2025 Chicago Silver Circle - NATAS Chicago/Midwest

We will be celebrating the careers and accomplishments of:

We will also induct posthumously:

WHAT IS SILVER CIRCLE?

The Silver Circle Award was established to recognize and honor outstanding individuals who have devoted 25 years or more to the television industry and who have either made significant contributions to local broadcasting, or who have spent the formative years of their career in the chapter region. Nominees in academic, administrative, creative, journalistic, performing or technical roles within the television industry are eligible.

To suggest a Silver Circle nominee, click here.

2025

Honors presentation

FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025

The Silver Circle Honors Dinner will be held on Friday, May 2, 2025 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N. Michigan, Chicago. The honorees are: Diann Burns, Jennifer Graves, Billy Jennings, Dan Jiggetts, Rob Stafford, and Debra Zimmer. We will also induct two television greats who left us far too soon: Phil Donahue and Bernard Shaw. The High School Student Award Presentation will take place at the beginning of dinner at 6:30 pm.

EVENT SCHEDULE
Cocktails – 5:30 pm (cash bar)
Dinner and Student Awards – 6:30 pm
Award Ceremony – 7:45

Purchase tickets

Prices increase $30 after Wednesday, April 23rd.

SINGLE member
tickets
$200

Single
Non-Member TICKETS
$220

Sponsor TABLE FOR 10
$2500

sponsor Table for 12
$2900

For individual tickets purchased, seating will be arranged in tables of 10 or 12. If requested, individuals can be seated together even if tickets are purchased separately. When you purchase tickets, there will be online questions about your seating preferences. We will make all effort to seat individual ticket holders together according to their preferences.

ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRAM BOOK

FULL PAGE AD
7.5 x 10"

HALF PAGE AD

7.5 x 4.75"

QUARTER PAGE AD

3.5 x 4.75"

Deadline: Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Silver Circle program book will be printed 8.5" x 11".
- Files should be at least 300dpi.
- Ads can be in color or grayscale. If color, CMYK is preferred.

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congratulations message

Congratulation messages are just text.

Example:

"To Jim Smith.
Congratulations on this honor!
We love you. Susan, Fred, and Holly"

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QUESTIONS?

TEL: 312-218-8058
rcowing@emmyonline.tv

Need to pay by check? SEND AD PAYMENT TO:

Attn: Rebekah Cowing
Chicago/Midwest TV Academy Chapter
c/o Columbia College, Communication Dept.,
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Ste. 535,
Chicago, IL 60605

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