Jackie Bange
Encyclopedia
Jackie Bange is the weekend anchor and reporter for CW affiliate and cable superstation
WGN-TV
in Chicago
, Illinois
. Bange has co-anchored the weekend edition of the station's primetime newscast WGN News at Nine with Robert Jordan
since October 1995. Bange is married with three children.
, where she received her post-baccalaureate degree in Telecommunications. Bange also has an undergraduate degree from Florida State University
in Management Information Systems.
Bange began her career as a noon anchor and reporter for CBS
affiliate WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida
. In 1990, she became a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for NBC
owned-and-operated station
WMAQ-TV
in Chicago. Bange joined WGN-TV in August 1993 as a general assignment reporter, and then was later named co-anchor of the WGN Morning News from January to October 1995 before moving to weekend evenings. In 2009, Bange completed the Olympic length of the Chicago Triathlon.
. In 2005, following the devastating Hurricane Katrina
, Bange was assigned a special report called "Into the Darkness," which profiled two Chicago-area pilots and their crew who became among the first to arrive in New Orleans after the storm destroyed the levees surrounding the city and flooded New Orleans and who helped rescue hundreds of stranded residents. Bange recreated the rescue for viewers using night-vision goggles, and the report won an award by the Illinois chapter of the Associated Press
for "Best Hard News Feature".
Bange has won include a Regional Emmy in 1999 for "Best Feature Reporting" on her series on a group of skydivers trying to attain the world record for the largest skydive formation. In 2009, she also won the Peter Lisagor award for hard news and in-depth reporting for a report in which she helped a widow "get justice" for her husband that was killed by a suspected drunk driver.
Superstation
Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. In its most precise meaning, a superstation is defined by the Federal Communications Commission as "A television broadcast station, other than a network station, licensed by the FCC that is secondarily transmitted by a satellite...
WGN-TV
WGN-TV
WGN-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the CW-affiliated television station in Chicago, Illinois built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WGN-TV's studios and offices are located at 2501 W...
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. Bange has co-anchored the weekend edition of the station's primetime newscast WGN News at Nine with Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan (newscaster)
Robert H. Jordan, Jr. is an American television news journalist, author and weekend anchor of the WGN News at Nine, which broadcasts on Chicago, Illinois CW affiliate and national cable TV superstation WGN-TV, and has co-anchored the weekend newscast alongside Jackie Bange since 1995...
since October 1995. Bange is married with three children.
Career
Bange is a graduate of the University of FloridaUniversity of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, where she received her post-baccalaureate degree in Telecommunications. Bange also has an undergraduate degree from Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
in Management Information Systems.
Bange began her career as a noon anchor and reporter for CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
. In 1990, she became a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
WMAQ-TV
WMAQ-TV
WMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago, Illinois. WMAQ-TV's main studios and offices are located within the NBC Tower in the Streeterville neighborhood, with an auxiliary street-level studio on the Magnificent Mile at 401...
in Chicago. Bange joined WGN-TV in August 1993 as a general assignment reporter, and then was later named co-anchor of the WGN Morning News from January to October 1995 before moving to weekend evenings. In 2009, Bange completed the Olympic length of the Chicago Triathlon.
Awards and recognition
In addition to coverage of local stories, Bange has done reports from international locations, including Paris and AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. In 2005, following the devastating Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
, Bange was assigned a special report called "Into the Darkness," which profiled two Chicago-area pilots and their crew who became among the first to arrive in New Orleans after the storm destroyed the levees surrounding the city and flooded New Orleans and who helped rescue hundreds of stranded residents. Bange recreated the rescue for viewers using night-vision goggles, and the report won an award by the Illinois chapter of the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
for "Best Hard News Feature".
Bange has won include a Regional Emmy in 1999 for "Best Feature Reporting" on her series on a group of skydivers trying to attain the world record for the largest skydive formation. In 2009, she also won the Peter Lisagor award for hard news and in-depth reporting for a report in which she helped a widow "get justice" for her husband that was killed by a suspected drunk driver.