Media
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Feder: Lite FM leads Chicago radio ratings with sounds of ChristmasJan 26, 2021 12:00 am - More than 2.2 million listeners tuned in to “Chicago's Christmas Music Station” in December, giving iHeartMedia adult contemporary WLIT 93.9-FM another humungous victory...
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Feder: Rebranded 'NewsNation' moving Joe Donlon to solo news hour at 6 p.m.Jan 25, 2021 12:00 am - After five months as co-anchor of NewsNation, the signature prime-time newscast on WGN America, Joe Donlon is being reassigned as solo anchor of a one-hour news show at ...
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Feder: NBC Sports Chicago cuts Bears, Blackhawks writersJan 22, 2021 12:00 am - Another bloodletting at NBC Sports Chicago cost the jobs of at least three writers Thursday and elicited another "no comment" from the regional sports network, Robert Fe...
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Feder: Natasha Korecki to cover White House for PoliticoJan 21, 2021 12:00 am - Natasha Korecki, who was a star reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Herald before joining Politico, has been promoted to White House correspondent, Robert F...
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Feder: Jerome McDonnell 'pushed from the nest' at WBEZJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago Public Media WBEZ 91.5-FM bid farewell this week to Jerome McDonnell, who hosted the international affairs talk show "Worldview" for 25 years until its cancellat...
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Jim O'Donnell: Was Aaron Rodgers playing in a concussed fog at Tampa?Jan 20, 2021 12:00 am - HANDICAPPING THE NFL can be such a funny game. None may offer a past performance more curious than Sunday's NFC Championship Game between Tampa Bay and Green Bay (Fox, 2...
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Feder: Media watchdog Steve Rhodes suspends Beachwood ReporterJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - There's one less watchdog keeping an eye on Chicago media these days. Veteran journalist Steve Rhodes is stepping back after 15 years as media critic for The Beachwood R...
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Feder: 'Black Ink Crew' star Charmaine Bey named midday host on WGCIJan 19, 2021 12:00 am - Charmaine Bey, who leveraged her popularity on the VH-1 hit reality show "Black Ink Crew: Chicago" into a radio career, has been promoted to midday personality at WGCI 1...
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Feder: Pioneering aviator, trailblazing Chicago television host Jim Tilmon diesJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - It's a sign of how much Chicago loved Jim Tilmon that when he retired in 1994, Mayor Richard M. Daley proclaimed it "Jim Tilmon Day in Chicago," the Federal Aviation Adm...
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Feder: Three jobs cut in 'incredibly painful' layoffs at Univision Chicago stationsJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - Veteran sports director Hector Lozano and midday co-host/entertainment reporter Aureliano "Auri" Salgado were among three longtime staffers at Univision Chicago who lost...