Where did Alex Maragos go?

Alex Maragos is the Weekend Evening Anchor on NBC 5 and a Reporter for NBC 5 News at 10pm three days a week. Maragos moved to evenings in August 2020, after spending four years as Anchor of NBC 5 News Today and the NBC 5 News at 11am. In 2016, NBC 5 News Today won the Emmy award for Best Morning Newscast.

What happened to Zoraida Sambolin 2021?

Zoraida Sambolin is leaving Chicago NBC owned station WMAQ. There’s no word why she’s leaving. But Chicago media writer Robert Feder said sources told him Sambolin has been released early from her contract, which runs through July 2022, after coming back from a four month leave of absence.

What happened to Patrick Fazio?

Emmy winner and nationally awarded journalist Patrick Fazio anchors the 11am news each weekday and reports during the evening newscasts. He returned to Chicago in 2017 after previously living in the south suburbs and graduating from Valparaiso University.

How can I watch WMAQ?

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Where did Allison Rosati go?

Rosati later went to WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York, where she anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts and also did general assignment reporting.

Is Zoraida coming back?

Robservations: Zoraida Sambolin to sign off as NBC 5 morning news anchor. Robservations on the media beat: Days after Zoraida Sambolin returned as morning news anchor to WMAQ-Channel 5 following a four-month leave of absence, she’s calling it quits. Sources said next Friday will be her last day at the NBC-owned station …

Is Alex Maragos engaged?

Alex Maragos updated his status. Big news! I got engaged! It was the craziest 48 hours in Paris but I will remember it always for being the best two days of my life.

Where is Trina Orlando?

Trina graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California with a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science. She grew up in Mt Pleasant, PA, a small town about an hour east of Pittsburgh. Trina and her husband Jarmon live in Chicago with their daughter, son and puppy named Baxter.

What network is Channel 5 in Chicago?

NBC
WMAQ-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 33), is an NBC owned-and-operated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States.

What happened to Zoraida Sambolin on Channel 5 news?

Days after Zoraida Sambolin returned as morning news anchor to WMAQ-Channel 5 after a four-month leave of absence, she’s calling it quits, Robert Feder writes. Sources said next Friday will be her last day at the NBC-owned station.

What kind of TV station is WMAQ in Chicago?

WMAQ-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 29), is an NBC owned-and-operated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, as part of a duopoly with Telemundo owned-and-operated station WSNS-TV (channel 44).

When did WMAQ change its name to NBC 5?

Later in February 2012, after a year of using the “NBC Chicago” branding, the station reverted to its old “NBC 5” branding full-time.

When was the last infomercial on WMAQ-TV?

In the spring of 1992, the NBC Owned Television Stations division announced that they would no longer air paid programming on their owned-and-operated stations, including WMAQ-TV. The last local infomercial aired on the station was a local weekly real estate show aired in 1992.

Who are the famous announcers on WMAQ-TV?

Ed O’Brien – voiceover for WMAQ-TV (1997-2000) Pat O’Brien – anchor/reporter (?–?) Roger O’Neil – reporter (now an NBC News correspondent) Anita Padilla – weekend morning anchor/reporter (1997–2007, now at WFLD-TV) Jane Pauley – anchor/reporter (1975–1976) Maury Povich – anchor (1976–1977)