Media
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Feder: CBS 2 boyhood fan comes home as a reporterAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - Chris Tye, who grew up in the West suburbs and began his career as a high school and college intern at four Chicago radio stations, is coming home to join CBS-owned WBBM...
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O'Donnell: Tafoya returns as the reliable backbeat among 'Sunday Night Football' Fab FourAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - WHEN SHE WANTS TO BE, Michele Tafoya is Ringo Starr. Steady and star-worthy. A critical part of an extremely successful slice of show biz. Back-beating and restrained un...
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Feder: WGCI's Leon Rogers to host late-night show on Fox 32Aug 29, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago radio morning star Leon Rogers is about to get his own late-night comedy/news show on TV. Starting September 9, "Later with Leon" will air at 10 p.m. Monday thro...
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O'Donnell: Fremd's Tolzien shared public shock over the decision of close pal Andrew LuckAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - SHORTLY BEFORE 8 P.M. last Saturday, in an Italian restaurant not far from the west bank of the Hudson River, ESPN's Adam Schefter sent his desk a tweet that would rock ...
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Feder: NBC 5 anchor Rob Stafford sues Sterigenics over blood diseaseAug 26, 2019 1:00 am - Rob Stafford, the veteran news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, said he contracted a rare blood disorder after he was exposed to toxic chemicals emitted by the west s...
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O'Donnell: Lovable elitists - can Northwestern and its football program have it all?Aug 23, 2019 1:00 am - NORTHWESTERN ATHLETICS WANTS to be loved. And Northwestern University wants to be elite. Didn't Bob Seger address that disconnect in "Beautiful Loser" when he sang: "Rea...
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O'Donnell: Bill Walton's one-off underscores tedium of Chicago baseball broadcastingAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR got "Airplane!" Bill Walton got to work the White Sox-Angeles game last Friday night alongside Jason Benetti for NBCSCH. Ah, fate is a fickle tickle,...
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O'Donnell: 'State' high — Melissa Isaacson's new book bounding toward national radarAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - WAS IT EDDIE CANTOR or Jay-Z who first said, “Likability is 90 percent of the game?” Melissa Isaacson is liked. And she's certifiably got game. So it's no surprise her n...
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Bulls expert Mark Schanowski cutting back at NBC Sports ChicagoAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - Mark Schanowski, the affable and authoritative Chicago Bulls basketball analyst who's been a prominent player on the local sports media scene for three decades, is cutti...
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Feder: WBEZ CEO Goli Sheikholeslami resigns in surprise moveAug 14, 2019 1:00 am - The most powerful woman in Chicago journalism is leaving town after five years for a new job in New York. In a surprise announcement today, Goli Sheikholeslami said she ...