Harry Porterfield

Harry Porterfield (born August 29, 1928) is a former news anchor for WBBM-TV.

Career

Porterfield was born in Saginaw, Michigan and began his career in 1955, working as a disc jockey for WKNX. Porterfield began working at WBBM in 1964 as a news writer. Porterfield left WBBM in 1985 for WLS-TV, where he worked for 24 years, but returned to WBBM in 2009 as the 11 a.m. news anchor.[1][2] In December 2015, Porterfield announced his retirement.[3][4]

While working for both WBBM and WLS, Porterfield was known for his "Someone You Should Know" segments.[5]

Awards

Porterfield has won eleven Emmy Awards, a Studs Terkel Award, and the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award.[3] Porterfield also received the Legacy of Leadership Award at the Indiana University Neal-Marshall Eleventh Annual Alumni Graduation Reception.[6]

CBS Boycott

In the late 1980s, Porterfield was demoted from his job as anchorman at CBS to reporter when Bill Kurtis was made anchorman. As a result, Porterfield resigned from WBBM (CBS) and moved to WLS (ABC).[7][8] This resulted in a 10 month boycott of CBS led by Jesse Jackson and Operation PUSH.[9][10]

References

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