CHANNEL 5 SET TO DROP WMAQ FROM ITS NAME
All the NBC owned-and-operated stations, including WMAQ-Ch. 5, are in the process of dropping the call letters from their logos. General Manager Lyle Banks says he expects the changeover to...
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CAN `VOICES’ CARRY A MESSAGE TO BASEBALL?
As far as Curt Smith is concerned, "Voices of the Game II" couldn't come at a better time. "This is the baseball that was and, hopefully, can be again," says...
ILLINI FOOTBALL GAMES HELP SELL PACKAGE TO WBBM-CH. 2
W BBM-Ch. 2 has signed a multiyear agreement with Creative Sports that gives the local CBS affiliate seven Big 10 football telecasts, starting Oct. 7 with Illinois-Indiana. WBBM station manager...
ABC PLEDGES ALL-STAR EFFORT DESPITE TBN WOES
Baseball, warts and all, returns to network television Tuesday night when ABC televises the All-Star Game. And while ABC and NBC have all but written off their collaboration with The...
SPORTSVISION LOOK GOES OUT OF STYLE AT SPORTSCHANNEL
SportsChannel debuts its new graphics-and "SportsChannel Report" set-Wednesday as all members of the regional cable network owned by Rainbow Programming move to a more unified look, according to SportsChannel General...
TEE SHOTS HEARD–AND SEEN–AROUND THE WORLD
The sponsors of this week's Western Open golf tournament are getting their money's worth not only in this country, but overseas as well, according to John Evenson, vice president of...
GRANT’S INDICTMENT CONVENIENT TIMING FOR ZEKMAN’S AWARD
Pam Zekman says it's a coincidence that the Better Government Association is honoring the WBBM-Ch. 2 investigative reporter so soon after Chicago Board of Education President D. Sharon Grant was...
TENNIS COURT FOR FOES, NOT FRIENDS, FORMER PROS SAY
As NBC Sports begins its live coverage Monday morning of Wimbledon, analysts John McEnroe and Chris Evert are looking for a more lively rivalry if men's top seeds Pete Sampras...
DUMONT STILL TALKING POLITICS WITH A PASSION
Bruce DuMont celebrates 15 years of talking politics on the radio Sunday night. And what better way to celebrate than by adding a sixth 50,000-watt station to his "Beyond the...
ESPN ADDS A SHARPE TONGUE TO NFL TELECASTS
Sterling Sharpe, who was known almost as well for his silences as he was for his circus catches during seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers, made for a surprising...