In Chicago it's 1975 again

[Sean Smyth]

On Thu, 7/29/10, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:
> CBS in a desperate move to jumpstart
> WBBM-TV's newscasts have decided
> to bring back Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson to co-anchor
> the 6 PM
> news as of September 1.
> 
> In the 70's into the early 80's WBBM was considered to be
> the best
> local newscast in the US.
> 
> WBBM has been a non-factor for over a decade as it has
> never recovered
> from their ill fated attempt. To do a WSVN-WHDH format in
> Chicago as
> yellow journalism doesn't fly in the midwest. In fact
> Chicago is one
> place Rupert Murdoch failed with a racy tabloid.
> 
> http://cbs2chicago.com/studio/cbs.anchor.teams.2.1831466.html

I wonder how much they had to pay Kurtis to come back -- guessing it's a tidy sum. I'd be surprised if he's hurting for cash given his commercials, Biography programs, etc., but you'd know better.