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Chicago Tonight is a television news program broadcast weeknights on WTTW in Chicago, United States.It reports primarily on local politics, education, business, culture, science, and health, with a mix of in-studio panel discussions, one-on-one interviews, and short documentary-style packages.
John Callaway (August 22, 1936 – June 23, 2009) was an American journalist, who appeared on radio and television as a host, interviewer and moderator. He was the original host of Chicago Tonight, a nightly news program broadcast on the Chicago, Illinois television station WTTW, serving in that role from 1984 to 1999.
In March 1989, Sirott returned to Chicago's airwaves at WMAQ-TV as a noon news anchor and program host; the following year, he launched and was the co-anchor of WMAQ-TV's First Thing in the Morning along with Allison Rosati. After four years at WMAQ, he was fired in July 1993—for the first time in his career—after he and management had a ...
He returned to Chicago two years later as the successor to long-time Chicago Tonight host, John Callaway (Callaway later hosted WTTW's Friday Night program). In his position as host, Ponce was active as a moderator of political debates including those for the presidency, the U.S. Senate, the governorship, and mayor of Chicago.
WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Owned by not-for-profit broadcaster Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is sister to commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM).
Elizabeth E. Brackett (née Everett; [1] December 11, 1941 – June 17, 2018) was an American journalist and political figure and writer. She was known for hosting WTTW's Chicago Tonight program, and also worked as a correspondent for PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Bob Sirott and Phil Ponce—who would both later host the newsmagazine program Chicago Tonight on PBS member station WTTW (channel 11)—were also employed as reporters for WBBM-TV during this period. Parker and Zekman both remained with the station until their respective departures in 2016 and 2020; Drummond also still contributes occasional ...
Host of the WTTW Chicago Opera Theater special The Mother of Us All. Host/narrator in scores of industrial films and commercials. Broadcast interviews of hundreds of celebrities, including Victor Borge , Mel Brooks , Jimmy Carter , Richard J. Daley , Lou Holtz , Marilyn Horne , Wynton Marsalis , Ruth Page , Luciano Pavarotti , Itzhak Perlman ...