WCVB’s ‘Chronicle’ Team Inducted Into TV History

WCVB, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Boston, has been airing Chronicle for 37 years, and it’s the longest-running, locally-produced news magazine in the country.

Two of Chronicle’s long-time leaders, Chris Stirling, executive producer, and Susan Sloane, managing editor, will be inducted as a team into The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Boston/New England Chapter’s Silver Circle in November.

Stirling, who is retiring at the end of this year, and Sloane, who retired in December 2018, served together at the helm of Chronicle for more than 30 years. Induction into the prestigious Silver Circle honors individuals with 25 years or more of outstanding contributions to the television industry.

“It is simply impossible to overstate the significant contributions both Chris and Susan have made to the quality, longevity, and success of Channel 5’s award-winning Chronicle,” said Bill Fine, WCVB’s general manager.

“For more than three decades, they’ve led a team of outstanding journalists at Chronicle and have always served as an example of excellence, and I congratulate them on this incredible honor.”

Chris Stirling joined WCVB’s Chronicle in 1984 as a field producer. In the subsequent 35 years, he served as the program’s managing editor, producer, and executive producer. During his tenure, Chronicle earned two duPont-Columbia awards and numerous New England Emmy awards. Before joining WCVB, Stirling spent five years at WBZ-TV, where he worked on the Evening Magazine program, in creative services, and as a news producer. Stirling holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Princeton University and a Master’s in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University.

Susan Sloane joined WCVB’s news department in 1979, serving as consumer affairs producer and, later, special projects producer. In 1983, she nestled into her professional home, Chronicle. Hired as a field producer, Sloane retired 36 years later as Chronicle’s managing editor, during which the program’s won many New England Emmy awards, in addition to the duPont-Columbia awards, Gabriel, Gracie, Sword of Hope and National Headliner awards garnered during her tenure.

Prior to her career at WCVB, she was an assistant editor at The Real Paper, the Boston-area alternative weekly newspaper that ceased publishing in 1981. Sloane graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Tufts University.

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