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| Author: | whistler [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Steve Sanders retiring |
Sad sad news. A perfect WGN employee, Steve Sanders riding off into the sunset on Feb. 28. Too bad, cuz he's still at the top of his game. Class guy too. Never flashy, kind of an ugly guy, but always did his job in a workmanlike and professional fashion and with a quirky half-smile on his face. How come Reared on the Score didnt say shit about this?? It's ok, WGN employees are my domain anyway. https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/02/03/ ... EpAETp65Ps *************** Steve Sanders, a consummate professional and one of the all-time coolest guys on Chicago television, is retiring after more than 37 years as a news anchor at WGN-Channel 9. Sanders, who turns 70 today, announced Friday that his last day on the Nexstar Media Group station will be February 28. “It’s been an amazing run, working in a place that has long held a magical connection with Chicago viewers,” he told colleagues in an email. “I’m proud to have been part of the indefinable mojo that has long made our three legendary call letters a cultural and informational touchstone for millions of Chicagoans.” No word yet about a replacement for Sanders on the midday newscast he co-anchors with Dina Bair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. “Steve has been an important part of the WGN newsroom for nearly 40 years,” said Dominick Stasi, news director of WGN. “As one of ‘Chicago’s Very Own,’ his integrity and journalistic curiosity define what is great about this station. We wish Steve well in his retirement.“ What’s ahead for Sanders? “Do you have to have a plan?” he asked me. “I look forward to traveling without a deadline and sleeping late. As long as I’ve got a few good books and a fine guitar, I’m never bored.” A native of Birmingham, Alabama, and graduate of the University of Alabama, Sanders began his career as a studio floor director at WBRC, then the ABC affiliate in Birmingham. After a stint as a helicopter traffic reporter and radio news anchor, he joined WVTM, the NBC affiliate in Birmingham, as a reporter and weekend news anchor. Steve Sanders and Tom Skilling WGN beckoned in 1982. In between two long stints as midday news anchor, Sanders co-anchored the station’s top-rated 9 p.m. weeknight newscast from 1993 to 2008. In 2010 he was inducted in the Silver Circle of the Chicago/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Sanders made a bit of local TV history in December when he was pressed into service at the last minute to host “Family Classics,” the venerable WGN movie series. Filling in for Dean Richards, he became only the fourth person ever to host the show — after Frazier Thomas, Roy Leonard and Richards. Here is the text of Sanders’s email to his colleagues: Hello News Folks: Let me not bury the lead and get straight to the point. I am confirming the worst kept secret in the WGN-TV newsroom. After more than half of my life at the Old Number Nine, I am retiring. I’ll spare you the incessant, old timer’s ramblings and simply say, it’s been an amazing run, working in a place that has long held a magical connection with Chicago viewers. I’m proud to have been part of the indefinable mojo that has long made our three legendary call letters a cultural and informational touchstone for millions of Chicagoans. I’m deeply grateful to so many WGN colleagues who have supported me on this journey, but also to our Chicago viewers who’ve allowed me into their homes for more than 37 years. February 28th is my last day. Thank you WGN and thank you Chicago! Gratefully, Steve Sanders |
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| Author: | newper [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
You hit 70 and you have a free and clear pass to retire. |
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| Author: | billypootons [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 2:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
i find sanders' toupee off-putting i find whistler's posts about CLTV and WGN insightful |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
WGN was like working at IBM for a generation of news people. The company was stable and you had a job for life as long as you stayed bland. |
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| Author: | beni hanna [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
billypootons wrote: i find whistler's posts about CLTV and WGN insightful Ya need to loosen that copper pot a little billyp.... |
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| Author: | pittmike [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
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| Author: | whistler [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 10:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
good dolphin wrote: WGN was like working at IBM for a generation of news people. The company was stable and you had a job for life as long as you stayed bland.  exactly. You dont find any station like this anywhere where the employees stay for life even though it's a mid-budget kinda operation. |
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| Author: | Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
There’s no chance a woman with comparable looks could last that long as an anchor in a major market. |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote: There’s no chance a woman with comparable looks could last that long as an anchor in a major market. Robin Baumgarten is only about 12-13 years younger than Sanders. I suspect that she'll make it to 65-66, but not to 70. |
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| Author: | Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote: There’s no chance a woman with comparable looks could last that long as an anchor in a major market. Robin Baumgarten is only about 12-13 years younger than Sanders. I suspect that she'll make it to 65-66, but not to 70. You may be right but it’s a bit of a different scenario. She’s a part of a popular irreverent ensemble. I doubt she would ever have been offered a conventional anchor position and almost certainly wouldn’t still be there. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote: There’s no chance a woman with comparable looks could last that long as an anchor in a major market. I don't know. A young Steve Sanders had some Robert Redford in him:  Linda Yu is about 107 years old and still kicking |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
