Steve Dahl, WXRT's Hemmert up for broadcast hall of fame

Posted June 03, 2010 11:00 pm

By Ted Cox

As usual, there are plenty of Chicago figures up for induction into the Radio Hall of Fame at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, but a welcome new addition this year is WXRT 93.1-FM disc jockey Terri Hemmert, up for induction in the active local or regional category. Steve Dahl is up in the pioneer local or regional category, and WLS-AM's "National Barn Dance" is under consideration in the national pioneer category. Industry bigwigs will vote all summer leading up to the 2010 induction in the fall.

Day o' O'Day

Speaking of overdue recognition, the Documentary Channel looks at the career of an all-but-forgotten artist in "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer," at 7 p.m. Monday, June 7. It's highly recommended for anyone who might call himself or herself a jazz fan.

DuSable to Obama

WTTW Channel 11 looks at the entire vast range of the black experience in Chicago with the new special "DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis," airing at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. Kellita Smith of "The Bernie Mac Show" narrates the four-segment special.

'Seven' up

"Seven" is a convoluted, ultraviolent action mystery, which of course means it's prime Waste Watcher material, especially as it stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. It runs at 8 p.m. today on Bravo, immediately repeated at 11.

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