Business Columns
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Feder: WCKG rebrands as 'Sportsbook Radio'Mar 10, 2020 1:00 am - WCKG 1530-AM, the DuPage Radio sports/talk station that's been calling itself "Fox Sports Radio," this week is being rebranded as "Sportsbook Radio," Robert Feder writes...
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Feder: College of DuPage evacuation plunges WDCB into dead airMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - An emergency evacuation on the College of DuPage's Glen Ellyn campus knocked public radio station WDCB 90.9-FM off the air for about 35 minutes Saturday afternoon, Rober...
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Feder: Pioneering rock 'n' roll disc jockey Clark Weber diesMar 08, 2020 1:00 am - As a pioneering rock 'n' roll disc jockey in the 1960s and for decades later as a multifaceted talk show host, Clark Weber entertained generations of Chicago radio liste...
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Feder: Tom Skilling delivers sunny post-op forecastMar 05, 2020 12:00 am - Legendary meteorologist Tom Skilling came through gastric bypass surgery Wednesday with a sunny outlook and a smile, Robert Feder writes. He released a photo of himself...
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Feder: Ratings deliver 'gratifying' victory to Univision Chicago's WOJOMar 04, 2020 12:00 am - A closer look at the latest Nielsen Audio survey shows Univision Chicago's flagship WOJO 105.1-FM with a big win in two key adult demographics, Robert Feder writes. The...
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Feder: A new Score House opens for fun and gamesMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - The Score House is back. In a reprise of last year's radio reality show in the desert, Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM is renting another sprawling fun house to acc...
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Feder: Chicago News Guild ratifies new three-year contract with Sun-TimesMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - The union representing editorial employees at the Chicago Sun-Times has approved a three-year contract extension that includes substantial raises and efforts to improve ...
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When gender-neutral pronouns make for heated conversationMar 01, 2020 5:12 am - Q: I teach part time for a nonprofit art center. Our educational supervisor has strongly recommended that we begin each new class by stating our own personal pronouns, a...
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Feder: Before he became 'Mayor Pete,' Buttigieg worked as NBC 5 investigative internFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - For six weeks during the summer of 2002, a 20-year-old college student named Peter Buttigieg toiled in the background as an intern at WMAQ-Channel 5, the NBC-owned stati...
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Feder: Bruce Dold out as Chicago Tribune publisher, editor-in-chiefFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - In a top-level shake-up at Tribune Publishing, Bruce Dold is out as publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune, and Peter Kendall is out as managing editor. Su...