DMA 3: CHICAGO
Emanuel Wouldn’t Be First Chicago Mayor To Turn TV Pundit
The next time you hear Mayor Rahm Emanuel talk about the city’s financial problems, remember the deal he just turned down. In response to a suggestion here Thursday that could have netted City Colleges of Chicago a cool $474 million by auctioning off the license of its little-watched public TV station, the mayor flatly rejected the idea
MARKET PROFILE (DMA 3)
Chicago Mayor Race Boosts TV Spending
Seeking a second term in the Feb. 24 election, Democratic incumbent Rahm Emanuel’s campaign spending has helped prop up a TV market that is flat to down slightly compared to last year.
