>> 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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