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Jennifer Lyons Takes on Regional GM Role With Oversight of CBS-Owned WBBM Chicago and WWJ Detroit

WWJ launched local news and ‘Newsroom of the Future’ last year

Broadcasting & Cable

Chicago Stations Begin Transition To NextGen TV

WBBM transmitting signals using ATSC 3.0

Broadcasting & Cable

Radio operator Audacy, owner of WBBM Newsradio, WXRT, files for ‘reorganization’ bankruptcy

The company owns nearly 230 stations and hopes to slash $1.9 billion in debt. Executives don’t expect changes in operations or disruptions of worker pay and benefits.

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Harry Porterfield, beloved Chicago TV news anchor, ‘Someone You Should Know’ raconteur, dies at 95

Mr. Porterfield, with more than 50 years of experience, was the dean of Chicago new anchors when he signed off in 2015 at age 87.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-NFL star Sergio Brown and his mother went missing. Police say she was murdered and he has yet to be found

As details about 73-year-old Myrtle Brown’s murder begin to emerge, authorities in Maywood, Illinois, continue searching for her son, former NFL player Sergio Brown. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

Sergio Brown burned mother’s clothes before she was found dead and he went missing, neighbour says

Neighbour Carlos Cortez says Sergio Brown had been acting ‘out of his mind’

The Independent UK

Ex-NFL star Sergio Brown and his mother went missing. Police say she was murdered and he has yet to be found

As details about 73-year-old Myrtle Brown’s murder begin to emerge, authorities in Maywood, Illinois, continue searching for her son, former NFL player Sergio Brown. Andrea Blanco reports

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Sergio Brown burned mother’s clothes before she was found dead and he went missing, neighbour says

Neighbour Carlos Cortez says Sergio Brown had been acting ‘out of his mind’

The Independent UK

Sergio Brown burned mother’s clothes before she was found dead and he went missing, neighbour says

Neighbour Carlos Cortez says Sergio Brown had been acting ‘out of his mind’

The Independent UK

Ex-NFL star Sergio Brown and his mother went missing. Police say she was murdered and he has yet to be found

As details about 73-year-old Myrtle Brown’s murder begin to emerge, authorities in Maywood, Illinois, continue searching for her son, former NFL player Sergio Brown. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

Ex-NFL star Sergio Brown and his mother went missing. Police say she was murdered and he has yet to be found

As details about 73-year-old Myrtle Brown’s murder begin to emerge, authorities in Maywood, Illinois, continue searching for her son, former NFL player Sergio Brown. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

Local News Close-Up: Chicago Is the City of Big Stories

Second City offers weather, crime and news from market’s many distinct neighborhoods

Broadcasting & Cable

WBBM’s Dave Kerner signing off Friday after 26 years in Chicago radio

Kerner came to town in 1997 as an update anchor and reporter for The Score. He moved to sister station WBBM in 2004 when he was traded for Zach Zaidman. It’s true.

Chicago Sun-Times

How William Wrigley Jr. brought soap, gum and Chicago baseball broadcasting together

Early baseball owners feared radio, but Cubs owner Wrigley didn’t. When baseball was reinventing itself, Wrigley laid the groundwork for today’s great Chicago sports announcers.

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Ron Gleason nears retirement after leading The Score, WBBM Newsradio

He’ll retire Feb. 3, capping a radio career that began in 1978 and included stops at WJOL in Joliet and WMAQ in Chicago. But nothing could top helping create Chicago’s first sports-talk station.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bears radio broadcasts will leave WBBM after season; ESPN 1000, WCHI vying to land them

The decision came down to cost. Audacy-owned WBBM, which simulcasts on WCFS-FM (105.9), has been losing money with the Bears, who have aired on the station since 2000.

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