Media
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Feder: Layoffs at iHeartMedia drive out ace traffic reporter Bart ShoreJun 09, 2022 1:00 am - For 25 years he's been the most familiar and authoritative voice of traffic on Chicago radio. But after delivering his last report Wednesday morning on iHeartMedia hip-h...
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Feder: Three stations bidding for Bears radio rightsJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Three Chicago stations are vying for the radio rights to Chicago Bears football broadcasts, according to multiple sources. Audacy all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, ra...
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O'Donnell: Mega-million Saudi golf tour perfect for money-driven poseurs like MickelsonJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - THE LACE CURTAIN IRISH on the West Side of Cleveland used to have an enduring life lesson they'd pass on to their children and their children's children: "Your last frie...
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Feder: Rock radio legend Bob Stroud signing off as midday host on The DriveJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - In all of Chicago radio you won't find a more talented, knowledgeable, genial or universally admired personality than Bob Stroud. But soon you won't find him hosting mid...
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Feder: Marty Lennartz moving to mornings on 93 XRTJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Marty Lennartz, a lifelong Chicagoan whose four decades at WXRT 93.1-FM began as producer of Terri Hemmert's morning show, is about to become morning host himself at the...
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Feder: New Latino Media Network buys Chicago's WRTO in $60 million deal with UnivisionJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - The Spanish-language radio home of Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs, White Sox and Fire broadcasts has been sold to the newly formed Latino Media Network as part o...
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Data center campus proposed for portion of WGN transmitter site near Elk GroveJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - The parent company of WGN radio has proposed relocating the station's transmission tower to the north end of its 100-acre property near Elk Grove Village to make way for...
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O'Donnell: Stone, Jackson, Guillen - will any ever call out the Reinsdorf-La Russa implode?Jun 04, 2022 9:00 am - WHEN TED KOPPEL AND "NIGHTLINE" came to be on ABC all those years ago, the show's initial title was "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage." It's too bad that there's no...
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Feder: Sun-Times hires Jennifer Kho as executive editorJun 03, 2022 1:00 am - Jennifer Kho, a Los Angeles-based digital media consultant and former managing editor of HuffPost and Guardian US, was named executive editor of the Sun-Times Thursday. ...
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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...