Entertainment Columns
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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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O'Donnell: Arlington Park, horsemen have tentative deal, with July opening targetedJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - SOME WILL CALL IT thoroughbred racing. As far away from the grandeur of Million I as Dutch marble racing is from Royal Ascot, Arlington Park will apparently conduct an a...
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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...
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Feder: NBC 5 to stick with Michelle Relerford as solo weekend anchorJun 15, 2020 1:00 am - Don't look for WMAQ-Channel 5 to replace the late Dick Johnson as weekend news anchor at the NBC-owned station any time soon, Robert Feder writes. That's the official wo...
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Feder: Oprah to bring pomp and circumstance to Chicago's virtual graduation SundayJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Eight Chicago television stations are onboard to broadcast a star-studded virtual graduation ceremony for the city's 35,000 high school seniors. Airing at 1 p.m. Sunday,...