WGN-TV Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Notable on-air staff === ;Current staff * [[Jackie Bange]] β weekend evening anchor * [[Lourdes Duarte]] β weekday afternoon anchor * [[Tim Joyce]] β weekend morning meteorologist * [[Paul M. Lisnek]] β political analyst * [[Dan Ponce]] β weekday morning anchor * [[Dean Richards (reporter)|Dean Richards]] β entertainment reporter and film critic ;Former staff {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[Fran Allison]] * [[Mike Barz]] * [[Brigid Bazlen]] * [[Bob Bell (actor)|Bob Bell]]<ref name=WGN>{{cite web |title=Bob Bell, the first 'Bozo the Clown' on WGN-TV, Dies |url=http://wgntv.com/bell.html |website=WGN-TV |publisher=Tribune Broadcasting |date=December 8, 1997 |access-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205133533/http://www.wgntv.com/bell.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 1998}}</ref> * [[Steve Bell (news anchor)|Steve Bell]] * [[Lou Boudreau]] * [[Thom Brennaman]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Thom Brennaman |url=http://wgngold.com/people/brennaman-thom.htm |website=WGN Gold |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205152612/http://wgngold.com/people/brennaman-thom.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2010}}</ref> * [[Jack Brickhouse]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Brickhouse |url=http://radiohof.org/sportscasters/jackbrickhouse.html |publisher=Radio Hall of Fame |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123093647/http://www.radiohof.org/sportscasters/jackbrickhouse.html |archive-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref> * [[Marshall Brodien]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Marshall Brodien, who played 'Wizzo the Wizard' on The Bozo Show, has died |url=https://wgntv.com/2019/03/08/marshall-brodien-who-played-wizzo-the-wizard-on-the-bozo-show-has-died/ |author=Dean Richards |website=WGN-TV |date=March 8, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref> * [[Lorn Brown]]<ref name=tribune2>{{cite news |title=Former Sox, Bulls announcer Lorn Brown dies |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-06-26/features/ct-met-obit-lorn-brown-20100626_1_lorn-brown-elizabeth-brown-bill-veeck |author=Oscar Avila |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=June 26, 2010 |access-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> * [[Roy Brown (clown)|Roy Brown]]<ref name=WGN2>{{cite web |title=Roy Brown, who portrayed 'Cooky the Cook' on WGN-TV's 'Bozo Show' and was puppeteer for 'Garfield Goose and Friends', dies |url=http://wgntv.com/kids/bozo/cooky.html |website=WGN-TV |publisher=Tribune Broadcasting |date=January 22, 2001 |access-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216065014/http://wgntv.com/kids/bozo/cooky.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2001}}</ref> * [[Cheryl Burton]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheryl Burton Bio |url=http://abc7chicago.com/about/newsteam/cheryl-burton/ |website=[[WLS-TV]] |publisher=[[ABC Owned Television Stations]] |access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> * [[Chip Caray]]<ref>{{cite news |title=TV SPORTS; Caray Family Is Touched by Fans Honoring Harry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/03/sports/tv-sports-caray-family-is-touched-by-fans-honoring-harry.html |author=Richard Sandomir |author-link=Richard Sandomir |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 3, 1998 |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Harry Caray]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Caray |url=http://www.radiohof.org/sportscasters/harrycaray.html |publisher=Radio Hall of Fame |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123093609/http://www.radiohof.org/sportscasters/harrycaray.html |archive-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref> * [[Susan Carlson]] * [[Bob Collins (broadcaster)|Bob Collins]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Collins |url=http://wgngold.com/people/collins-bob.htm |website=WGN Gold |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814024902/http://www.wgngold.com/people/collins-bob.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> * [[Bob Costas]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Costas Bio |url=http://www.celebrityspeakersbureau.com/talent/bob-costas/ |publisher=Celebrity Speakers' Bureau |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Joey D'Auria]]<ref name=Timeline80>{{cite web |title=Bozo Timeline-1980s |url=http://wgntv.com/station/bozotime/tln1980s.htm |website=WGN-TV |publisher=Tribune Broadcasting |access-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010709002204/http://wgntv.com/station/bozotime/tln1980s.htm |archive-date=July 9, 2001}}</ref> * [[Merri Dee]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Merri Dee leaving WGN after nearly four decades |url=http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-1667-merri-dee-leaving-wgn-after-nearly-four-decades.html |author=Theresa Fambro Hooks |newspaper=[[The Chicago Defender]] |date=August 27, 2008 |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612132914/http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-1667-merri-dee-leaving-wgn-after-nearly-four-decades.html |archive-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> * [[Phil Donahue]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Station History |url=http://wgntv.com/station-history/ |website=WGN-TV |date=December 6, 2012 |publisher=Tribune Broadcasting |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Mike Douglas]] * [[John Drury (television anchor)|John Drury]]<ref name=ABC7>{{cite web |title=John Drury's ABC7 Bio |url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=bios&id=3397035 |website=WLS-TV |publisher=ABC Owned Television Stations |access-date=August 7, 2007 |archive-date=April 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429094113/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=bios&id=3397035 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Jim Durham]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jim Durham, N.B.A. Broadcaster, Is Dead at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/sports/basketball/jim-durham-nba-broadcaster-is-dead-at-65.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=January 20, 2014}}</ref> * [[Judie Garcia]] * [[Milo Hamilton]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Milo Hamilton Never Did Make Peace With Harry Caray |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-02-22/sports/9802220200_1_chip-caray-mayor-of-rush-street-harry-caray |author=Phil Rogers |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=February 22, 1998 |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Pat Harvey]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pat Harvey Bio |url=http://cbs2.com/bios/Pat.Harvey.cbs.9.538057.html |website=[[KCBS-TV]] |publisher=[[CBS Television Stations]] |access-date=January 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208152452/http://cbs2.com/bios/Pat.Harvey.cbs.9.538057.