Steve Nidetz

For Tracy Austin, Martina Navratilova's farewell appearance in the Wimbledon women's singles final Saturday will be "a special time for women's tennis." Austin, the former two-time U.S. Open winner who's...

Due to budget problems, WFMT-FM 98.7 won't be carrying live broadcasts of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this summer. Instead, the station will air a 13-week series, starting July 10, of...

World Cup fever. Caught it. Well, not exactly. Cantor Fever is more like it. Andres Cantor's excitement, passion and downright zeal on Univision's telecasts are hard to ignore-even if you...

WPWR-Ch. 50 is adding "The Jon Stewart Show" and "The Newz" to its late-night lineup beginning in the fall. Stewart, who replaces Arsenio Hall as host of Paramount's nightly syndicated...

While speculation has been rife that this will be NBC's last dance at Wimbledon after 25 years, network officials aren't acting that way. Dick Ebersol, who has grabbed most of...

Charles Thomas flew home Tuesday. Acting on a decision by WLS-Ch. 7 news director Phyllis Schwartz, Thomas had spent the previous week as the only Chicago TV journalist in Los...

ABC Sports suffered a double bogey in its plans to televise the U.S. Open playoff round Monday. On Sunday, the network announced it planned to pick up coverage at 11:30...

When HBO began televising the Wimbledon tennis tournament 20 years ago, the telecasts consisted mainly of taped replays from other sources, including the BBC. For this year's telecasts, which begin...

WLS-Ch. 7 has bought two new MCA-TV syndicated series for the fall, including "Last Call," a news/entertainment show produced by Brandon Tartikoff. The other daily series is "Suzanne," a talk...

The World Cup has come to Chicago. Every game is sold out. WLS-Ch. 7 is even preempting a soap opera to get the opening ceremonies on the air. But will...