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Friday, April 21, 2006
Chicago icon Walter Jacobson fired
 Longtime Chicago newsman Walter Jacobson will reportedly step down at WFLD/Ch. 32 in less than two weeks' time after the station did not renew his contract. In 2004, Jacobson was relieved of his 11-year anchor duties at 9 p.m. following a well-publicized drunk driving arrest. Before joining Ch. 32, Jacobson enjoyed a long career at WBBM/Ch. 2 during which he and Bill Kurtis spent years atop the city's news ratings. For the past two years, he has continued on the Sunday morning show "Perspective" and delivered some commentaries on the 9 p.m. news. In a Chicago Sun-Times interview, Jacobson expressed hope he would be able to do occasional special projects, such as election reporting, for the station, but there has been no word on an agreement to this effect. Meanwhile, Fox-owned stations like WNYW in New York have been re-branding to a standardized look, one of the visible changed to the Fox group under the tutelage of boss Dennis Swanson, who used to run CBS stations, WNBC in New York, and WLS/Ch. 7.Posted by ECTVN on 4/21/2006 - 
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Quote of the Day "Mother Nature reclaimed the Mississippi Delta. If she wants to move the delta, or the city for that matter, then she will." -- WCNC-36 Charlotte weatherman Brad Panovich, working at sister station WWL-4, shared his thoughts on the state of New Orleans (WWLTV.com) Tomorrow Part 2 of a Special Edition The roof may have blown off its newsroom, but WLOX-13 is still fighting to provide information to viewers in the hard-hit Biloxi/Gulfport area. How other stations are helping out, plus a check on other media outlets affected by Hurricane Katrina. Previous Coverage Hurricane not good for TV trucks Mobile station also damaged WLOX update; reporter on roof Hurricane hits WLOX building New Orleans stations in high gear Quick Clicks Back to the home page TV news audio clips E-Mail East Coast TV News
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