Business Columns
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Feder: WCGO's 'Gabby Road' morphs into 'The Hannah and Fred Show'Jun 23, 2020 1:00 am - After eight months as a Sunday morning destination on north suburban WCGO 1590-AM/95.9-FM, there's a new name and a cast change coming to "Gabby Road with Hannah, Fred a...
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Feder: Chicago Reader cutting back to biweekly publicationJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - After 49 years as city's premier alternative weekly, the Chicago Reader is downsizing to a biweekly publication schedule, Robert Feder writes. Reader publisher Tracy Ba...
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Bourbon, whiskeys finding new audience with womenJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - Don't tell Ashley Klatecki that bourbon is a man's drink. The owner of Spears Bourbon, Burgers and Beer restaurant in Wheeling is quick to note that the spirit - once as...
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Feder: Harold Lee Rush recalls Bob Wall's 'special time' at WGCIJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - To a generation of students at City Colleges of Chicago, Harold Lee Rush is known as a legendary broadcast instructor and a pillar of WKKC 89.3-FM, the radio station at ...
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Feder: New midday, afternoon and evening talent lineup unveiled at 101.9 The MixJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - Morning star Eric Ferguson still rules the roost at WTMX 101.9-FM, but otherwise it's a whole new day at the Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary station, Robert Feder w...
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Feder: Medill to launch Metro Media Lab to boost local newsJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - By Robert Feder Flush with a $1 million grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism announced plans Wednesday to...
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Feder: Daily Herald's Madhu Krishnamurthy to lead Chicago Headline ClubJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - As the Chicago Headline Club marks its 100th year, Daily Herald reporter Madhu Krishnamurthy is stepping up to lead the nation's largest chapter of the Society of Profes...
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Feder: WBEZ cuts 12 jobs, ends production deal with 'Sound Opinions'Jun 16, 2020 1:00 am - Facing a 20 percent revenue decline in the wake of the pandemic shutdown, the nonprofit parent company of public radio news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM today announced the layoffs...
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Feder: WGN Radio weighing afternoon comeback for Garry MeierJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - It's been more than five years since Garry Meier was replaced by Roe Conn as afternoon personality at news/talk WGN 720-AM. Now Meier, 70, may be on his way to reclaimin...
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Feder: WIND's Amy Jacobson wins battle to cover Pritzker news conferencesJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - In what supporters are hailing as a victory for press freedom, Amy Jacobson has won her battle to attend Governor J.B. Pritzker's media briefings as a journalist, Robert...