1 00:00:05,466 --> 00:00:10,633 >> THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE 10TH 2 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:12,566 ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF OUR 3 00:00:08,133 --> 00:00:14,800 FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE AND FOUNDER 4 00:00:10,633 --> 00:00:17,733 OF THIS PROGRAM, JOHN CALLOWAY 5 00:00:12,566 --> 00:00:19,133 HE LEFT HIS MARK ON EVERY WE ARE 6 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:20,866 HERE AT WTTW AND IN THE ENTIRE 7 00:00:17,733 --> 00:00:23,900 CHICAGO JOURNALISM COMMUNITY AND 8 00:00:19,133 --> 00:00:26,166 THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 9 00:00:20,866 --> 00:00:27,633 WHEN HE DIED IN 2009 THEN 10 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:29,333 "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RICH SAMUELS 11 00:00:26,166 --> 00:00:33,266 PUT TOGETHER THIS TRIBUTE WE 12 00:00:27,633 --> 00:00:34,500 THOUGHT IT FITTING TO TAKE 13 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:35,566 ANOTHER LOOK WHICH GRINS WITH 14 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:36,600 CALLOWAY'S LAST NIGHT HOSTING 15 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:38,800 "CHICAGO TONIGHT" 10 YEARS 16 00:00:35,566 --> 00:00:41,066 BEFORE HIS DEATH. 17 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:42,100 >> GOOD EVENING I'M JOHN 18 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,466 CALLOWAY AND WELCOME TO MY FINAL 19 00:00:41,066 --> 00:00:44,033 REGULAR BROADCAST OF "CHICAGO 20 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,766 TONIGHT." 21 00:00:42,466 --> 00:00:47,233 IT IS PERSONALLY AND 22 00:00:44,033 --> 00:00:49,700 PROFESSIONALLY APPROPRIATE THAT 23 00:00:44,766 --> 00:00:51,100 WE ARE COMING TO YOU FROM THE 24 00:00:47,233 --> 00:00:52,466 CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HAROLD 25 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:53,833 WASHINGTON BRANCH IN CHICAGO 26 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:55,800 BECAUSE MAYOR WASHINGTON WAS THE 27 00:00:52,466 --> 00:00:57,466 FIRST GUEST ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" 28 00:00:53,833 --> 00:00:59,100 BACK IN 1984. 29 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,466 >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 30 00:00:57,466 --> 00:01:00,700 THIS FIRST BROADCAST OF "CHICAGO 31 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:02,200 TONIGHT." 32 00:00:59,466 --> 00:01:04,033 AND MAYOR WASHINGTON THANK YOU 33 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:05,366 VERY MUCH FOR BEING OUR FIRST 34 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,500 GUEST ON THIS BROADCAST. 35 00:01:04,033 --> 00:01:09,166 >> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WAS BORN IN 36 00:01:05,366 --> 00:01:11,000 THE DAYS OF COUNCIL WARS. 37 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:12,300 JOHN CALLOWAY'S GRILLING OF THE 38 00:01:09,166 --> 00:01:13,900 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT DRAMA 39 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,266 REVEALED THE DEPTHS OF THE 40 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:18,066 STRUGGLE THAT NEITHER WAY THAT 41 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:19,900 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR THE 42 00:01:16,266 --> 00:01:22,766 NEWSPAPERS COULD MATCH. 43 00:01:18,066 --> 00:01:24,200 >> I AM NOT A STARRY EYED 44 00:01:19,900 --> 00:01:26,700 REFORMER BUT A HARD PRACTICAL 45 00:01:22,766 --> 00:01:28,233 POLITICIAN THAT SAYS THERE ARE 46 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:29,933 SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THE CHIEF 47 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:31,300 EXECUTIVE'S FUNCTION IS TO 48 00:01:28,233 --> 00:01:32,600 PROTECT THE PUBLIC TRUST AND THE 49 00:01:29,933 --> 00:01:36,666 PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO USE IT. 50 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:39,866 >> CHICAGO IS ON HOLD. 51 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:40,900 AND CHICAGO IS NOT MOVING. 