Posted by BigHatMan on August 06, 2009 at 19:37:54:
WCIU-TV/Channel 26 will be broadcasting the 80th Annual "Bud Billiken Parade" on Saturday at 10:00am. Their broadcast will feature Tom Joyner, Jeanne Sparrow and Steve Wilkos as hosts. Trey the Choklit Jok from Power 92 will be on the WCIU float in the parade.
WGN-TV will be airing the "Bud Billiken Parade" this Saturday at 10:00am. WGN's Robert Jordan, along with V103's Steve Harvey, Shirley Strawberry and Ramonski Luv will be the hosts. The WGN float will be crowded with WGN's Antwan Lewis, Muriel Clair, Tom Skilling, Steve Sanders, and Ana Belaval on board, not to mention, Bozo the Clown. The parade presentation will also go out nationwide over WGN America and in HD. It is WGN's 32nd straight year of broadcasting the parade.
WLS-TV will be broadcasting the 80th Annual Bud Billekin Parade on Saturday starting at 10:00am. ABC7's Cheryl Burton, Jim Rose, and Bill Campbell will host from the broadcast booth, while ABC7's Karen Jordan and 190 North's Doug Banks will be walking along the parade route reporting from there. Riding on top of the ABC7 float in the parade will be Charles Thomas, Hosea Sanders, Ron Magers, Ravi Baichwal, Leah Hope and Mark Giangreco. The broadcast will also be shown in HD and available on ABC7's website on demand.