Media
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Feder: WXRT hires Boston rock radio veteran Annalisa as full-time on-air hostJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - A rare on-air opening at WXRT 93.1-FM is about to bring a new voice to the full-time weekday lineup at the Audacy adult album alternative station. Annalisa, a 37-year ve...
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O'Donnell: Will the NBA's new red-light camera calls ruin The Finals for ABC/ESPN?Jun 01, 2022 1:00 am - THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION has somehow found its own answer to those graft-ridden red-light cameras that plague the streets of select municipalities. For lack o...
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Feder: GOP candidates for governor to debate on ABC 7, Univision ChicagoJun 01, 2022 1:00 am - All six Republican candidates for governor of Illinois have agreed to participate in a one-hour debate Thursday hosted by ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Starting at 7 p.m., A...
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O'Donnell: Jed Hoyer is perfect for the paranoid down times of the Ricketts' Wrigleyville 3.0May 28, 2022 9:00 am - WERE RAY DAVIES AND THE KINKS aiming future vibrations at the Cubs of Jed Hoyer when they sang about "Paranoia, the destroyer?" "Paranoia" seems to be the password at Wr...
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Feder: ABC 7 news continues to top Chicago ratingsMay 27, 2022 1:00 am - Overall viewership of Chicago's 10 p.m. newscasts declined nearly 14 percent from last year, according to preliminary results of the just-finished May sweep. Ratings fe...
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Feder: Second-generation journalist Maddy Wierus comes home to CBS NewsMay 26, 2022 1:00 am - Along with the Ponce, Holt, Volkman and Jiggetts dynasties it's time to add a new name to the list of Chicago's multigenerational media families. Maddy Wierus, who grew ...
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Feder: Laura Washington moves to Chicago TribuneMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - Laura Washington, one of Chicago's most prominent and respected political commentators, is leaving the Sun-Times after more than 20 years to write for the Chicago Tribun...
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Feder: Editor Karen Hawkins leaving Chicago ReaderMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - Now that the transition of the Chicago Reader to nonprofit ownership has been finalized under the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, there's a change in editoria...
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Gas, groceries and getaways: How suburban Facebook users say they'll use settlement cashMay 19, 2022 5:00 am - $650 million doesn't go as far as it used to. Just ask the 1.6 million or so Illinois Facebook users who last week began receiving payments as part of a settlement in a ...
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O'Donnell: Could Ozzie Guillen's hunger and spark be the perfect elixir for snoozin' Sox?May 15, 2022 1:00 am - THE FULL TRUTH IS, if Ozzie Guillen were completely - dangerously - untethered, he'd be the most direct and authoritative White Sox TV analyst since Jimmy Piersall. Inst...