Bill Frink
| Bill Frink | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William R. Frink July 31, 1926 |
| Died | July 1, 2005 (aged 78) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Years active | 1950–1988 |
| Spouse(s) | Willa Frink |
William R. "Bill" Frink (31 July 1926 – 1 July 2005) was an American former news presenter. He served as the sportscaster for Chicago's WLS-TV (an ABC-affiliate).
Bill Frink started his career in 1941 at WTRC in Elkhart, Indiana, as a radio sports announcer while still in high school. Frink broadcast sports for WXLI Guam Armed Forces Network while serving with the U.S. Navy in 1946. Upon his return from Guam, Frink spent four years at Northwestern University on the G.I. Bill. From 1947 to 1965, he was a radio and TV sports announcer for WEAW in Evanston, Illinois, for WILA in Gurney, Illinois, for WSGW in Saginaw, Michigan, for WIMA in Lima, Ohio, for WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, for WCFL in Chicago, Illinois. For WCFL, he re-created White Sox games for radio broadcast from statistics provided on ticker tape machines.
At WLS in 1968, Frink was teamed with Fahey Flynn, Joel Daly and John Coleman to form the Eyewitness News team, creating a news brand name and establishing a highly successful new local news format derisively dubbed "happy talk" by a local television columnist. This style of local news has been widely copied. The team dominated Chicago television news ratings for more than a decade. During his time at Chicago's WLS-TV, Frink was one of Chicago's most popular sportscasters, known for his sense of humor and knowledge of sports.
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