Feder: 30 years ago, ABC 7 Chicago started morning local news
Thirty years ago local news on morning television in Chicago was pretty much a no man's land, Robert Feder writes. On April 3, 1989, the game changed with the debut of “Eyewitness News This Morning” from 6:30 to 7 a.m. weekdays on WLS-Channel 7.
The initial team consisted of news anchor Alan Krashesky, an amiable 28-year-old reporter who'd joined ABC 7 in 1982, meteorologist Jerry Taft, and traffic reporter Roz Varon, who leveraged her experience from radio to create a new role for local TV.
Get the full report, and more Chicago media news, at robertfeder.com.
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