Feder: 30 years ago, ABC 7 Chicago started morning local news
Posted April 02, 2019 1:00 am
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.
Today's lineup of ABC 7's morning show includes, from left, Tracy Butler, Terrell Brown, Tanja Babich and Roz Varon.
Courtesy of ABC 7
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