from tonight: The breaking news graphic is in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Wow it really does resemble the nbc o&o package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The breaking news graphic i mean not all of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efgiou 0 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Maybe they can use me, too. I'm a MMJ, too. Little light on experience, but plenty of drive. I'm so proud of WBBM. That's they way to become a comeback kid. Nice work. ___________________ Carrera Lunettes De Soleil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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