News Nation, the three-hour prime-time block of live news debuting September 1 on WGN America, has set its on-air talent lineup. Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter. WGN-TV is Chicago’s Very Own source for news and entertainment. Negovan and Loo are both WGN vets. The New Center of News. Anchoring weeknight broadcasts from 8PM to 11PM will be Joe Donlon and Marni Hughes, accompanied by breaking news anchor Rob Nelson and chief meteorologist Albert Ramon. Brónagh Tumulty joined the WGN News team in July of 2020 as a general assignment reporter. Ray’s parents grew up in Roseland; his father was a sheet metal foreman at U.S. Steel’s “South Works” plant, and his mother was a piano teacher who worked from their home in Dolton. The weekend team will be led by anchors Rudabeh Shahbazi and Nichole Berlie, breaking news anchor Aaron Nolan and meteorologist Gerard Jebaily. Most recently, Cortopassi has been a member of Nexstar’s FOX59 news team in Indianapolis, where he anchored the #1 rated morning newscast and 4pm news since 2009.
CHICAGO – September 21, 2020 – Chicago’s Very Own WGN-TV will air all three U.S. presidential debates between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, and the U.S. vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Glenn Marshall joins WGN-TV …
Brónagh Tumulty Brónagh Tumulty joined the WGN News team in July of 2020 as a general assignment reporter. WGN America Announces Team Of Anchors, Correspondents For News Nation. WGN 9.3 is Chicago’s Court TV network affiliate and WGN 9.4 carries TBD, bringing the world of internet video to the TV screen.
Donlon, who replaced Mark Suppelsa in 2018, hailed from Portland, Oregon. He started his career in Chicago as a reporter for City News Bureau. WGN 9.2 is Chicago’s home of Nexstar Media Group’s classic TV network Antenna TV. Trailer / Message from CEO Perry Sook. Before working for FOX59, he was the evening anchor at the ABC station in Indianapolis and also spent time anchoring and reporting at TV stations in Las Vegas, NV and Traverse City, MI. The hour-long debate will be moderated by WGN News political reporter Tahman Bradley and WGN News political analyst Paul Lisnek.
award-winning journalists who understand the importance of being objective,” said Sean Compton, EVP of WGN America. CHICAGO – August 20, 2020 – WGN-TV, the Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.’s television station serving Chicago, announced today that Ray Cortopassi has been named co-anchor of WGN Evening News at 5 and 6pm, WGN News at Nine and WGN News at Ten alongside Micah Materre, effective September 28. In-depth local weather is available on all newscasts and the WGN-TV Weather app. News Nation, the three-hour prime-time block of live news debuting September 1 on WGN America, has set its on-air talent lineup. Martin was at KOCO in Oklahoma City and Entin joins from WSVN in Miami. The question now is who will replace Donlon at WGN-Channel 9 where's been co-anchor of the 5, 6, 9 and 10 p.m. newscasts with Micah Materre since 2018. © 1998 - 2020 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. | All Rights Reserved. She also spent several years reporting at the News 12 Network in New York and as a producer at KTVT in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In the years leading up to the Nexstar deal, WGN America’s programming lineup was defined by prestige dramas like Underground and Manhattan. CHICAGO – Glenn Marshall joins WGN News as a general assignment reporter effective August 24, according to Dominick Stasi, WGN-TV News Director.
CHICAGO – August 20, 2020 – WGN-TV, the Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.’s television station serving Chicago, announced today that Ray Cortopassi has been named co-anchor of WGN Evening News …
Joe Donlon: For the past two years, Mr. Donlon served as co-anchor of WGN-TV’s 9 p.m. news in Chicago.
WGN brings you the very latest breaking news… Jennifer Lyons, a former WGN news director in Chicago, is overseeing News Nation as VP of News for WGN America. It was in those formative days that Ray developed a love for the broadcast word and the magic of television. Cortopassi’s hiring marks the second time in recent years WGN has gone outside of the market to import a main news anchor.