Janet Davies Biography
Janet Davies, who was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and holds the dual USA and Irish citizenship. She joined ABC 7 Chicago as a feature and entertainment reporter in August 1984.
Davies is the host and executive producer of 190 North, an Emmy award-winning Chicago-based entertainment and lifestyle program.
Debuted in July of 1998, 190 North is the longest running magazine program in the history of Chicago television broadcasting.
As an ABC 7 news reporter, She has covered general assignment and feature stories. She has traveled the world, covering such diverse stories from the British Royal family, to the endangered species of Kenya to Israeli reaction in Jerusalem during the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference.
She has reported from the Academy Awards, the Primetime Emmy Awards, The American Music Awards and International Fashion’s Prt a Porter in Paris, France. Also, she has been the co-anchor of the ABC7 Weekend Morning News.
Besides 190 North, her other local program duties include co-host/executive producer of two #1 rated live broadcasts:
“Countdown Chicago” on New Year’s Eve, which is the highest rated local program in Chicago, and the nationally syndicated “Magnificent Mile Lights Festival”, in addition to hosting the Columbus Day, St. Patrick and Pride parade broadcasts.
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Janet Davies, who was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and holds the dual USA and Irish citizenship. She joined ABC 7 Chicago as a feature and entertainment reporter in August 1984. Davies is 58 years old as of 2019. Her birth date will be updated soon.
Janet Davies Family
She was born in Richmond, VA, Davies was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and holds the dual USA and Irish citizenship. She is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, OH. Her Father, Moher and Siblings details are under review and will be updated soon
Janet Davies Career
Davies began her broadcasting career at Cincinnati’s WKRC-TV as general assignment reporter and noon news weather anchor. She eventually became weekend anchor and City Hall reporter for Eyewitness 12 News.
Davies later was tapped to serve as co-host and executive producer for Cincinnati’s Emmy award-winning “PM Magazine”.
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Janet is married and two together with her husband they have three kids. Davies, her husband, and her children reside on Chicago’s North Side. She has not shared much information about her’s husband and kids in social media. The details are under review and will be updated soon.
Janet Davies Awards
She has 16 awards for hosting, producing, writing and reporting. She was a 2013 inductee into the Chicago Television Academy’s Silver Circle for recognition of her significant contributions to local broadcasting and has won three Silver Dome Awards from the Illinois Broadcasters Association.
Also, she received an Iris Award for children’s programming from the National Association of Television Program Executives.
Other honors involved : The Chicago League of Theaters’ prestigious Tribute Award, The Legend Award from the Chicago International Film Festival, the DaVinci Award for outstanding media from the Order Sons of Italy, the Dante Award from the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans and Trailblazer Award from Women Empowered for coverage of the African-American community.
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She has an estimated net worth of $1million dollar as of 2019. The longtime “190 North” host, entertainment Brooke walker reporter and special events host at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 is likely to sign a new deal with the station in next several days. Station executives and Davies declined to comment about the state of negotiations.
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After a 14-year run for “190 North,” ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 said last month it was pulling the plug on the show, locally-produced leisure and entertainment-focused weekly show that had been hosted since its inception by Davies, who came on board at the station in 1984.
Three correspondents and three producers that contributed to the show were laid off in the wake of the announcement.
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Channel 7 General Manager John Idler said: “190 North” would not be gone forever, however. He plans to keep the show alive as a quarterly special. Channel 7 cited the need to cut station overhead as the reason for ending the weekly version of the show.
According to sources, the new deal Davies could sign would allow her to continue on with the station reporting entertainment news, as well as hosting and working on special programs in conjunction with the programming department.
In addition to hosting “190 North,” Davies has anchored a number of local parades, the Festival of Lights special each November and the annual New Year’s Eve special that Channel 7 produces.
Over the years, she has become famous, in a way, for her hairdos, which she has been known to change up with some frequency.
The last regular edition of “190 North” will air this Sunday. In addition to a retrospective look at top moments from the show’s past 14 years, this “190 North” will feature a segment with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, who also was featured on the first edition of the show.
Sunday’s new segment will focus on a tea house Corgan recently opened in north suburban Highland Park, where the musician resides.
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Davies began her broadcasting career at Cincinnati’s WKRC-TV as general assignment reporter and noon news weather anchor. She eventually became weekend anchor and City Hall reporter for Eyewitness 12 News.
Davies later was tapped to serve as co-host and executive producer for Cincinnati’s Emmy award-winning “PM Magazine”.
ABC 7’s Janet Davies: “I am blessed to have this job”
Joining Justin at The Big Table tonight is ABC 7 entertainment reporter and broadcast personality Janet Davies. She discusses the start of her career in a male-dominated field, her love of producing, hosting channel 7’s New Years Eve specials with Mark Giangreco, what Chicago has meant to her career and more importantly, what Chicago means to her.
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Hats and horns: Janet Davies is back!
Good news, fellow merrymakers: The lovely and charming Janet Davies, who’s helped Chicagoans ring in every New Year since 1991, will be right where she belongs on WLS-Channel 7 for “Countdown Chicago 2014.”
Word at the ABC-owned station is that Davies again will host the local New Year’s Eve special with longtime partner Mark Giangreco.
They’ll be joined by Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini of “Windy City Live.” Of course, four hosts for a one-hour show may be a bit unwieldy, but half the fun of watching the live broadcast is to see what goes wrong.
Plans for the Dec. 31 special are still being finalized, but producers say Hosea Sanders and Ji Suk Yi also are expected to return as contributors.
Davies’ role this year was far from certain after the cancellation in March of “190 North,” the weekly lifestyle and entertainment magazine she’d hosted and produced for 14 years.
