>> THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF OUR
FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE AND FOUNDER
OF THIS PROGRAM, JOHN CALLOWAY
HE LEFT HIS MARK ON EVERY WE ARE
HERE AT WTTW AND IN THE ENTIRE
CHICAGO JOURNALISM COMMUNITY AND
THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
WHEN HE DIED IN 2009 THEN
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" RICH SAMUELS
PUT TOGETHER THIS TRIBUTE WE
THOUGHT IT FITTING TO TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK WHICH GRINS WITH
CALLOWAY'S LAST NIGHT HOSTING
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" 10 YEARS
BEFORE HIS DEATH.
>> GOOD EVENING I'M JOHN
CALLOWAY AND WELCOME TO MY FINAL
REGULAR BROADCAST OF "CHICAGO
TONIGHT."
IT IS PERSONALLY AND
PROFESSIONALLY APPROPRIATE THAT
WE ARE COMING TO YOU FROM THE
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HAROLD
WASHINGTON BRANCH IN CHICAGO
BECAUSE MAYOR WASHINGTON WAS THE
FIRST GUEST ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"
BACK IN 1984.
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
THIS FIRST BROADCAST OF "CHICAGO
TONIGHT."
AND MAYOR WASHINGTON THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING OUR FIRST
GUEST ON THIS BROADCAST.
>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WAS BORN IN
THE DAYS OF COUNCIL WARS.
JOHN CALLOWAY'S GRILLING OF THE
PARTICIPANTS IN THAT DRAMA
REVEALED THE DEPTHS OF THE
STRUGGLE THAT NEITHER WAY THAT
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR THE
NEWSPAPERS COULD MATCH.
>> I AM NOT A STARRY EYED
REFORMER BUT A HARD PRACTICAL
POLITICIAN THAT SAYS THERE ARE
SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE'S FUNCTION IS TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC TRUST AND THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO USE IT.
>> CHICAGO IS ON HOLD.
AND CHICAGO IS NOT MOVING.
AND CHICAGO HAS A LESSER
REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY THAN WHAT IT HAD.
IT IS NOT A WORLD CLASS CITY
ANYMORE.
>> REFERS TO ME HIS LOCK HEADS
AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING
ON AND I SUGGEST THAT I'VE
FORGOTTEN MORE ABOUT CITY
GOVERNMENT THAN HE WILL EVER
KNOWN.
>> THE LEVEL OF JOHN CALLOWAY'S
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GUESTS WAS
UNMATCHED AND IT WAS GIVE AND
TAKE.
>> I HAVE THE PRESS RELEASE THAT
DOES NOT HAVE THE DOLLARS
ATTACHED.
>> WE'LL GET YOU THE DOLLARS.
>> I AM NOT A POLITICIAN.
>> YOU ARE A CITIZEN, TOO.
>> BUT A PROSECUTOR FIRST AND
THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND.
I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF
RESPONSIBILITY AND POWER OVER
PEOPLE.
I CAN SUBPOENA YOU OR BRUCE
OVERNIGHT.
IF YOU BECOME MY ENEMY.
>> JOHN CALLOWAY WAS BORN ON
AUGUST 22, 1936.
HE GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN
WEST VIRGINIA AND CLAIMED HE
BEGAN MODERATING PUBLIC POLICY
DEBATES AT THE AGE OF SIX OVER
THE FAMILY DINNER TABLE.
HIS FATHER EDITED A CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER.
HE ATTENDED OHIO WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY AND DROPPED OUT.
HE ARRIVED TO CHICAGO WITH 71
CENTS IN HIS POCKET AND COMMON
TEMPLATED A CONTEMPLATED IN THE
THEATER.
>> AT CITY NEWS THEY TAUGHT YOU
TO GET THE FACTS ALL OF THE
FACTS.
THEY WERE AND ARE SOFA NAUTICAL
ABOUT ACCURACY.
THERE IS AN OLD SAYING IF YOUR
MOTHER SAYS SHE LOVES YOU CHECK
IT OUT.
>> BEFORE LONG HE CAME TO WBBM
RADIO AND TELEVISION AS A
REPORTER AND PRODUCERS AND THEN
NEWS DIRECTOR.