52 00:01:36,666 --> 00:01:42,000 AND CHICAGO HAS A LESSER 53 00:01:39,866 --> 00:01:44,300 REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE 54 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:44,766 COUNTRY THAN WHAT IT HAD. 55 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,433 IT IS NOT A WORLD CLASS CITY 56 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:49,566 ANYMORE. 57 00:01:44,766 --> 00:01:51,500 >> REFERS TO ME HIS LOCK HEADS 58 00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:53,366 AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING 59 00:01:49,566 --> 00:01:54,666 ON AND I SUGGEST THAT I'VE 60 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:55,000 FORGOTTEN MORE ABOUT CITY 61 00:01:53,366 --> 00:01:57,066 GOVERNMENT THAN HE WILL EVER 62 00:01:54,666 --> 00:01:58,800 KNOWN. 63 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:00,900 >> THE LEVEL OF JOHN CALLOWAY'S 64 00:01:57,066 --> 00:02:01,200 ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GUESTS WAS 65 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,600 UNMATCHED AND IT WAS GIVE AND 66 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:05,266 TAKE. 67 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,666 >> I HAVE THE PRESS RELEASE THAT 68 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:07,900 DOES NOT HAVE THE DOLLARS 69 00:02:05,266 --> 00:02:10,100 ATTACHED. 70 00:02:05,666 --> 00:02:11,533 >> WE'LL GET YOU THE DOLLARS. 71 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:12,833 >> I AM NOT A POLITICIAN. 72 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:14,400 >> YOU ARE A CITIZEN, TOO. 73 00:02:11,533 --> 00:02:14,800 >> BUT A PROSECUTOR FIRST AND 74 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:16,433 THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO 75 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,600 UNDERSTAND. 76 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,933 I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF 77 00:02:16,433 --> 00:02:20,033 RESPONSIBILITY AND POWER OVER 78 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,400 PEOPLE. 79 00:02:17,933 --> 00:02:22,233 I CAN SUBPOENA YOU OR BRUCE 80 00:02:20,033 --> 00:02:23,666 OVERNIGHT. 81 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,533 IF YOU BECOME MY ENEMY. 82 00:02:22,233 --> 00:02:28,100 >> JOHN CALLOWAY WAS BORN ON 83 00:02:23,666 --> 00:02:30,733 AUGUST 22, 1936. 84 00:02:25,533 --> 00:02:32,333 HE GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN 85 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:34,100 WEST VIRGINIA AND CLAIMED HE 86 00:02:30,733 --> 00:02:37,200 BEGAN MODERATING PUBLIC POLICY 87 00:02:32,333 --> 00:02:40,133 DEBATES AT THE AGE OF SIX OVER 88 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:40,700 THE FAMILY DINNER TABLE. 89 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:43,666 HIS FATHER EDITED A CONSERVATIVE 90 00:02:40,133 --> 00:02:47,233 REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER. 91 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:49,533 HE ATTENDED OHIO WESLEYAN 92 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:54,133 UNIVERSITY AND DROPPED OUT. 93 00:02:47,233 --> 00:02:57,800 HE ARRIVED TO CHICAGO WITH 71 94 00:02:49,533 --> 00:02:58,133 CENTS IN HIS POCKET AND COMMON 95 00:02:54,133 --> 00:03:01,166 TEMPLATED A CONTEMPLATED IN THE 96 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:03,166 THEATER. 97 00:02:58,133 --> 00:03:03,466 >> AT CITY NEWS THEY TAUGHT YOU 98 00:03:01,166 --> 00:03:06,866 TO GET THE FACTS ALL OF THE 99 00:03:03,166 --> 00:03:07,633 FACTS. 100 00:03:03,466 --> 00:03:09,266 THEY WERE AND ARE SOFA NAUTICAL 101 00:03:06,866 --> 00:03:10,633 ABOUT ACCURACY. 102 00:03:07,633 --> 00:03:11,533 THERE IS AN OLD SAYING IF YOUR 103 00:03:09,266 --> 00:03:15,166 MOTHER SAYS SHE LOVES YOU CHECK 104 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:16,466 IT OUT. 105 00:03:11,533 --> 00:03:18,600 >> BEFORE LONG HE CAME TO WBBM 106 00:03:15,166 --> 00:03:20,033 RADIO AND TELEVISION AS A 107 00:03:16,466 --> 00:03:21,266 REPORTER AND PRODUCERS AND THEN 108 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:26,533 NEWS DIRECTOR. 