Media
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Feder: 94.7 WLS' Dave Fogel on the mend after brain aneurysmJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago radio veteran Dave Fogel says he expects to be back on the air today after spending two days in the hospital for treatment of a brain aneurysm. Fogel, 58, who ho...
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Feder: Legendary Chicago TV reporter Russ Ewing dies at 95Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Legendary Chicago TV reporter Russ Ewing died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Paw Paw, Michigan. He was 95. For decades "Call Russ Ewing!" was a familiar refrain among ...
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Feder: Radio legend Terri Hemmert leaving midday shift at WXRTJun 24, 2019 1:00 am - Terri Hemmert, the Radio Hall of Famer who's been the heart and soul of WXRT 93.1-FM for 45 years, says she is cutting back her workload at the Entercom adult album alte...
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O'Donnell: Will Cubs' Kasper and Deshaies be together next season?Jun 21, 2019 1:00 am - THE MOST EARTHSHAKING CHANGE ever in the Cubs TV booth began as a whisper. With the Cubs' dicey Marquee Network set to launch next winter, the same kind of whistling win...
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Feder: Chicago Reader names two editors-in-chiefJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - Following the adage that two heads are better than one, the Chicago Reader finalized its editorial reorganization this week with the appointment of two editors-in-chief....
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O'Donnell: Michael Jordan to Eloy Jimenez - tales behind two mammoth arrivalsJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Thursday - June 20, 1984 - Chicago awoke to the somewhat hopeful clarion, "Bulls Draft Michael Jordan." Now long forgotten was a Chicago Tribune he...
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Feder: WTTW's 'Chicago Tonight' exec producer to retireJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - The exodus of executives continues at WTTW-Channel 11: Mary Field, executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" since 1996, has announced her retirement from the Window to th...
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Feder: Curse word led WGN Radio to fire Patti VasquezJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - The last straw for Patti Vasquez turned out to be an accidental F-bomb that dropped during her show on WGN 720-AM earlier this month. Vasquez was fired Monday after five...
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O'Donnell: Resilient Mike Leiderman set to leave Chicago an unquestioned victorJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - MIKE LEIDERMAN IS finally leaving this town. More than four decades after a resolute young man from Great Neck, N.Y., set out to conquer Chicago sportscasting, he and wi...
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Feder: Film screening to honor Chet Coppock at New Trier West tonightJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - One of Chet Coppock's last video projects will have a public screening tonight at New Trier West High School in Northfield as a tribute to the late Chicago sportscaster....