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Walter Jacobson

American television journalist

  • Fame44.3
  • Momentum0.5
  • Wikipedia1.4K
Born 1937 · age 89United States
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    Born 1937
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Updated 2026-08-17

Walter David Jacobson is a former Chicago television news personality and a current Chicago radio news personality. He currently provides opinion segments for WGN Radio AM 720. From 2010 until 2013, he was an anchor of the 6 p.m. news on WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he also had worked from 1973 until 1993. From 1993 until 2006, he was principal anchor on WFLD-TV's FOX News at 9 and the host of FOX Chicago Perspective, a one-hour news and political show that aired Sunday mornings on WFLD.

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44.3
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Momentum0.5
Historical4.2
Source confidence40.0
Completeness65.0
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