Since this was originally written in April of 1998, there have been a few changes...Linda is no longer co-anchor of the 10 o'clock on Channel 2...and she has put on some pounds...all the promos they run on Channel 2 show the thinner version...it's most noticeable when they show it at the beginning of the newscast, then switch to the current version. Happens to us all, I guess...but still Linda managed to hang on to her #7 ranking.
Here's what I said back in '98:
This isn't a picture of Linda.OH, YES IT IS...it shows Linda in the robsgrille studios, chatting it up with my sister-in-law, Lou Ann. Don't they look like sisters? Channel 2 FINALLY has it's own website, thanks to CBS, but WBBM-TV has added no content to it, so no staff bios and photos. This is a NOT picture of my lovely wife, Laura,(SEE BELOW FOR THIS PICTURE) and her reaction to being featured on the pages of robsgrille. (I imagine Linda might have a similar reaction.) But there is a connection:
there was a rumor floating through our rural neighborhood that my wife was Linda's sister. This was due to our neighbor ("The Widow", who has now gone to Dutch heaven)mistaking our name "McKenna" for "MacLennan". I guess all Mcs and Macs sound alike to the Dutch ear. Anyway, Linda is very perky, and I enjoy hearing her Canadian accent. I swear they purposely put "boat" and "about" and "house", just for my amusement.
Here's a picture off the Channel 2 website...finally...I had to crop out Lester, Tim, and Steve.
In our judging, Linda recieved the following scores:
Body: 3
Beauty: 4
Annunciator: 3
Congeniality: 6
Total: 19
Here's that picture of my wife that used to adorn the top of this page...
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