Payne was hired at WGN in 1990 at only 25, and was with the station until 2011. She would have anchored WGN's 9 o'clock news which continued to air nationally on the old WGN Superstation (until late 2014 IIRC):
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Former WGN anchor Allison Payne dead at 57: ‘She was proud of excellence’
Allison Payne, a nine-time Emmy Award winner was the face of WGN-TV for two decades.
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