Tag Archives: WJBK

25 years ago: The deal heard around the world

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Terence | Permalink 0

25 years ago this week, Fox’s Rupert Murdoch changed the TV world by inking a deal to trigger the biggest affiliation switch in history.  It goes back to [..]

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Study: Chicagoans prefer local news over cable news by a wide margin

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Terence | Permalink 0

            CNN, Fox News lag in Chicago market – as local news expansion is starting to go bust in some markets You’d think [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: America is suffering from Chicago fatigue

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Terence | Permalink 0

Non-Chicagoans tired of hearing about Chicago  Will advertisers bail out of the Windy City because of negative media coverage? During NHL All-Star weekend in Los Angeles, Chicago Blackhawks stars [..]

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When Trump had a game show

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Terence | Permalink 0

Trump had a game show? It’s true. His name headlined a flop in 1990-91  These days, real estate mogul Donald Trump is grabbing headlines as a Republican Presidential [..]

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WFLD GM’s editorials a dumb idea

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on WFLD GM’s editorials a dumb idea

From the station where bad ideas usually flourish: A few months ago, Fox-owned WFLD introduced editorials at the end of their 9 p.m. newscasts on occasion featuring General [..]

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Phyllis Schwartz exits WFLD

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on Phyllis Schwartz exits WFLD

It looks like its back to the beach for Phyllis Schwartz. The WFLD vice president and news director exited the station Tuesday after nearly a year. She replaced [..]

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Mike Renda out at WFLD; Dennis Welsh in

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on Mike Renda out at WFLD; Dennis Welsh in

In the 27 years yours truly has followed the media business, I’ve never encountered anyone who is arrogant, incompetent, and stupid – aside from Randy “Court Jester” Michaels [..]

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“TMZ Live” heads to Fox Chicago

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on “TMZ Live” heads to Fox Chicago

Ricki Lake changes EPs on her newly relaunched show WFLD and four other Fox-owned stations announced they were slotting Warner Bros.’ TMZ Live, a spin-off of the popular [..]

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The Grab Bag: “Brandmeier” renewed; Antenna TV a hit – in Cleveland

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on The Grab Bag: “Brandmeier” renewed; Antenna TV a hit – in Cleveland

This week’s Grab Bag include plenty of local TV items – and some not so local: – In an item first reported Saturday at Chicagoland Radio and Media, [..]

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NFL agrees to new deals with CBS, NBC, and Fox

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on NFL agrees to new deals with CBS, NBC, and Fox

The National Football League has secured deals with three of its network partners to keep football on over-the-air broadcast TV for the next decade. The deals keeps everything [..]

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The Grab Bag: “Wendy Williams” renewed through 2014

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on The Grab Bag: “Wendy Williams” renewed through 2014

Wendy Williams has gotten a new lease on life on her syndicated talk show: Debmar-Mercury announced Monday that the three-season old daytime talk show strip has been renewed [..]

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Scripps stations make a deal with "Dr. Oz"

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on Scripps stations make a deal with "Dr. Oz"

In a two-station deal with Sony Pictures Television, Scripps has acquired The Dr. Oz Show to replace The Oprah Winfrey Show on its ABC stations in Detroit and [..]

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T Dog’s Grab Bag – Jerry Agar, "Undercover Boss", KNBC and more

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on T Dog’s Grab Bag – Jerry Agar, "Undercover Boss", KNBC and more

It’s been a little while since yours truly has done a Grab Bag of news and notes – so here’s what’s going on in the world of media [..]

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NBC affiliates buck the trend in Detroit, D.C.

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on NBC affiliates buck the trend in Detroit, D.C.

Believe it or not, there are places where NBC affiliates actually won late news despite having The Jay Leno Show as its lead-in. What’s notable is these two [..]

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Follow up: Is Leno killing late local news?

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off on Follow up: Is Leno killing late local news?

Remember back last December when yours truly wrote how stripping The Jay Leno Show was a creative counter-programming idea? I think I might want to retract that statement. [..]

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