With her contract up at ABC 7, it was unclear whether she would continue in any capacity at the station, where she’d been a feature reporter and program host since 1984.
Janet Davies Recent Articles
Newberry Library celebrates Chicago’s dance history in a new exhibit
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Marsha Jordan Alison Hinderliter is the exhibit’s curator. She says the Second City set the stage for dance history.
CHICAGO (WLS) — Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has been bringing the strident spirit of the city to audiences worldwide for more than four decades. Now the group’s artistry is being featured in a new exhibit at the Newberry Library called “The Legacy of Chicago.”
Local director Gail Mancuso’s new film follows the journey, impact one special dog has on families it encounters
abc7chicago.com — Director Gail Mancuso has five dogs of her own and believes in the healing power of pets. CHICAGO (WLS) — In the new film, “A Dog’s Journey,” a remarkable dog has a series of incarnations and each time, enriches human companions with a loyalty that transforms their lives.
“As a female director I can relate to a young child growing up, having trials and tribulations, going off course a little big and with the help of Bailey she gets back on track,” said Mancuso.
Dorothy Olson, Chicago pianist, honored at 102nd birthday celebration at Palmer House Hilton
abc7chicago.com — But after four decades, she was back Thursday afternoon. The Palmer House Hilton invited Olson and her family back for a birthday celebration complete with musicians and honors.
CHICAGO (WLS) — This isn’t the first time Bloomington, Ill. born Dorothy Olson has played the Empire Room at the Palmer House Hilton.
Olson is turning 102 on Friday and she began playing piano over 98 years ago. She’s been playing for 84 years professionally in Chicago.
Local pianist turns 102, Empire Room throws a celebration in her honor
abc7chicago.com — But after four decades, she was back Thursday afternoon. The Palmer House Hilton invited Olson and her family back for a birthday celebration complete with musicians and honors.
CHICAGO (WLS) — This isn’t the first time Bloomington, Ill. born Dorothy Olson has played the Empire Room at the Palmer House Hilton.
Olson is turning 102 on Friday and she began playing piano over 98 years ago. She’s been playing for 84 years professionally in Chicago.
Mike Nussbaum, Chicago native, is the oldest working actor in the US
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Marsha Jordan Chicago (WLS) — Veteran actor Mike Nussbaum is a crowning jewel in the local acting community – and he’s been one for over half a century! He’s about to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of Chicago Theatres.
“I get more fun out of this than I would out of anything else I love, I would hate to have to give it up,” Nussbaum said. Nussbaum is still on stage in Chicago Shakespeare’s current production of “Hamlet” at age 95.
O’Shea Jackson Jr. plays a supporting role in new Rom-com movie, ‘Long Shot,’ starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron
abc7chicago.com — “I’m just trying to keep it hot. It’s about staying afloat. Staying out of trouble,” said Jackson. “My PlayStation makes sure I stay in the house at all times.
” CHICAGO (WLS) — A Rom-Com starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron, a far-fetched match, but the aptly named new movie, ‘Long Shot’ came out this weekend. But who really steals this movie is O’Shea Jackson Jr., as Rogen’s best friend.
Christian Bale kicks off #Voices4FosterCare in Chicago
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Marsha Jordan”It doesn’t care what your political view is, you’ve got to care about children,” Bale said in a one-on-one interview.
Actor Christian Bale, star of “The Dark Knight,” was in Chicago on Wednesday to help kick off a month-long campaign to help children in foster care.
The Academy Award winner was at Cinespace to talk about the #Voices4FosterCare campaign by SOS Children’s Villages Illinois an agency that fosters at-risk children.
Margaret Trudeau’s one-woman show to debut at Second City in Chicago
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Marsha Jordan Margaret Trudeau, 70, is the mother of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the former wife of another prime minister, Pierre Trudeau.
She was a favorite of tabloids in the 1970s and 1980. CHICAGO (WLS) — A former Canadian first lady will perform a one-woman show at the Second City in Chicago that runs May 9-12.
Hamilton: The Exhibition opens on Northerly Island this weekend
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Rosalyn VaronHamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda treated fans to Stan’s Donuts as they waited in line to see the exhibit.
The 360-degree immersive exhibition chronicles the history of one of America’s Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton.
The exhibition is on display in a free-standing, all-weather structure the size of a football field for a limited time in Chicago before touring other cities.
‘West Side Story’ to launch at Lyric Opera of Chicago
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Marsha JordanThe Lyric Opera’s new West Side Story brings together a cast of nearly 100 artists and musicians for this 62-year-old Romeo and Juliet tale of New York’s backstreets.
CHICAGO (WLS) — A lavish stage production of the beloved musical “West Side Story” is launching in Chicago next week. “I don’t know if there is a way you can describe it,” said Corey Cott, who plays Tony.
Chicago area teen Cameron Goode auditions for ‘American Idol’
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Marsha Jordan Cameron Goode has been performing for most of his 16 years, but the kid from the south suburbs was star struck on the Idol stage.
CHICAGO (WLS) — A teenager who’s already in the spotlight at area theatres has a dream come true with a call to audition for “American Idol.”
“It’s an amazing opportunity and when something like that happens and you’re in the face of these icons it’s overwhelming, it’s terrifying,” Goode said.
Unique ‘mirror tent’ constructed for Teatro ZinZanni show this summer
abc7chicago.com — By Janet Davies and Marsha Jordan Spiegeltent, a mirror tent, was imported from Belgium and will house Teatro ZinZanni – a show opening in July which combines cabaret, spectacle, circus, comedy, music, and fine dining.
CHICAGO (WLS) — A unique new entertainment venue has been painstakingly constructed on the 14th floor of the historic building that houses the Cambria Hotel in Chicago’s theater district.