Media
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O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. / Arlington proves that it can still put on quite a clown showNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, Bunker Bill Carstanjen — the deadpan slap-schticker running Churchill Downs Inc. — must have studied “A Little Night Music.” That's the 1973 St...
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Feder: 'Bozo's Circus' rewinds the '70sNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated because WGN has changed the premiere to Dec. 19. Big news for Bozo fans: “Bozo's Circus: The 1970s,” a two-hour primetime...
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Feder: WGN Radio hires Lisa Dent to host afternoonsNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Lisa Dent, who's been a popular Chicago radio personality for two decades, will sign on as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host at WGN 720-AM in the new year. The Nexsta...
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Feder: Naperville native Candace McCollum to report on missing Black women for WVONNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - A five-part radio documentary series on more than 50 Black women and girls in Chicago who vanished without a trace will air on WVON 1690-AM, the Midway Broadcasting news...
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Jim O'Donnell: Alderman's plan for Chicago to buy Bears is a non-starterNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - WHO CAN FORGET WHEN Daniel Burnham — the great Chicago urban planner — almost said, “Make no little nonsense?” Alderman George Cardenas, one of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Ci...
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Feder: The Mix posts opening for Eric Ferguson's old jobNov 16, 2021 12:00 am - For the first time in 25 years there's an opening for a new morning host at WTMX 101.9-FM. The job posting by Hubbard Radio Chicago comes two weeks after Eric Ferguson s...
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O'Donnell: Scottie Pippen's new book fails to factor in the phenomenon of Michael JordanNov 13, 2021 12:00 am - FOR THE THIRD GAME of Michael Jordan's NBA career, Quintin Dailey staged a defiant, lonely protest by staying home and watching cartoons. A few weeks later, Dailey made ...
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Feder: Midday anchor Julie Unruh leaving WGNNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - Julie Unruh, midday news anchor at WGN-Channel 9, is signing off after 20 years at the Nexstar Media station. Her last day will be November 24. "I've been proud to wor...
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Feder: Lake Zurich's Lisa Fielding hosts new WBBM Newsradio podcastNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - Growing up in Lake Zurich, Lisa Fielding always thought of herself as a "theater kid." Now a top-rated afternoon news anchor and reporter at WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, s...
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Feder: Carjacking leaves radio host Maze Jackson 'in complete state of shock'Nov 10, 2021 12:00 am - Days after his national star-turn on the Hulu documentary series "Being Blago," Chicago radio personality and podcaster Maze Jackson became the victim of a carjacking on...