In fall 1971, WBBM-TV moved the "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" from 6 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Jamieson anchored half-hour local newscasts at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. until he left the station on October 22, 1971.
The columnist added, "Jamieson has an uncanny facility with words, aided in part by his own editing of the copy before he reads it on the air.
The columnist also observed that Jamieson looked "like David Brinkley's younger brother and sounds like Harry Reasoner.
His second "Nightly News" report, which aired on December 30, 1971, examined how changes in the military draft law affected his hometown of Peoria, Illinois.
Topics included Midwestern floods, grain and meat prices, the aviation industry and a feature about singing telegrams.
On the April 19, 1977 edition of NBC News "Today," Jamieson returned to his hometown of Peoria, Illinois to note changes since he left.