Entertainment Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Touché of grades is in for Sox, Cubs broadcastersSep 30, 2020 1:00 am - THE SOX ARE ALREADY teetering on the brink and the Cubs stumbled out of the gate. But in a week when much of America wishes it was one, two interruptions and you're out,...
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Feder: WGN Radio delays Landecker show for White Sox runSep 30, 2020 1:00 am - The advance of the Chicago White Sox to postseason play has delayed the debut of John Records Landecker as evening host on Nexstar Media Group news/talk WGN 720-AM, Robe...
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Feder: John Owens to lead Chicago TV AcademySep 29, 2020 1:00 am - John Owens, a writer-producer for Chicago-based Weigel Productions and adjunct professor at City Colleges of Chicago, has been elected president of the Chicago/Midwest c...
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Feder: Chicago radio ratings show a clean sweep for V103Sep 29, 2020 1:00 am - WVAZ 102.7-FM, the iHeartMedia R&B powerhouse, recaptured the top spot in the latest Chicago radio ratings, snapping a seven-month winning streak for Entercom all-news c...
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New Blu-ray box, HBO Max's Looney library celebrate Bugs Bunny's 80th anniversarySep 26, 2020 6:00 am - Do you know the name of the first Bugs Bunny cartoon, or the year it premiered? Do you remember the last time you saw a vintage Bugs Bunny cartoon on television? Or the ...
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Feder: Nate Rodgers comes home to join Fox 32Sep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Nate Rodgers, who began as an intern and desk assistant at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 and spent 10 years there as an assignment editor, is returning to his hometown to joi...
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Feder: Tribune Publishing apologizes for phony phishing expeditionSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - Employees of Tribune Publishing newspapers - including the Chicago Tribune - were up in arms Wednesday over a company email purporting to offer them bonuses, Robert Fede...
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Feder: Orion Samuelson to retire after 60 years at WGN RadioSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - On the eve of his 60th anniversary as the booming voice of agriculture and business at WGN 720-AM, Orion Samuelson says it's time to retire from the Nexstar Media Group ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Nothing but first class for Gale SayersSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - THE PASSING OF GALE SAYERS recalled a long ago summer Sunday morning at O'Hare. The teenaged United Airlines seasonal hireling - later appropriately deemed "The worst ga...
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Feder: Dan McNeil apologizes for 'harsh' tweet - and goes fishingSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - One week after his career crashed and burned over what his bosses called a "degrading and humiliating" tweet, Dan McNeil apologized to the ESPN reporter whose attire he ...