World's Greatest Newspaper Television Podcast

Segment producer and funny man Jeff Hoover has been performing and booking guests for the WGN Morning News for most of this century! He sits down with Brian and Ross to talk about whether he's lived up to his high school title as "Most Likely to Succeed".... why Robin Baumgarten scares the hell out of him... and he lists his top five guests of all time. Make sure you stick around for his winning lotto numbers.

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Ana Belaval has been dancing her way "Around Town" for nearly 15 years on the WGN Morning News. She sits down with Brian and Ross to talk about the pride she has in representing her native Puerto Rico, that time she fan-girled hard over Ricky Martin on live television, and the one thing she's always texting her plumber about. Oh, and you won't want to miss her dolphin sounds.

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Pat Tomasulo used to fist-pump-dance at a club called Hunka Bunka and DJ weddings in New Jersey. Now he's the sports anchor for the WGN Morning News. He sits down with Ross and Brian to dish about Thanksgiving dinner at Paul Konrad's house, that time he met Taylor Swift, his favorite cheat meals, and how he feels about the end of his late night comedy show "Man of the People."

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Marcus Leshock didn't think he'd ever be on television. He applied with WGN-TV's sister station CLTV to be a video editor. But the boss talked him into taking an on air position. Now he's the Trending News Anchor and the Roller Coaster Bureau Chief for the old number nine. He's also the latest guest on the World's Greatest Newspaper Television Podcast.

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Photojournalist Mike D'Angelo has been all over the world shooting stories for WGN. He's been to the Vatican with Dina Bair. He went to Harvard with Larry Potash. He looked away as Dean Richards retrieved a tiny microphone from Aretha Franklin's cleavage. He's even been up in a hot air balloon on a shoot with Tom Skilling. Hear all these stories and more on the latest episode of the World's Greatest Newspaper Television Podcast.

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Dean Richards has been broadcasting over Chicago airwaves for more than four decades. He got his start in radio. But you can also catch Dean on the Old Number Nine, breaking down the latest entertainment stories on the WGN Morning News. He's interviewed all the biggest stars, and he sees all the latest movies... But when he's not out living his glamorous, celebrity-filled lifestyle, he's laughing with (at?) Brian and Ross. He loves our hijinks. So what do you do when you entertain the entertainment reporter? You have him on your podcast. Brian and Ross talk pizza, radio mimes, and the famous Mel Gibson interview with "The Deaner." And while Mr. Richards gives us the Tommy Lee Jones treatment, and tries to derail the whole interview, Brian and Ross push through, and secure new roles as regular contributors on his radio show - "Dean Richards' Sunday Morning" - Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on WGN 720 AM.

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Ben and Lourdes have been anchoring the WGN Evening News at 4 p.m. for two full years now. That made Brian and Ross wonder... what do they hate about each other? Do they like each other more than their previous co-anchors? What's with Ben's weird airplane obsession? Will Lourdes invite us to her wedding? Duarte and Bradley: an unrelenting investigative duo. But with the script flipped, it's their turn to get into the hot seat. So buckle up and listen as we stir the Evening News pot.

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For the first time ever, the Old Number Nine is launching a podcast. The World’s Greatest Newspaper Television Podcast is brought to you by morning show producers Brian Seay and Ross McAbee.

For the first episode, Brian makes a HUGE announcement, while Ross walks us through one of his terrific (but also terrifying) tennis tips. We listen to some music from Chicago’s Very Own rapping teacher Dwayne Reed. And Brian sits down with retiring WGN Special Projects Producer Pam Grimes on her last day. Pam tells us about the time Tom Skilling put his life in her hands. It’s a crazy story. Oh yeah, and we listen to some viewer voicemails. Somebody send this to Pete, from Cicero!

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