Who's Your Daddy?

In this town, genealogy rocks.

By Barbara Nellis


In Chicago, "Who's your daddy?" isn’t a snipe; it’s a legit question. Lately, the local broadcast world has turned into a case in point. The two sons of veteran WTTW (11) Chicago Tonight anchor Phil Ponce are now in the game as reporters, Dan at WLS-TV (7) and Anthony at WMAQ-TV (5). Then there’s WGN-TV (9) weekend anchor Robert Jordan’s daughter Karen at WLS (7); Comcast SportsNet’s Dan Jiggetts’s daughter Lauren at WMAQ (5); and WCKG radio icon Steve Dahl’s son Matt, who follows him on 105.9 FM. If the kids feel any pressure, it doesn’t show. In our town, genealogy rocks.

 
This article appears in the September 2007 issue of Chicago Magazine.

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