Steve Nidetz

Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the opening of the 1994 Winter Olympics, an event remembered almost as much for its monster TV ratings as for the accomplishments of its...

Congressional threats to cut-if not eliminate-funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have led several PBS stations, including WTTW-Ch. 11, to look elsewhere for possible revenue, including the revival of...

The Big 10 weekend basketball package, long a staple on local television, has disappeared in some areas. Syndicator Raycom had to find a new outlet Jan. 1 when WGBO-Ch. 66...

Tim Weigel's decision to join WBBM-Ch. 2 left officials at WMAQ-Ch. 5 still searching for a replacement for Mark Giangreco, who set this whole sports anchor merry-go-round in motion when...

Two Blackhawks home games highlight the NHL schedule announced Monday by Fox Sports, which will begin its coverage on April 2. The Fox telecasts air locally on WFLD-Ch. 32. Fox,...

Around 20 years ago, just about the time the Super Bowl was graduating from a championship football game to the overcommercialized spectacle it is today, Cowboys running back Duane Thomas...

The search for a new general manager at WBEZ-FM 91.5 continues-or does it? According to former program director Ken Davis, the WBEZ Alliance Board has ended its search. According to...

The last time ABC telecast a Super Bowl, the whole nation was watching. But not because of the football game. The Persian Gulf war had started just days earlier and...

WGN-Ch. 9 announced plans Tuesday to increase its investigative resources by joining forces with the monthly Chicago Reporter. "We are happy to become partners with an excellent publication like the...

While baseball owners are going ahead with plans to start the season with replacement players if the current big leaguers continue their strike, legendary Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray has a...