Mike Flannery - TVSpy http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy And Now The News... About Local News Copyright 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Local Chicago Stations Cover Politics, Protests at NATO Summit

Chicago stations were in overdrive this weekend covering the ongoing NATO Summit, which continues today at McCormick Place.

WFLD‘s Bob Sirrot and Robin Robinson co-anchored an hour-long newscast at 5 p.m. Sunday on the Fox O&O. Political editor Mike Flannery‘s regular Sunday morning newscast was expanded to an hour this weekend.

On NBC O&O WMAQ, weekday anchors Stefan Holt and Daniella Guzman anchored a special 11 a.m. newscast on Sunday. WMAQ also expanded its 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts, anchored by Allison Rosati and Rob Stafford, to an hour. continued…

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]]> Merrill Knox http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/local-chicago-stations-cover-politics-protests-at-nato-summit_b49306#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/local-chicago-stations-cover-politics-protests-at-nato-summit_b49306 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/?p=49306 Mon, 21 May 2012 14:33:49 +0000 WFLD GM Mike Renda: ‘If You Don’t Evolve, You Die’ The May ratings book told a similar story as sweeps past for Chicago’s WFLD: the Fox O&O’s morning show increased viewership while its 9 p.m. newscast continued to struggle.

The challenges facing WFLD are certainly not lost on vice president and general manager Mike Renda, who has been with the station since 2009.

Renda spoke with TVSpy recently about the job status of news director Carol Fowler, how he plans to turn around the 9 p.m. newscast, and what Oprah’s departure means for the market… continued…

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]]> Andrew Gauthier http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wfld-gm-mike-renda-if-you-dont-evolve-you-die_b11112#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wfld-gm-mike-renda-if-you-dont-evolve-you-die_b11112 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/?p=11112 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:19:05 +0000