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009}}</ref> * [[Frances Horwich]] * [[Bill Jackson (television personality)|Bill Jackson]] * [[Bob Jordan (newscaster)|Bob Jordan]] (retired) * [[Johnny "Red" Kerr]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kerr, 76, dies of prostate cancer |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3938770 |website=[[ESPN]] |publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]] |date=February 27, 2009 |access-date=January 20, 2014}}</ref> * [[Rich King (sportscaster)|Rich King]] * [[Wayne Larrivee]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Wayne Larrivee |url=http://www.wgngold.com/people/larrivee-wayne.htm |website=WGN Gold |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914101840/http://www.wgngold.com/people/larrivee-wayne.htm |archive-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> * [[Roy Leonard]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Roy Leonard |url=http://www.wgngold.com/people/leonard-roy.htm |website=WGN Gold |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207002743/http://www.wgngold.com/people/leonard-roy.htm |archive-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref> * [[Vince Lloyd]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vince Lloyd |url=http://wgngold.com/people/lloyd-vince.htm |website=WGN Gold |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705152228/http://wgngold.com/people/lloyd-vince.htm |archive-date=July 5, 2008}}</ref> * [[Ned Locke]]<ref name=Obit>{{cite web |title=Ned Locke of Bozo's Circus |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-02-05/news/9201110369_1_mr-locke-wgn-ringmaster |author=Jerry Crimmins |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=February 5, 1992 |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref> * [[Nancy Loo]] * [[Jim Lounsbury]] * [[Joe McConnell]]<ref name=partners>{{cite news |title=Harry's Partners In The Broadcast Booth |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-02-27/sports/9805010085_1_kmox-radio-knbr |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=February 27, 1998 |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Elaine Mulqueen]] * [[Allison Payne]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Allison Payne returning to WGN-TV |url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/01/allison-payne-r.html |author=Phil Rosenthal |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=January 9, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Lloyd Pettit]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Pettit found his calling in Blackhawks' booth |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20031114&id=GsQcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6595,1650379 |newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]] |date=November 14, 2003 |access-date=January 20, 2014}}{{Dead link |date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> * [[Jimmy Piersall]]<ref name=partners/> * [[Ray Rayner]]<ref name=Tribune>{{cite web |title=WGN personality Ray Rayner dead at 84 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-040121rayner-story,0,4988558.story |author=William Hageman |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=January 21, 2004 |access-date=February 9, 2011}}</ref> * [[Ron Rivera]] * [[Randy Salerno]] * [[Don Sandburg]]<ref name=Timeline60>{{cite web |title=Bozo Timeline-1960s |url=http://wgntv.com/station/bozotime/tln1960s.htm |website=WGN-TV |publisher=Tribune Broadcasting |access-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010709002133/http://wgntv.com/station/bozotime/tln1960s.htm |archive-date=July 9, 2001}}</ref> * [[John Schubeck]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Paid Notice: Deaths SCHUBECK, JOHN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/28/classified/paid-notice-deaths-schubeck-john.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 28, 1997 |access-date=January 20, 2014}}</ref> * [[Tom Skilling]] β chief meteorologist (retired February 28, 2024) * [[Keenan Smith]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Keenan Smith Bio |url=https://www.wxyz.com/keenan-smith |website=[[WXYZ-TV]] |publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company|Scripps Broadcasting]] |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref> * [[Wendell Smith (sportswriter)|Wendell Smith]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Wendell Smith, a civic-minded writer |url=http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1444/Wendell_Smith_a_civic_minded_writer |website=African-American Registry |access-date=January 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301081919/http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1444/Wendell_Smith_a_civic_minded_writer |archive-date=March 1, 2010}}</ref> * [[Mark Suppelsa]] (retired) * [[Chuck Swirsky]] * [[Jack Taylor (journalist)|Jack Taylor]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Taylor |url=http://www.wgngold.com/people/taylor-jack.htm |website=WGN Gold |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722120013/http://www.wgngold.com/people/taylor-jack.htm |archive-date=July 22, 2012}}</ref> * [[Roseanne Tellez]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Roseanne Tellez Bio |url=http://cbs2chicago.com/bios/roseanne.tellez.wbbm.9.291760.html |website=WBBM-TV |publisher=CBS Television Stations |access-date=January 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302001319/http://cbs2chicago.com/bios/roseanne.tellez.wbbm.9.291760.html |archive-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> * [[Frazier Thomas]]<ref name=Frazier>{{cite web |title=Frazier Thomas, TV Kids' Pal For 35 years |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-04-04/sports/8501190442_1_mr-thomas-wgn-circus-ringmaster |author=Kenan Heise |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=April 4, 1985 |access-date=February 18, 2011}}</ref> * [[Bob Trendler]] * [[Robert Urich]]<ref name="cnn">{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/16/obit.urich/ |title=Actor Robert Urich dead at 55 |date=April 16, 2002 |work=CNN |access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> * [[Harry Volkman]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Legendary Chicago TV Weatherman Harry Volkman Releases Autobiography |url=http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/1593-legendary-chicago-tv-weatherman-harry-volkman-releases-autobiography |website=Chicagoland Radio and Media |date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Jenniffer Weigel]] * [[Jim Williams (news anchor)|Jim Williams]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Williams Bio |url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/personality/jim-williams/ |website=[[WBBM-TV]] |publisher=CBS Television Stations |access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Bill Weir]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Weir |url=https://www.cnn.com/profiles/bill-weir-profilel |website=CNN |publisher=[[WarnerMedia|WarnerMedia News and Sports]] |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref> {{Div col end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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