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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

Corey McPherrin, newsman who chose Chicago over network TV, retires Friday

After four-plus decades in broadcast news — including 28 years at FOX 32 Chicago — television anchor Corey McPherrin is retiring Friday. (Owen Ziliak/Sun-Times)

With the red-and-white Fox 32 Chicago logo scrolling behind him, Corey McPherrin strikes the classic anchor pose — the one that demands your attention and says: “You can trust me. Absolutely.”

Then McPherrin frowns slightly and tells the photographer taking his picture that, to be “consistent,” he’d like to step away to apply some makeup.

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