Posted by W-GEEEEEEE-EN on April 29, 2009 at 22:27:04:
In Reply to: Re: News Director leaving WGN posted by MichelynB on April 29, 2009 at 19:25:38:
It is sad that Wes Bleed is stepping down, but WGN fans need not worry. For the next 4 months, the role of News Director will expertly filled in with various people on a constantly rotating basis. Scheduled to to be a News Director next week will be Nick Digilio, Dan Diebert and Dean Richards. After that the News Director role will be filled by Bruce Wolf, Bob Sirott, Brian Noonan, Dave Kaplan, Jerry Springer, Rita Cosby, Randy Miller, Robin Baumgarten, Ron Santo, Marcus Leshock, Stan Lawrence, Larry Potash, Tom Skilling, Phil Rosenthal, Buzz Kilman, Jackie Bange, Cindy Meier, Skip Parker, Crazy Howard McGee, Jerry Agar, Piranha Man, Joan Cusack, Ronnie Woo-Woo, the ghost of Frazier Thomas, Mike Ditka, Duffy Atkins, Jim Belushi, Merri Dee, the Max Headroom hacker, Eric Zorn, April Rose, Mike Adamle, Tom Negovan, the kid from "2 1/2 Men", Lou Pinella, Alf, and a return visit from Nick Digilio, before finally giving the job to up & comer, Judd Sirott.
As you can see, WGN has it all under control.