That dude can play some guitar. I have fond memories of watching Robert Jordan and Steve Sanders on WGN as a yute. Particularly during the noon newscast on days off from school. |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Frank Coztansa wrote: That dude can play some guitar. I have fond memories of watching Robert Jordan and Steve Sanders on WGN as a yute. Particularly during the noon newscast on days off from school. Robert Jordan is so much fun. His comment on Feder's entry was pretty funny, asking Sanders to join him on his park bench to solve the world's problems and feed the birds. He even made Jackie Bange have a personality when she got too old to be known as a fucktoy. To me, Steve Sanders meant that there was a Cubs game starting in a few minutes. |
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| Author: | Drunk Squirrel [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Another 10 years or so and all the gn guys from 30 years ago will be gone. It’s been odd on the rare occasion I see GN at my folks how many of the anchors are still familiar. |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Drunk Squirrel wrote: Another 10 years or so and all the gn buys from 30 years ago will be gone. It’s been odd on the rare occasion I see GN at my folks how many of the anchors are still familiar. Skilling will never leave. He will die on the set, Franklyn MacCormack style, in the middle of explaining some sort of cloud cover over western Illinois. |
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| Author: | Telegram Sam [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Drunk Squirrel wrote: Another 10 years or so and all the gn buys from 30 years ago will be gone. It’s been odd on the rare occasion I see GN at my folks how many of the anchors are still familiar. Skilling will never leave. He will die on the set, Franklyn MacCormack style, in the middle of explaining some sort of cloud cover over western Illinois. He's turning into an egg. |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Telegram Sam wrote: He's turning into an egg. Hundred-year egg. |
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| Author: | Telegram Sam [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Hatchetman wrote: Telegram Sam wrote: He's turning into an egg. Hundred-year egg. So smooth. |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Telegram Sam wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Drunk Squirrel wrote: Another 10 years or so and all the gn buys from 30 years ago will be gone. It’s been odd on the rare occasion I see GN at my folks how many of the anchors are still familiar. Skilling will never leave. He will die on the set, Franklyn MacCormack style, in the middle of explaining some sort of cloud cover over western Illinois. He's turning into an egg. Does that mean that someday he's going to hatch a young effeminate man named Bryce or Todd. Maybe Todd's been stuck in his ass for a few years and that's why he keeps gaining weight. |
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| Author: | whistler [ Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
i think this is the fucker's last week. I'm tuning in today. Might be my last chance to see him. |
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| Author: | Caller Bob [ Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
whistler wrote: i think this is the fucker's last week. I'm tuning in today. Might be my last chance to see him. man you are a weird dude. |
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| Author: | billypootons [ Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
if he didnt take himself too seriously he could take his toupee off and leave it on the news desk on sign off |
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| Author: | IMU [ Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
I wish it was Bernie Sanders retiring. |
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| Author: | whistler [ Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
billypootons wrote: if he didnt take himself too seriously he could take his toupee off and leave it on the news desk on sign off
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
He sang a Dylan song this week as part of an otherwise lame Paul Konrad bit. |
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| Author: | whistler [ Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: He sang a Dylan song this week as part of an otherwise lame Paul Konrad bit. Wait, i thought u were in Carolina, how were u able to patch in 'GN? I thought 'GN America didnt simulcast the news anymore |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
whistler wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: He sang a Dylan song this week as part of an otherwise lame Paul Konrad bit. Wait, i thought u were in Carolina, how were u able to patch in 'GN? I thought 'GN America didnt simulcast the news anymore There is this amazing concept called Facebook. I follow the morning news feed to get weather updates and then they put stupid videos online as well. |
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| Author: | whistler [ Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: whistler wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: He sang a Dylan song this week as part of an otherwise lame Paul Konrad bit. Wait, i thought u were in Carolina, how were u able to patch in 'GN? I thought 'GN America didnt simulcast the news anymore There is this amazing concept called Facebook. I follow the morning news feed to get weather updates and then they put stupid videos online as well. thats a good idea. Never even thought of that. Ill have to check it out after Friday, probly theyll post his farewell and shit. |
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| Author: | Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
billypootons wrote: if he didnt take himself too seriously he could take his toupee off and leave it on the news desk on sign off On today's noon broadcast Dean Richards sarcastically commented that he would inherit Sanders' toupee after he retired. This led to a brief discussion in which Dina Bair noted that she is regularly asked about it & Sanders responded that no toupee would be as bad as his actual hair. Bair then tugged on it to prove it was real (FWIW). |
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| Author: | BD [ Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steve Sanders retiring |
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Frank Coztansa wrote: That dude can play some guitar. I have fond memories of watching Robert Jordan and Steve Sanders on WGN as a yute. Particularly during the noon newscast on days off from school. Robert Jordan is so much fun. His comment on Feder's entry was pretty funny, asking Sanders to join him on his park bench to solve the world's problems and feed the birds. He even made Jackie Bange have a personality when she got too old to be known as a fucktoy. To me, Steve Sanders meant that there was a Cubs game starting in a few minutes. Jackie Bange was known as a fucktoy? Tell me more. |
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