RIP pioneering Chicago journalists Jorie Lueloff, Orion Samuelson

[Mr._Graybeard]

Lueloff was the first female news anchor in the city at NBC-owned and operated station WMAQ; Samuelson was best known as host of the syndicated U.S. Farm Report but was also a steady fixture at WGN.
Jorie Lueloff Friedman - Wikipedia
Orion Samuelson - Wikipedia

 

[maumann2]

Can you imagine a time when a married woman couldn't own a credit card in her own name?

And Samuelson was the Vin Scully of farm news. Sixty years of soybeans and hog bellies.

RIP to two Chicago legends.

 

[SportsGuyBCK]

And Samuelson was the Vin Scully of farm news. Sixty years of soybeans and hog bellies.

He must have idolized Les Nessman ...

 

[Liut]

Can you imagine a time when a married woman couldn't own a credit card in her own name?

And Samuelson was the Vin Scully of farm news. Sixty years of soybeans and hog bellies.

RIP to two Chicago legends.

Orion Samuelson is the greatest agriculture broadcast journalist of all time.
On the Mount Rushmore, Samuelson is George Washington.
His longtime WGN Radio colleague Max Armstrong is one of the other three.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Can you imagine a time when a married woman couldn't own a credit card in her own name?

And Samuelson was the Vin Scully of farm news. Sixty years of soybeans and hog bellies.

RIP to two Chicago legends.

A little OT, but after WWII my mother, who was single at the time, bought a house. She had to hire an attorney to sign the paperwork on her behalf. Not represent her or advise her, but act as her de facto guardian in the transaction. The closing agreement identified her as a "spinster."

 

[mpcincal]

He must have idolized Les Nessman ...

When I saw mauman's statement, I seriously wondered if he was in any way an inspiration for the Nessman character.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

"The godless tornadoes"