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Walter Jacobson | |
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| Born | July 28, 1937 |
| Education | Grinnell College (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Anchorman, News Personality, Television Guest Star |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lynn Straus (1960–1970s; divorced), Diana Dybsky (1980–?; divorced), Susan Jacobson (1995–2019) |
| Children | 2, including Peter (with Strauss) 2 (with Dybsky) |
| Awards | See Awards |
Walter David Jacobson (born July 28, 1937) 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.