Lewis Lazare: WFLD - Robert Feder

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: By Lewis Lazare : Media & Marketing Columnist : Dec 10, 2010 02:06AM : Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 is in negotiations to bring back meteorologist Tammie Souza, sources said. Souza previously worked at WFLD under former general manager Pat Mullen. Souza also was a weekend weather reporter at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 prior to joining Channel 32. Souza is now the chief meteorologist at WTSP-Channel 10 in Tampa, Fla. : WFLD needs more bodies in its weather department. Amy Freeze is the lead weather reporter. Bill Bellis will join the WFLD weather team in late February. : The station also has renewed general assignment reporter Darlene Hill�s contract. Hill became a star at WFLD when she managed to obtain a copy of a video of the brutal beating of student Derrion Albert. Hill was the lead reporter on the Albert story, and she was instrumental in helping WFLD win a prestigious George Peabody Award for its coverage. : The station confirmed that special projects reporter Mark Saxenmeyer will leave WFLD late this month after a 17-year run. His contract was not renewed. : The ongoing flux in WFLD�s news department ranks and the absence of any major lift in the news ratings continue to unnerve more than a few people who still work there. A closed-door meeting early Thursday of WFLD general manager Michael Renda and news director Carol Fowler with Dennis Swanson, the executive who oversees all Fox-owned TV stations, prompted another wave of speculation about what might happen next. Knowledgeable sources close to developments said the meeting was called to discuss the revamp of the station�s news programming. : Feder moves to Time Out : Former Sun-Times radio and television columnist Robert Feder is joining the Chicago Time Out organization Jan. 3. Feder will have the title �media critic� and will pen a daily blog on the company�s website. Feder also will have a presence in the company�s weekly magazine that covers the broad cultural and entertainment scene in Chicago and includes copious listings of events. �We�re still working out exactly what his column will look like in the magazine,� said Time Out editor in chief Frank Sennett, who indicated Feder�s print column might include the best nuggets from a week�s worth of blog postings. : For the past year Feder wrote a daily blog that appeared on the Vocalo.org.

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