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Feder: Brian Peck begins middays at WJMK; Jeanne Sparrow to radioNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Brian Peck signs on today as midday personality at WJMK 104.3 FM; Jeanne Sparrow, who spent eight years as co-host of "You & Me," starts this weekend on WVAZ 102.7 FM; a...
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Feder: Jimmy deCastro to head CBS Radio Chicago stations for EntercomNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Prominent Chicago media entrepreneur and radio powerhouse Jimmy deCastro has been tapped to run CBS Radio's seven Chicago stations, soon to come under new ownership. The...
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Elgin Sports Hall of Fame banquet a welcome walk down Memory LaneNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Walks down Memory Lane don't happen often enough. So, it was a special evening Sunday at the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation's 38th annual induction ceremony and re...
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Feder: Christmas music starts Tuesday on WLIT 93.9 My FMNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - The calendar says Nov. 6, but for one Chicago radio station, it's Christmas Eve. At 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, holiday music will begin airing around the clock for the 17th cons...
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Rozner: With strong winter, Chicago Cubs might be team to beatNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Picking World Series entrants a year in advance is akin to finding a needle in a stack of needles. But that never stops us from trying. So where to start … The World Ser...
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Barrington's Meyer finds her college match at DePaulNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - When she was last on the softball diamond wearing a Barrington uniform, Tori Meyer was putting in the longest stint of her career. Meyer came in as a reliever in the fir...
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Elgin Courier will scale back publishing to three times per weekNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - By Robert Feder The parent company of the Chicago Tribune is shrinking its newspaper in Elgin from daily publication to three times a week. As of this week, the print ed...
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Co-owners share meaningful bonding experienceNov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Dan Bomben's dad, Gino, left his home in Italy and came to the United States in 1959. It didn't take him long to fall in love with American sports cars. The one that cau...
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Simple drawing of a mouse launched business empireNov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - “How did Walt Disney come up with Mickey Mouse?” asked a young patron from the Wauconda Area Library. Almost 90 years ago, a very simple design — three circles represent...
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Orthopedic center under construction Randall in AlgonquinNov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - It wasn't that noticeable until the construction traffic starting impacting shoppers' Target runs. OrthoIllinois broke ground at the end of September on a new 34,000...