Media
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Feder: NewsNation relaunches tonight - but will anybody notice?Mar 01, 2021 12:00 am - Six months to the day after WGN America launched a primetime newscast from Chicago, Nexstar Media Group is rebranding the cable network and rolling out three new shows, ...
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Feder: WGN's Dan Roan apologizes for calling player 'thug'Feb 26, 2021 12:00 am - One reason Dan Roan has lasted 37 years as the main sports anchor at Nexstar Media Group WGN-Channel 9 is that he's always managed to avoid controversy. But now he's bee...
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Feder: Talk radio host Dan Proft ends brief run in syndicationFeb 25, 2021 12:00 am - A little more than year after he took over the syndicated evening show vacated by Joe Walsh, Chicago radio personality Dan Proft is closing out his run as a national tal...
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O'Donnell: It's time for George S. Halas Stadium at Arlington ParkFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - THE TIME TO HESITATE is through. Churchill Downs Inc. has made its decision regarding Arlington Park. Now it is urgently incumbent upon regional politicians and civic pl...
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Feder: Broadcast museum to celebrate 100 years of radio's 'power and impact'Feb 23, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications has been closed to the public due to the pandemic, but behind the scenes they're working on a major new exhibit to open late...
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WBBM, WBEZ come roaring back in the ratings with newsFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am - Coming off two months dominated by “The Holiday Lite” Christmas music on iHeartMedia adult contemporary WLIT 93.9-FM, radio listenership surged for Chicago's leading new...
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Feder: Peacock docuseries takes new look at John Wayne GacyFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - A new six-part documentary series produced by NBC News Studios reexamines the case of John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer who buried the bodies of dozens of his victims i...
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Feder: First-time producer Deborah Norville finds moviemaking 'really appealing'Feb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Now you can add movie mogul to Deborah Norville's list of credits. The former Chicago TV news anchor and longtime host of "Inside Edition" is executive producer of the l...
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Feder: Future of WLS 890 AM up in the air without Rush LimbaughFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - The death of talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh Wednesday leaves Cumulus Media news/talk WLS 890-AM without its most potent personality - and without a designated replacemen...
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Feder: WTTW fires news director Hugo Balta after staff erupts over social mediaFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Hugo Balta was forced out Tuesday as news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" following a staff uprising over his use of social media...