Chicago television icon Walter Jacobson will change channelsafter more than 20 years to become principal news anchor atWFLD-Channel 32.
Jacobson decided Monday to leave WBBM-Channel 2 and sign afour-year contract with the Fox-owned station worth $700,000 a year.The first 2 1/2 years of the deal are no-cut, followed by 18 monthsat the station's option, sources said.
The move confirms a report here on April 15.
He will make his debut Monday as anchor of the Fox-ownedstation's 9 p.m. weekday newscast.
While Jacobson's new salary is considerably less than the $1million-a-year-plus he had been making at Channel 2 since 1988, themove will rejuvenate …
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