Business Columns
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Feder: The Drive to host Friday night 'We Will Rock You' sing-a-longMar 26, 2020 1:00 am - Now here's a good one from WDRV 97.1-FM, the Hubbard Radio classic rock station. At 8 p.m. Friday, The Drive will air "The Star Spangled Banner" followed by Queen's "We ...
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Feder: Broadcasters statewide band together to raise cash for food banksMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - Television and radio stations throughout Illinois are teaming up to relieve shortages at food banks in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Robert Feder writes. Startin...
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Feder: CBS 2 tests emergency newscast from the streetMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - While all news media are practicing social distancing and adapting to working outside the office, WBBM-Channel 2 went a step further Tuesday. The CBS-owned station origi...
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Feder: Chicago TV news startups still up in the airMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus pandemic threatens to delay the launch of two ambitious new Chicago-based television news operations in the coming months, Robert Feder writes. CBS-owned...
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Feder: Starting tonight, WGN Radio to simulcast Channel 9 news at 10 p.m.Mar 23, 2020 1:00 am - Now we know how WGN 720-AM is going to fill one of the hours previously occupied by evening host Justin Kaufmann, who left last week after his contract was not renewed, ...
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Editor: Let us know how you're helping the COVID-19 effortsMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - To our readers: We are experiencing a period like no other in recent memory. The COVID-19 outbreak has almost brought business in the suburbs to a standstill. Once vibr...
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My co-worker burps loudly and engages in self-talkMar 22, 2020 6:00 am - A couple of pre-coronavirus queries to remind us what office life was like in the not-too-distant past. - - - Q: My younger co-worker, "Richard," is extremely difficult ...
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Feder: The Drive's TV campaign focuses on these 'pretty strange days'Mar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Redefining their role on the fly, radio stations everywhere are adapting to a world where commuting suddenly has been replaced by sheltering at home, Robert Feder writes...
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Feder: WGN Radio cuts evening host Justin KaufmannMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - Justin Kaufmann, the Chicago public radio veteran whose hiring as evening host at WGN 720-AM was supposed to signal a new day for the legacy news/talk station, just foll...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio regains top radio ratings spotMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - In the weeks leading up to the coronavirus crisis, Entercom all-news combo WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM moved up to No. 1 among all Chicago radio stations, according to the...