109 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:28,633 >> TRAFFIC AND WEATHER TOGETHER 110 00:03:21,266 --> 00:03:30,533 ON THE 8s. 111 00:03:26,533 --> 00:03:30,866 >> BBM'S RADIO NEWS FOR MATT WAS 112 00:03:28,633 --> 00:03:33,400 IMPLEMENTED IN THE SPRING OF 113 00:03:30,533 --> 00:03:36,900 1968. 114 00:03:30,866 --> 00:03:37,833 FOR A TIME HE WENT TO NEW YORK 115 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:40,700 AS A CBS NEWS EXECUTIVE AND 116 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:43,466 RETURNED TO CHICAGO AS A 117 00:03:37,833 --> 00:03:45,966 REPORTER IN 197 31ST CBS AND 118 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:47,200 THEN TO WTTW. 119 00:03:43,466 --> 00:03:49,433 WHERE HE HELPED LAUNCH THE 120 00:03:45,966 --> 00:03:50,500 PUBLIC NEWSCENTER. 121 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,866 >> MAYOR DALEY'S DEATH TOOK 122 00:03:49,433 --> 00:03:52,166 EVERYONE BY SURPRISE. 123 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:53,800 PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED BY HIS 124 00:03:51,866 --> 00:03:55,433 DEATH. 125 00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:57,666 HE HAD APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD 126 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,500 HEALTH AND MADE A TREMENDOUS 127 00:03:55,433 --> 00:04:00,600 RECOVERY FROM THAT STROKE OF TWO 128 00:03:57,666 --> 00:04:01,966 YEARS AGO. 129 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:03,966 AND WE JUST WEREN'T EXPECTING 130 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,833 HIS DEATH. 131 00:04:01,966 --> 00:04:06,633 >> FAR MORE SUCCESSFUL WERE THE 132 00:04:03,966 --> 00:04:08,900 INTERVIEWS HE UNDERTOOK WHEN THE 133 00:04:05,833 --> 00:04:10,766 NEWSCENTER FOLDED. 134 00:04:06,633 --> 00:04:12,866 >> AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK 135 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:14,800 WHICH HAS ALL KINDS OF 136 00:04:10,766 --> 00:04:17,133 CONFESSIONS IN IT I THINK OUR 137 00:04:12,866 --> 00:04:19,000 VIEWERS WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW, 138 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:21,533 SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT YOU NEARLY 139 00:04:17,133 --> 00:04:24,100 WENT TO WORK FOR THE F.B.I. 140 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:27,533 THAT YOU WERE INTERVIEWED BY THE 141 00:04:21,533 --> 00:04:30,133 HEAD OF THE F.B.I. IN CHICAGO. 142 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:32,066 >> THAT WAS 1934 WAS IT? 143 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:34,066 >> MAYBE IN BUSY LIVES YOU NEED 144 00:04:30,133 --> 00:04:35,000 ELIZABETH TAYLOR ON THE COVER OF 145 00:04:32,066 --> 00:04:36,700 "NEWSWEEK" MAGAZINE THIS WEEK. 146 00:04:34,066 --> 00:04:38,233 >> BUT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" TURNED 147 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:40,366 OUT TO BE JOHN CALLOWAY'S 148 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:43,133 HIGHEST CALLING WHERE HE COULD 149 00:04:38,233 --> 00:04:43,533 NOT ONLY BE A TELEVISION 150 00:04:40,366 --> 00:04:45,900 JOURNALIST AND A TELEVISION 151 00:04:43,133 --> 00:04:47,566 PERFORMER. 152 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:47,900 >> I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY 153 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:50,333 PEOPLE FROM CHICAGO ON BOURBON 154 00:04:47,566 --> 00:04:51,633 STREET. 155 00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:53,133 >> IT SPANNED TWO ERAS OF 156 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:54,200 BROADCASTING AND THE WORK 157 00:04:51,633 --> 00:04:55,800 INFLUENCED THE WAY BROADCAST 158 00:04:53,133 --> 00:04:59,300 JOURNALISM IS PRACTICED IN 159 00:04:54,200 --> 00:05:02,000 CHICAGO TODAY. 