Media
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Feder: Block Club Chicago launches free coronavirus hotlineOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - A free coronavirus information hotline is being launched today by Block Club Chicago, the nonprofit digital news site, Robert Feder writes. The hotline - (312) 248-4876...
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Feder: Bill Leff to host morning cartoon show on MeTVOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - Bill Leff, the affable Chicago radio personality, stand-up comedian and improv actor, will host a national one-hour weekday morning cartoon show on MeTV, the Chicago-bas...
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Feder: Former Chicago sportswriter Vaughn McClure dies at 48Oct 16, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago sports media colleagues were stunned and saddened Thursday to learn of the death of ESPN reporter and former Chicago sportswriter Vaughn McClure, 48, reports Rob...
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Feder: NBC 5 hires reporter Vi Nguyen from CBS 2Oct 15, 2020 1:00 am - Vi Nguyen, who's been a per diem reporter for CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 since 2018, has been hired full-time as a multimedia journalist and general assignment reporter fo...
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O'Donnell: Aikman knew that yellow pixies - not the Bears - beat Tampa BayOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - TROY AIKMAN WAS working very hard to hold his tongue last Thursday night. And he almost succeeded. The Hall of Famer is far too facile an NFL broadcaster to go overboard...
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Feder: With Cubs in hibernation, Marquee turns to 'Bear Essentials'Oct 14, 2020 1:00 am - What does a baseball network show when there's no baseball? In the case of Marquee Sports Network, the answer is football. Starting tonight, the new Chicago Cubs cable ...
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Feder: Whitney Reynolds brings 'voice of hope' to PBS stations nationwideOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - Ten years after Whitney Reynolds began hosting and producing a weekly inspirational talk show from Chicago, her dream of going national just came true, Robert Feder writ...
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Feder: Ready or not, Lite FM starts talking up ChristmasOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - Halloween is still almost three weeks away, but they're already thinking about Christmas at iHeartMedia adult contemporary WLIT 93.9-FM, Robert Feder writes. Listeners a...
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Feder: ProPublica Illinois to double reporting staff, expand coverageOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - ProPublica Illinois, which launched in 2017 as the first local outpost of the award-winning investigative news organization, announced plans for a major expansion Thursd...
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Feder: Stefan Holt rejoins NBC 5 'like he had never left'Oct 08, 2020 1:00 am - In a week of happy homecomings for Chicago television news anchors, Stefan Holt made his comeback to NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 after four years away, Robert Feder writes....