Harry Porterfield

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Harry Porterfield (born August 29, 1928) is a former news anchor for WBBM-TV.

Career[]

Porterfield was born in Saginaw, Michigan and began his career in 1955, working as a disc jockey for WKNX. Porterfield began working at WBBM in 1964 as a news writer. Porterfield left WBBM in 1985 for WLS-TV, where he worked for 24 years, but returned to WBBM in 2009 as the 11 a.m. news anchor.[1][2] In December 2015, Porterfield announced his retirement.[3][4]

While working for both WBBM and WLS, Porterfield was known for his "Someone You Should Know" segments.[5]

Awards[]

Porterfield has won eleven Emmy Awards, a Studs Terkel Award, and the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award.[3] Porterfield also received the Legacy of Leadership Award at the Indiana University Neal-Marshall Eleventh Annual Alumni Graduation Reception.[6]

CBS Boycott[]

In the late 1980s, Porterfield was demoted from his job as anchorman at CBS to reporter when Bill Kurtis was made anchorman. As a result, Porterfield resigned from WBBM (CBS) and moved to WLS (ABC).[7][8] This resulted in a 10-month boycott of CBS led by Jesse Jackson and Operation PUSH.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Harry Porterfield". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ Rosenthal, Phil. "Porterfield set to return to WBBM-Ch. 2 roots". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Feder, Robert. "CBS 2 announces Harry Porterfield retirement". Robert Feder. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ Eck, Kevin. "Longtime Anchor Retires From WBBM, Co-Anchor Moved to Reporter". Adweek. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ Magers, Ron. "HARRY PORTERFIELD: SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW". WLS-TV. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ^ "IUN alums put TV anchor in spotlight". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. ^ Boyer, Peter. "NEW HEAD OF CBS UNIT IN CHICAGO". New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  8. ^ Boyer, Peter. "CBS AIDES MEET JACKSON OVER CHICAGO BOYCOTT". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  9. ^ Battaglio, Stephen. "Door of opportunity swings wide for new 'NBC Nightly News' anchor Lester Holt". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  10. ^ Rosenthal, Phil. "Porterfield's WBBM exit spurred protests, minority hiring". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 June 2016.



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