>> TRAFFIC AND WEATHER TOGETHER
ON THE 8s.
>> BBM'S RADIO NEWS FOR MATT WAS
IMPLEMENTED IN THE SPRING OF
1968.
FOR A TIME HE WENT TO NEW YORK
AS A CBS NEWS EXECUTIVE AND
RETURNED TO CHICAGO AS A
REPORTER IN 197 31ST CBS AND
THEN TO WTTW.
WHERE HE HELPED LAUNCH THE
PUBLIC NEWSCENTER.
>> MAYOR DALEY'S DEATH TOOK
EVERYONE BY SURPRISE.
PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED BY HIS
DEATH.
HE HAD APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD
HEALTH AND MADE A TREMENDOUS
RECOVERY FROM THAT STROKE OF TWO
YEARS AGO.
AND WE JUST WEREN'T EXPECTING
HIS DEATH.
>> FAR MORE SUCCESSFUL WERE THE
INTERVIEWS HE UNDERTOOK WHEN THE
NEWSCENTER FOLDED.
>> AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK
WHICH HAS ALL KINDS OF
CONFESSIONS IN IT I THINK OUR
VIEWERS WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW,
SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT YOU NEARLY
WENT TO WORK FOR THE F.B.I.
THAT YOU WERE INTERVIEWED BY THE
HEAD OF THE F.B.I. IN CHICAGO.
>> THAT WAS 1934 WAS IT?
>> MAYBE IN BUSY LIVES YOU NEED
ELIZABETH TAYLOR ON THE COVER OF
"NEWSWEEK" MAGAZINE THIS WEEK.
>> BUT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" TURNED
OUT TO BE JOHN CALLOWAY'S
HIGHEST CALLING WHERE HE COULD
NOT ONLY BE A TELEVISION
JOURNALIST AND A TELEVISION
PERFORMER.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY
PEOPLE FROM CHICAGO ON BOURBON
STREET.
>> IT SPANNED TWO ERAS OF
BROADCASTING AND THE WORK
INFLUENCED THE WAY BROADCAST
JOURNALISM IS PRACTICED IN
CHICAGO TODAY.
>> I THINK HIS LEGACY IS TO BE A
PERMANENT SYMBOL OF WHAT
JOURNALISM CAN AND SHOULD BE.
HIS STANDARDS, HIS VISION OF
HEARING EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK THAT IS HIS LEGACY AND I
HOPE YOUNG JOURNALISTS WILL
STUDY HIS LIFE AND I KNOW THEY
WILL BENEFIT FROM IT.
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
THIS EVENING FREE OF CHARGE WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A
TRIP...
>> HERE IS HOW JOHN CALLOWAY SAW
HIS WORK.
>> I REALLY WANT TO LEARN.
I WANT TO BRING PEOPLE WITH ME
TO LEARN YOU GET UP IN THE
MORNING AND YOU ARE ENGAGED.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS
RICH SAMUELS.
>> THE GREAT JOHN CALLOWAY I WAS
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH
HIM IN THE EARLY PART OF MY
CAREER FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND
STRUCK BY HIS INTELLECTUAL
CURIOSITY AND HIS INTEREST IN MY
CAREER AND AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT"
WE CARRY FORWARD JOHN CALLOWAY'S
LEGACY AND A THANKS TO RICH
SAMUELS FOR THAT PIECE.
>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS
THURSDAY NIGHT.
STAY CONNECTED BY SIGNING UP FOR
OUR DAILY BRIEFING.
AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" STREAMED ON Facebook,
YouTube AND OUR WEBSITE,
WTTW.COM/NEWS.
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH VIA VIA
PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.
AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW
NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. FOR THE
WEEK IN REVIEW.
WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH JOHN
CALLOWAY SINGING HIS FAVORITE
SONG FROM THE END OF HIS FINAL
EVENING AS HOST OF "CHICAGO
TONIGHT."
WE HOPE YOU EMBRACE IT.
I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
GOOD NIGHT.
♪EMBRACE ME, MY SWEET EMBRACE
YOU♪
♪EMBRACE ME
♪
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