WLS-Channel 7 to air political debates

ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 will partner with the League of Women Voters of Illinois and Cook County and the Better Government Association for a series of political debates in January, 2010. These debates will feature candidates running for the offices of United States senator from Illinois, governor and Cook County board president during the Feb. 2, 2010 primary race. The debates, which will be broadcast from the Channel 7 studios, will air commercial free and will be streamed live on abc7chicago.com. The time and dates of the debates will be announced in December. As with past debates see on on WLS, the format will include a Channel 7 moderator and a panel of journalists (to be determined), questioning the candidates on important issues.