Business Columns
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio starts beaming from BloomingdaleJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - Listeners aren't likely to tell the difference, but all-news WBBM 780-AM began broadcasting Thursday from a new radio tower just off Army Trail Road in Bloomingdale, Rob...
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Feder: 'Timing just feels right' for radio entrepreneur Sam AlexJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Sam Alex is living proof that radio dreams still come true, Robert Feder writes. Sixteen years after he started as an intern for a Chicago radio station, the northwest s...
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Sales Moves: Average or mediocre: You choose!Jul 16, 2019 1:00 am - I had an interesting conversation with a prospect the other day about what it takes to be average versus mediocre. It all started when a young man, John, called and said...
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Feder: Moody Bible Institute selling AM radio stationsJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - WMBI 1110-AM, the radio flagship of Chicago's Moody Bible Institute since 1926 and one of the oldest noncommercial Christian radio stations in the country, is on the blo...
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Feder: ABC 7's Alan Krashesky documents survivor's 'Return to Auschwitz'Jul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Over his 37 years as a news anchor and reporter for ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, Alan Krashesky has traveled the world more times than he can recall. But few assignments aff...
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Boss' refusal to address employee's odor doesn't pass the smell testJul 14, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I have a co-worker, “Gus,” who smells really bad, like laundry that is dirty or has sat too long in the washer and become mildewed. My co-worker “Jane” thinks the sme...
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Jim Kendall: When those who know speak up ...Jul 14, 2019 1:00 am - When the information we seek comes from people who work in and therefore know the sector, the rest of us perhaps should pay attention. Example, this one from Paul Heinz...
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Feder: Mancow to raise cash for Roger StoneJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - Roger Stone, the Republican operative and former adviser to President Donald Trump, is getting a big boost from Mancow Muller, morning host on Cumulus Media news/talk WL...
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Feder: WFMT drops noon news for 'Music in Chicago'Jul 11, 2019 1:00 am - Without fanfare, WFMT 98.7-FM canceled its long-running noon newscast earlier this month, replacing it with "Music in Chicago" on the Window to the World Communications ...
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Feder: White Sox ratings at seven-year high on NBC Sports ChicagoJul 10, 2019 1:00 am - June ratings for Chicago White Sox broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago hit their highest level in seven years, Robert Feder writes. Compared to this time last season they'...