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Tag: WGN

WGN appoints replacement for retiring meteorologist Tom Skilling
  • TV

WGN appoints replacement for retiring meteorologist Tom Skilling

By Reel Chicago Feb 2, 2024
It's the last on air coverage of Groundhog Day for Tom Skilling. The longtime and esteemed WGN meteorologist is set to retire at the end of this month after a remarkable 45-yea...
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Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey join WGN Sports
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Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey join WGN Sports

By Reel Chicago Jun 11, 2022
Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey are both joining the WGN sports team in a full-time anchor-reporter capacity.   Along with Jarrett Payton and Josh Frydman, they will cover ...
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Meteorologist, Tom Skilling thriving after weight loss
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Meteorologist, Tom Skilling thriving after weight loss

By Reel Chicago Dec 4, 2020
WGN weather anchor Tom Skilling is shocking viewers with his dramatic weight loss. Citing his health as his primary concern, the Chicago meteorologist underwent gastric bypass ...
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WGN weather anchor signs off social media until 2021
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WGN weather anchor signs off social media until 2021

By Reel Chicago Dec 4, 2020
To say 2020 has been a hard year feels like a woeful understatement. Being forced to spend so much time alone has had deeply affected many Americans, but it may also provide an...
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WGN’s Joe Donlon lands Trump interview on NewsNation
  • TV

WGN’s Joe Donlon lands Trump interview on NewsNation

By Reel Chicago Sep 21, 2020
Chicago-based NewsNation anchor Joe Donlon will conduct the first comprehensive prime-time sit-down interview with President Trump since the passing of Supreme Court Justi...
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Nexstar’s NewsNation debuts on WGN America
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Nexstar’s NewsNation debuts on WGN America

By Reel Chicago Sep 1, 2020
WGN NewsNation debuts tonight, representing the return of traditional, trusted, fact-based news reporting to cable television. The live daily three hour prime-time national...
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WGN America announces ‘News Nation’ team
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WGN America announces ‘News Nation’ team

By Reel Chicago Jun 3, 2020
WGN America, Nexstar’s cable network, has announced the official weekday and weekend anchor lineup for its live newscast, News Nation. The three-hour nightly news show will d...
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WGN Reporter assaulted during live shoot
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WGN Reporter assaulted during live shoot

By Colin Costello May 28, 2020
Over the last four years, it has become increasingly acceptable in some circles to assault and threaten journalists and on-air reporters. Of course, when you are egged on and ...
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WGN names first female anchor team for Midday
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WGN names first female anchor team for Midday

By Reel Chicago May 5, 2020
WGN, the Nexstar flagship in Chicago, has announced that Julie Unruh will join Dina Bair as co-anchor, making them the first female duo to lead the WGN Midday News. She re...
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Kanye West buys childhood South Shore home
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Kanye West buys childhood South Shore home

By Reel Chicago Apr 26, 2020
Yeezy is coming back to his South Shore neighborhood. Or at least he has his old house. Kanye West, also known as the Louis Vuitton Don, has recently purchased his childhood ho...
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