160 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:04,966 >> I THINK HIS LEGACY IS TO BE A 161 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:09,833 PERMANENT SYMBOL OF WHAT 162 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:11,766 JOURNALISM CAN AND SHOULD BE. 163 00:05:04,966 --> 00:05:14,433 HIS STANDARDS, HIS VISION OF 164 00:05:09,833 --> 00:05:15,766 HEARING EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE. 165 00:05:11,766 --> 00:05:17,366 I THINK THAT IS HIS LEGACY AND I 166 00:05:14,433 --> 00:05:18,633 HOPE YOUNG JOURNALISTS WILL 167 00:05:15,766 --> 00:05:20,366 STUDY HIS LIFE AND I KNOW THEY 168 00:05:17,366 --> 00:05:21,300 WILL BENEFIT FROM IT. 169 00:05:18,633 --> 00:05:22,566 >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 170 00:05:20,366 --> 00:05:24,200 "CHICAGO TONIGHT." 171 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:24,600 THIS EVENING FREE OF CHARGE WE 172 00:05:22,566 --> 00:05:26,666 ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A 173 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,433 TRIP... 174 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:29,600 >> HERE IS HOW JOHN CALLOWAY SAW 175 00:05:26,666 --> 00:05:31,666 HIS WORK. 176 00:05:27,433 --> 00:05:33,033 >> I REALLY WANT TO LEARN. 177 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:35,700 I WANT TO BRING PEOPLE WITH ME 178 00:05:31,666 --> 00:05:38,500 TO LEARN YOU GET UP IN THE 179 00:05:33,033 --> 00:05:40,366 MORNING AND YOU ARE ENGAGED. 180 00:05:35,700 --> 00:05:42,633 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. 181 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:44,766 >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS 182 00:05:40,366 --> 00:05:45,800 RICH SAMUELS. 183 00:05:42,633 --> 00:05:47,233 >> THE GREAT JOHN CALLOWAY I WAS 184 00:05:44,766 --> 00:05:49,300 FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH 185 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:52,900 HIM IN THE EARLY PART OF MY 186 00:05:47,233 --> 00:05:56,533 CAREER FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND 187 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:58,166 STRUCK BY HIS INTELLECTUAL 188 00:05:52,900 --> 00:06:00,066 CURIOSITY AND HIS INTEREST IN MY 189 00:05:56,533 --> 00:06:02,466 CAREER AND AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" 190 00:05:58,166 --> 00:06:03,400 WE CARRY FORWARD JOHN CALLOWAY'S 191 00:06:00,066 --> 00:06:05,266 LEGACY AND A THANKS TO RICH 192 00:06:02,466 --> 00:06:05,933 SAMUELS FOR THAT PIECE. 193 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,866 >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS 194 00:06:05,266 --> 00:06:08,833 THURSDAY NIGHT. 195 00:06:05,933 --> 00:06:10,133 STAY CONNECTED BY SIGNING UP FOR 196 00:06:07,866 --> 00:06:11,733 OUR DAILY BRIEFING. 197 00:06:08,833 --> 00:06:14,766 AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO 198 00:06:10,133 --> 00:06:15,666 TONIGHT" STREAMED ON Facebook, 199 00:06:11,733 --> 00:06:17,766 YouTube AND OUR WEBSITE, 200 00:06:14,766 --> 00:06:20,533 WTTW.COM/NEWS. 201 00:06:15,666 --> 00:06:21,833 YOU CAN ALSO WATCH VIA VIA 202 00:06:17,766 --> 00:06:23,633 PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP. 203 00:06:20,533 --> 00:06:24,600 AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW 204 00:06:21,833 --> 00:06:26,766 NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. FOR THE 205 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:28,066 WEEK IN REVIEW. 206 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,700 WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH JOHN 207 00:06:26,766 --> 00:06:31,166 CALLOWAY SINGING HIS FAVORITE 208 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:31,533 SONG FROM THE END OF HIS FINAL 209 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:33,066 EVENING AS HOST OF "CHICAGO 210 00:06:31,166 --> 00:06:33,866 TONIGHT." 211 00:06:31,533 --> 00:06:34,966 WE HOPE YOU EMBRACE IT. 212 00:06:33,066 --> 00:06:37,666 I'M PARIS SCHUTZ. 213 00:06:33,866 --> 00:06:43,066 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 214 00:06:34,966 --> 00:06:45,633 GOOD NIGHT. 215 00:06:37,666 --> 00:06:47,566 ♪EMBRACE ME, MY SWEET EMBRACE 216 00:06:43,066 --> 00:06:49,566 YOU♪ 217 00:06:45,633 --> 00:06:49,566 ♪EMBRACE ME 218 00:06:47,566 --> 00:06:49,566 ♪ 219 00:06:50,566 --> 00:07:00,833 [♪♪♪]