Jenniffer Weigel Biography
Jenniffer Weigel is a Chicago-based radio and television presenter, author, and performer with her own production company. She was a morning cohost on WLS-AM with Mancow Muller, and she currently hosts her own program from 10:00 p.m. to midnight on Monday through Friday.
Age
She was born Jenniffer Colleen Weigel on 6 October 1970 in the United States of America. Weigel is 53 years old as of 0ctober 2023.
Education
Weigel graduated from Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois, and received a bachelor’s degree in theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992.
Family- Parents
Weigel is the daughter of the late Tim Weigel, a long-time Chicago television sports and news journalist, and his first wife, former WGN-AM radio reporter Kathy Worthington. She is also the sister of TV newscaster Rafer Weigel.
Husband- Married
In June 1998, Weigel married Clay Champlin, a Chicago radio traffic and news reporter. They got divorced in 2011.
Career
Weigel began his career as an actor, performing at Second City Northwest, Wisdom Bridge Theatre, and the National Jewish Theatre. He also works on speaking. In 1995, Weigel began working as a traffic reporter for WMVP-AM and WLUP-FM in Chicago. In 1997, he moved to news anchor at WMVP-AM and worked with anchors such as Danny Bonaduce and Steve Cochran. From late 1997 to early 1999, he worked as an entertainment reporter at WGN-TV in Chicago. In 1999, Weigel and her husband, Clay Champlin, began hosting a Saturday night radio show on WCKG-FM in Chicago. From 2002 to 2003, Weigel hosted a Saturday afternoon talk show on WLS-AM in Chicago. He also occasionally works as a host at WGN-AM radio in Chicago.
In 1999, Weigel began working as a freelance entertainment writer at WBBM-TV in Chicago. He took a full-time job in 2000 and won a Chicago Emmy Award for his broadcast in 2001. In 2002, Weigel immediately requested termination of his contract with the network after he was reassigned to on-air duties. Weigel later worked as a freelance reporter for ABC News’ Chicago bureau and held some marketing and speaking assignments. He also founded his own production company, JCW Productions, in 2002.In 2005, Weigel began hosting and producing the weekly news program Taste, which airs on WMAQ-TV in Chicag0.
Weigel published his first book, Stay Tuned, in 2007; Talk to Dads on the Other Side is a book about her relationship with her late football husband Tim Weigel and her attempts to connect with her father after his death. The following year Weigel published the book “I’m a Ghost, Damn It!” He adapted it into a show called. at the Viaduct Theater in Chicago. His second book, I Am a Spirit, Damn! The book was published in October 2010 and is currently available in German, French, Spanish and English.
Weigel has played many roles since starting his career in television and radio. In 1999, he played a television reporter in an episode of the television series Early Edition, and in 2001 he played a reporter in John Hughes’ film Newport South. In December 2014, he became a television correspondent for Chicago Fire. In July 2018, Weigel was hired by the Chicago Sun-Times as community manager. In March 2019, Weigel signed on to host Manco Mueller’s morning radio show on WLS-AM in Chicago
Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.