Lisa Fielding
Lisa Fielding is a news anchor and reporter for Newsradio 780. She brings over two decades of news and sports, radio and television broadcasting experience to WBBM.
A graduate of Bradley University and an award-winning journalist, Lisa began her career as an intern and reporter for WEEK-TV in Peoria, then moved on to work for WROK-WZOK radio and as weekend anchor for WIFR-TV in Rockford. At the same time, she did some fill-in work as one of the first female voices on Chicago’s new all-sports station “The Score”. In 1999, she moved to Madison to be the main anchor for Fox 47 News at Nine where she was able to travel to the Rose Bowl and to the Final Four with the Wisconsin Badgers.
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Before coming to WBBM, she most recently served as main anchor of WVTV-WB 18 News at Nine in Milwaukee. She also spent seven years in minor league baseball as one of the few female public address announcers in the country and even was a contender to succeed Wayne Messmer as the public address announcer for the Chicago Cubs.
In addition to her duties as anchor and reporter at WBBM, she is an instructor for the Chicago Broadcast class at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Lisa’s a native of the Chicago area, grew up in Lake Zurich and is thrilled to be back home.
State Poison Control Center In Jeopardy Of Closing
Every year, the Illinois Poison Control Center handles nearly 82,000 poison related cases. Nearly half of them involve children. Dr. Michael Wahl says each year, they lose more funding.
Chicago Tea Party Members Protest IRS Actions
More than a dozen people gathered outside the Chicago IRS office to protest extra IRS scrutiny of their groups.
Navy Pier Employee Taking A Two-Day Ferris Wheel Ride
Clinton Shepherd hopes to get into the Guinness World Records book by riding the Ferris Wheel for two days. WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding reports.
Chicago Woman Applauds Jolie’s Surgery To Avoid Cancer
At 23, Lindsey Avner was the youngest patient nationwide to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer. Her grandmother and great grandmother died of the disease before she was born, and her mother is now an 18-year cancer survivor.
Cicero Offers Cubs Free Land To Build New Stadium
Cicero town president Larry Dominick, a self-proclaimed lifelong Cubs fan, has offered Ricketts and the Cubs 50 acres of free land to “build a new stadium with significantly increased seating, more parking and the opportunity to generate more advertising revenues.”
Play Recalls Story Of ‘Our Lady Of The Underpass’
It was a phenomenon under Chicago’s Fullerton Avenue underpass, now a water stain that many believed was the image of the Virgin Mary has become the subject of a play at Elgin Community College.
Aurora Honors Police, Firefighters For Saving Teen’s Life
Steven Prosser says he can’t even begin to know how to thank the men who saved his daughter Annie the night that she and three others were in a car that was submerged in a retention pond off of I-88.
Head Of Local Gay Sports Group Cheers Jason Collins’ Decision
Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association President Brian Kupersmit says Jason Collins announcement has changed the face of sports.
Suburban Residents Begin Clean-Up From Flooding
The clean up is underway in Chicago’s suburbs, reports WBBM’s Lisa Fielding.
Chicago Runners Gather To Honor Boston Marathon
A week after the Boston bombings, Chicago’s running community gathered to run and remember.
Texas Governor In Chicago To Lure Business To Lone Star State
Texas’ governor is in Illinois this week in hopes of luring away the state’s businesses.
Powerful Play Opens At NU’s Louis Theater Next Week
“The Exonerated” follows the stories of six people who were sentenced to death row and eventually absolved and set free.
Lemont High School Hosts ‘Walk With Andrew’ Fund-Raiser For Injured Teen
Teen Andrew Podczerwinski was hit by a tree during a storm last summer and he’s now paralyzed from the waist down.
Cardinal George: Same-Sex Marriage ‘Will Not Serve The Common Good’
One day after a group of clergy came together to support same-sex marriage in Illinois, Cardinal Francis George and 10 other Chicago area religious leaders spoke out against the legalization of gay marriage.
South Siders Brave Cold Temps, Kick Off Another Baseball Season
It may feel like football season, but fans are all about baseball on the South Side.
Bunnies And Chicks May Be Cute, But They Don’t Make Good Pets
Every spring, Linda Estrada with the Animal Welfare League says the agency starts seeing rabbits and chicks — Easter animals that people realize they just cannot take care of.
Made In Chicago: Rainbow Cone Celebrates 87 Years In Beverly
For Lynn Sapp, ice cream is the family business.
Chicago Area Men Bonded By Near Tragedy, Credit AED For Saving A Life
It started out a regular day on the basketball court at Christ Community Church in St. Charles.
Funeral for Jonylah Watkins Nears As Police Get Closer To An Arrest
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says they think they know what happened, they just need to prove it.
Priest Abuse Victims Call For Meeting With New Pope
A support group for clergy sex abuse victims is writing Pope Francis asking for a meeting to discuss how to stop and prevent current and future child sex crimes and cover ups.
Most Popular News
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- Employee At Dunbar High Suspended After Pushing Student Down StairsAn employee at a public high school in the Bronzeville neighborhood has been taken off the job after being recorded on cell phone video pushing a girl down a set of stairs.408
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- Student Pulled Over And Robbed By Phony Police OfficerA man driving an unmarked white Ford Crown Victoria with interior flashing red and blue lights pulled the student over near Ballard and Bender roads in Des Plaines as she was driving to school around 7:30 a.m. on May 20.340
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