Steve Daley

Salary drive? Walter Jacobson`s contractual number at WBBM-TV (Channel 2) comes up at the end of the year, and there`s been a measure of speculation inside the cozy world of...

Pretty soon, we`ll know what Jesse wants. That`s the question the pundits have been posing and the newsmagazines have been headlining and the long faces on the ''MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour'' have...

At this moment in southern California, there is a lot more interest in John Rambo and Mick ''Crocodile'' Dundee than in George Bush, Jesse Jackson or Michael Dukakis. The box-office...

The lively art of political second-guessing made its way into the acres of technological goodies on display for the 66th meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters this week. It`s...

NBC should be pleased with the premiere performances of ''In The Heat Of The Night'' and ''Aaron`s Way.'' The former finished a strong 15th in last week`s A.C. Nielsen ratings...

In the beginning, in 1779, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable came to Chicago and cut a deal with the Potawatomi Indians. Du Sable`s interests were straightforward. He wished to secure...

You can gaze at the pie charts from Pensacola and read the press accounts from Arkansas and listen to the political scientists on PBS and arrive at the conclusion that...

Well, we`ve spent so much time bashing ABC Sports and the Calgary Olympics that everybody`s arms must be getting tired. So let`s talk about other people`s networks. - Consider the...

When CBS unveiled ''West 57th'' a couple of seasons ago, the craggy visages inside the network`s Temple of News sniffed audibly. These guardians of Edward R. Murrow`s flame thought the...

I suppose the part I love most about local television coverage of winter storms is when the street reporters, bundled in parkas, start comparing notes: ''Well, Brad, here in Elmhurst,...