NBC’s station in Chicago, WMAQ, plans to air a half-hour special showing how climate change is affecting people and businesses in the Windy City. “From our health to our safety, to our local business ...

NBCUniversal Local Chicago – NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ) & Telemundo Chicago (WSNS) – garnered 36 Emmy Award nominations from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ...

NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV) has announced nationally-renowned Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist Chuck Goudie will join the station’s "NBC 5 Investigates" team beginning Monday, February ...

Esteemed Chicago journalist and former WMAQ political reporter and editor Carol Marin is among the recipients of the 2025 "Order of the Lincoln Honor," the state's highest honor for professional ...

Greg Gumbel, a legendary sportscaster whose decades-long career included a seven-year tenure at WMAQ-TV in Chicago, died Friday at the age of 78, according to his family. Gumbel's illustrious career ...

NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV), Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV) and Comcast NBCUniversal on Tuesday announced the return of the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants for its eighth consecutive year in 2025. The ...

NBCUniversal Local Chicago’s trio of media properties -- NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ), Telemundo Chicago (WSNS), and NBC Sports Chicago – garnered 34 Emmy Award nominations from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of ...

Update: We're remembering our colleague, Kevin Spencer, who died Sunday by apparent suicide. His family issued the following statement and has asked for privacy at this time. "Thank you all for your ...

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Retired WMAQ-Ch. 5 news anchor Rob Stafford and his wife, Lisa, in May sold their condominium on the top floor of a recently built, six-story building in the West Loop neighborhood for $1.3475 million ...