First Business
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First Business | |
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Genre | Business news |
Created by | Densil Allen/BizNet |
Presented by |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 260/year |
Production | |
Executive producer | Harvey Moshman (2008-2014) |
Running time | 30 minutes, inc. advertising |
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Original release | |
Network | first-run syndication |
Release | 1989 December 22, 2014 | –
First Business (full name First Business News) is a
The program, which typically aired before local and national morning news timeslots, had been marginalized as those shows began to start earlier (as early as 4:00 a.m.), with First Business often moved to lower-rated and lower-viewed graveyard slots. The program's cancellation ended 47 years of Weigel Broadcasting and their flagship station WCIU-TV (channel 26) carrying and originating business-focused programming from Chicago.
Syndication
As of the fall 2011 season, the program was carried daily on more than 100 US
History
The First Business program was originally launched in 1989 by BizNet, the broadcast division of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.[1] From its inception through its BizNet years with the Chamber, the First Business program production team was led by BizNet News Director Densil Allen.
The production of First Business was later taken over from BizNet by CONUS Communications, a joint venture of
In 2003, Weigel Broadcasting took over the program and moved the show to Chicago. With the loss of affiliates for the show as stations began to expand local morning news and force it into a graveyard slot, Weigel decided to shut down the program. Its last edition was produced before the Christmas break, on December 22, 2014.[1]
Former host Angela Miles now hosts and produces the identically formatted Business First AM, which airs in a similar time slot and shares many of its same Chicago-based contributors.[2]
Notable former on-air staff
References
- ^ a b Feder, Robert (17 November 2014). "Closing bell tolls for 'First Business News' at Weigel Broadcasting". RobertFeder.com. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Business First AM".
External links
- Official website Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine