Robservations on Mark Giangreco

This is the story that Robert Feder broke once he read my article

Robservations on the media beat:

Former Chicago sports anchor?Mark Giangreco?was a no-show Sunday when the long-delayed 2020 Silver Circle Awards finally were presented. Anchorman and 2018 Silver Circle inductee?Jim Williams,?who emceed the virtual program for the?Chicago/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,?presented?and?accepted the award on Giangreco’s behalf. (Here is a link to the video.) Giangreco was the only one of the six living honorees who did not submit a video biography or record an acceptance speech. Initially?selected?for the career honor in November 2019, Giangreco was?fired?last March after 27 years at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Reached Monday, he said he had planned to travel out of the country last week but canceled the trip and ran out of time to select a presenter or prepare a video. “I certainly didn’t mean to demean the award or disrespect the other honorees,” he said.