Media
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Top 10 stories on the Web in 2017Jan 17, 2018 12:00 am - With our Business Ledger website, dhbusinessledger.com, we're able to gain insight into readers' habits. We have compiled a list of the top 10 most viewed stories on o...
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Feder: ABC 7 shifts Larry Mowry to weekday weather frontJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - With the impending retirement of chief meteorologist Jerry Taft, WLS-Channel 7 announced a change in its weather front Friday. Larry Mowry, who has been appearing on the...
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Feder: 'The Lite' turned back onDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - After more than four years as 93.9 My FM, WLIT 93.9-FM has turned back to branding itself as "Lite FM." The iHeartMedia station unveiled its retro name ("The New 93.9 Li...
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Garrison Keillor fired over alleged improper behavior
Nov 29, 2017 12:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Garrison Keillor, the former host of "A Prairie Home Companion," said Wednesday he has been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of what the ne...
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CBS 2's Steve Baskerville forecasts retirementNov 27, 2017 10:00 pm - After 30 years at WBBM-Channel 2, Steve Baskerville is retiring as chief meteorologist at the CBS-owned station. Baskerville, 67, announced Tuesday that he plans to step...
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Feder: Crystal Lake native Mark Rivera named weekend anchor at ABC 7Nov 07, 2017 12:00 am - The yearlong job opening for a weekend morning news anchor and reporter at ABC 7 has finally been filled. Mark Rivera, who grew up in Crystal Lake and most recently work...
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Feder: Jimmy deCastro to head CBS Radio Chicago stations for EntercomNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Prominent Chicago media entrepreneur and radio powerhouse Jimmy deCastro has been tapped to run CBS Radio's seven Chicago stations, soon to come under new ownership. The...
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Elgin Courier will scale back publishing to three times per weekNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - By Robert Feder The parent company of the Chicago Tribune is shrinking its newspaper in Elgin from daily publication to three times a week. As of this week, the print ed...
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Feder: Ricketts shuts down DNAinfoNov 02, 2017 1:00 am - DNAinfo Chicago, the hyperlocal digital news enterprise, was abruptly closed Thursday along with its counterparts in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington,...
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Marv Nyren named boss of WLUP, WKQX radio stationsNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - Marv Nyren, who headed classic rock WLUP FM 97.9 and alternative rock WKQX FM 101.1 for seven years under Emmis Communications, is back in charge of both stations, now o...