WBBM Carol Marin 10PM News 2000

[CubsFanJohn]

I wish we had news like this!

[0814ma]

Great clip. Thanks for posting. This aired on Thursday, April 27, 2000.

[ktrkhoustonfan]

So was this like a local late night version of CBS Evening News

[boardroomjimmy]

A news broadcast that contained news? Dogs and cats living together? The world was a crazy place.

Thanks for trying, Carol. The dullard masses just couldn't handle it.

[waltlantz]

Holy crap, no crime lead ins? No hot blonde anchors, no talent reads?

Something isn't right here.

[mugz28sc]

God I miss Chicago news and Intros...I moved to Florida 2 years ago and I hate it here....I really miss Chicago and everything about it

[ChicagoAnchorman]

The thing I love about this is they are using the same studio (not the same set), same control room, and same cameras. Can't wait for them to move downtown to the "CBS 2 Broadcast Facility"

[dgendvil]

Boy, you don't see the Dow Jones industrials down & the Nasdaq up very often anymore.

[katmusic2006]

a crowning moment in chicago tv history . . . it would have been cool if it did last, but again too often "if it bleeds, it leads" . . . my 25 cents, adjusted for inflation. lol.

[hkfreak]

...up to 30...35...40...ROFLZ.

[katmusic2006]

oh yeah . . . :/

[micmac99]

This is cool. If this was still on I'd go on their website every night for clips. I live in Phoenix. No real ties to Chicago except some relatives not seen since I was a kid.

Where is real TV journalism??? (outside PBS and the BBC)

[johnnyafairbanks]

Real TV journalism (at least in North America) still lives on CBC with "The National."

[freewaydan]

The WBBM Carol Marin 10PM News received a "B" form the CJR 2000 study.

[offthewall85]

this is a great clip. RIP Tim Weigel, greatest sports personality in Chicago. I've really been wanting to see one with Tim Weigel around the end of his career with the backwards beret and so forth, so please post one up soon!

[sky1beam]

This format was used as Eye on Chicago with Mora

[NewsOnDemand]

Before you dwell too much on the set being "yuck," you should know that was -- to some extent -- by design. Marin and mgmt had the crazy idea that viewers might want a newscast that focused more on the NEWS than the CAST. The goal was to try and do what everybody CLAIMED they wanted... a no-nonsense report. The viewers spoke, and "down-and-dirty, a minute-30" was back in no time.

[CharlieGProductions]

but they could've at least made it *attractive*. You can have a simplistic and minimalist set but still have it look good.

also, I think the anchor is a little *too* dry, though I may be missing something. Is she a longtime Chicagoan TV personality?

[NewsOnDemand]

Yes. Carol Marin was a longtime anchor with Ron Magers at WMAQ. Both resigned in protest about 10 years ago after the station's ill-fated experiment, hiring Jerry Springer as a news commentator. It lasted all of two days. Magers is now at WLS.

[katmusic2006]

yes she is; in fact she is the current host of the political affairs series "city desk" on wmaq tv in chicago; and on top of that she's been a columnist for the chicago sun-times.

[WayneInSF]

Actually, she's not dry. Carol Marin (along with her longtime co-anchor Ron Magers) were considered the best local news team in the country for their no-nonsense "give it to them straight" style. They were JOURNALISTS first, TV personalities second.

The "bubble-headed bleach blondes" of today may read well but I bet you they have no idea what they're talking about. William Hurt in "Broadcast News" but worse!

[Ariamaluum]

Whatever. If you don't have control of a producer, you might as well be dumb. Because either you will be dumbed down or pushed out. That is what happened to Carol, she refused to dumb down (I believe is worse being dumb) and got pushed out.

[NewsFan2]

The set is yuck.

[RGSJenkins]

R.I.P. Tim Weigel

[barber747]

He died?

[RGSJenkins]

2001, I think.

[barber747]

Wow. And for a while i had forgotten about him.