Media
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Jim O'Donnell: Pat Fitzgerald is much too happy to coach the BearsDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - PAT FITZGERALD HAS one glaring blind spot. It's called "excessive loyalty." Amid the upheaval and maneuvering of 2020, that should be downright refreshing. But once in a...
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Feder: WGN's Paul Konrad suspends social media as 'healthy personal decision'Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - It's been more than two weeks since Paul Konrad surprised fans by announcing he was "taking the rest of the year off of social media." No Facebook. No Twitter. No Instag...
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Newspaper executive from Grayslake championed industry's causesDec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Mike Kramer had newspaper ink in his veins, from a reporting job fresh out of college at his family's downstate newspapers, to becoming one of the top executives at the ...
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Feder: Melissa McGurren 'really sorry' to be missing from The MixDec 07, 2020 12:00 am - As her disappearance from the popular WTMX 101.9-FM morning show she co-hosts with Eric Ferguson continues without explanation, Melissa McGurren released a Facebook vide...
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Jim O'Donnell: Sox to find out if Kasper milquetoast travelsDec 04, 2020 11:00 pm - SO, AS FIRST SUGGESTED in this space 17 months ago, Len Kasper is leaving Cubs TV. To work White Sox radio. Since it involves Kasper, the first impulse is to reach for t...
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Feder: Dish Network blackout of Nexstar stations exploits viewersDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - While Dish Network and Nexstar Media Group continue to play hardball on a retransmission agreement, viewers of "Chicago's Very Own" WGN-Channel 9 and WGN America cable n...
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Jim O'Donnell: Curious irony frames Philadelphia's backdoor cover on 'MNF'Dec 02, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN ALANIS MORISSETTE released her charmingly manic "Ironic" all those NFL decisions ago, it's a shame she couldn't have had the foresight to include a verse about the ...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio hosts 25th annual 'Good Neighbor Radiothon'Dec 02, 2020 12:00 am - It's been nearly four decades since the late, great Eddie "Chicago Ed" Schwartz, king of late-night radio in Chicago, launched his annual Good Neighbor Food Drive on WGN...
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Feder: Newsman John Dempsey announces retirement from WLS RadioDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - You won't find a more solid and reliable newsman in all of Chicago radio than John Dempsey. Now he's voluntarily stepping down as news director and afternoon news anchor...
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Feder: WTTW pats itself on the back with 'Making Sense of 2020'Nov 30, 2020 12:00 am - There's still a full month to go before 2020 is over, but that's not stopping WTTW-Channel 11 from wrapping it up already. Like everyone else, it seems Chicago's public ...