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Feder: Onetime listener Shaun Thompson moves up to afternoon host at WINDMar 22, 2021 1:00 am - Twelve years after he began calling in to talk radio shows as a listener, Melrose Park native Shaun Thompson has been named afternoon drive host at WIND 560-AM, the Sale...
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Feder: The news rules, with WBBM, WBEZ again on top of radio ratingsMar 22, 2021 1:00 am - Entercom all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM held onto the top spot overall in the latest Chicago radio ratings while Chicago Public Media news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM reprised...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago enjoys a blockbuster weekMar 20, 2021 1:00 am - It's been a week to celebrate for Block Club Chicago, the must-read neighborhood news site that just keeps getting better and better, Robert Feder writes. First it was ...
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Jim O'Donnell: 'No action' for legal books and bettors in Illinois on Illini-LoyolaMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - WANT TO LEGALLY BET Sunday's round of 32 NCAA Tournament match between Andre Curbelo's Fighting Illini and Cameron Krutwig's Loyola in the state of Illinois? Not today, ...
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Feder: Host of 'Chicagoing' Bill Campbell diesMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Bill Campbell, who was best known for his long run as host and producer of the weekly public affairs show "Chicagoing," died Wednesday Wednesday at a Symphony Care Netwo...
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Jim O'Donnell: Former Bulls play-by-play voice brutalized in Lyft carjackingMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN "THE LAST DANCE" aired on ESPN last spring, Bill Hazen had some renewed pep in his step. Snippets of Hazen's work as Bulls play-by-play man alongside Johnny "Red" K...
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Feder: WLS picks Dan Bongino as replacement for Rush LimbaughMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - Dan Bongino, a conservative podcaster and staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, has been tapped to replace Rush Limbaugh on WLS 890-AM, the Cumulus Media n...
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Feder: Better Business Bureau to salute Pam Zekman, Bob SirottMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - Legendary Chicago broadcasters Pam Zekman and Bob Sirott are being honored by the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois for their great careers, Robert...
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Feder: Naperville's Laura Bannon headed home to morning weather job at CBS 2Mar 16, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly a year after Megan Glaros was cut in sweeping companywide layoffs at WBBM-Channel 2, the CBS-owned station has hired her replacement as weekday morning meteorolog...
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Feder: The Drive revs up 20th anniversary with flashback to first day's musicMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty years ago today all eyes (and ears) were on a radio station in Chicago that had been stunting for weeks by airing only one artist or group each day - from Barbra ...