Steve Nidetz

Perception and reality always become blurred when you're dealing with television. Perhaps there's no better example currently than what's going on in the National Hockey League. As the Stanley Cup...

WBBM-Ch. 2 introduces its new weather guy, Paul Douglas, Monday. And what will Douglas-who became kind of a legend at Minneapolis' KARE-TV, where he pioneered the "back-yard weather" concept-bring to...

The Indianapolis 500 telecast is going in-house, but ABC producer Bob Goodrich isn't worried. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway this year is using its own Telex Communications to handle the world...

Thanks, in part, to Stephen King, WLS-Ch. 7 has leapfrogged back into the lead of the 10 p.m. news race. With only one more night left to the May ratings...

It's not often two networks share an announcer, especially one of the status of John McEnroe. But the former Peck's Bad Boy of tennis will be working for both NBC...

A lan Amberg isn't going to be your usual Sunday morning talk-show host. Then again, his program, "Lesbigay Radio Chicago," aimed at the gay and lesbian community, isn't going to...

What does play-by-play man Marv Albert do on a day off during this, his busiest season? "I had dinner with my daughter and bought a car," said Albert, recalling a...

L ongtime news anchor at the local ABC affiliate signs a multiyear contract with the city's CBS rival. Sounds like Mary Ann Childers, right? Wrong. It's Ann Martin, who recently...

First came the Fight, then the Pout. Comparing the Bulls' playoff coverage on SportsChannel and NBC over the weekend was a little like comparing vanilla ice cream to mint chocolate...

Eddie Schwartz, recovered from the various illnesses that have sidelined him since Jan. 15, returns to his WLUP-FM (97.9) post at midnight Monday. "This is the longest time I've been...