Entertainment Columns
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WLS launches sports talk program amid pandemicMay 11, 2020 1:00 am - With the world of sports at a standstill because of the pandemic, it may seem like an odd time to launch a sports talk show. But that's not stopping WLS 890-AM. The Cumu...
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Widescreen: Andrew Lloyd Webber's free videos became my pandemic soundtrackMay 08, 2020 6:00 am - "Night time sharpens / Heightens each sensation" - "The Music of the Night," from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" • • • "School days, school days / Dear...
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Feder: Independent media outlets launch joint fundraiserMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - At a time when reliable local news has never been more important, many Chicago area publications and websites are fighting for survival amid drastic declines in revenue,...
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O'Donnell: 'Secret Sox' - Sunday's 'Last Dance' episodes have it allMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - WITH ITS END NIGHT of May 17 approaching, ESPN's "The Last Dance" finally goes full throttle Sunday night. In Episodes 7 and 8, the Michael Jordan imaging venture uses s...
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Feder: WGN America planning to launch 'News Nation' Sept. 1May 07, 2020 1:00 am - A Monday-through-Friday anchor team has been hired, studios are under construction, and a September 1 target date has been announced for the launch of "News Nation," the...
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Feder: WBEZ's Jenn White named host of NPR syndicated talk show '1A'May 07, 2020 1:00 am - Jenn White, who's been a prominent program host at Chicago Public Media news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM since 2016, is about to go national, Robert Feder writes. White and the st...
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O'Donnell: Opening boom of 'The Last Dance' becoming snap, crackle, what?May 06, 2020 1:00 am - THE ICING ON THE CAKE continues to slowly melt away from ESPN's "The Last Dance." For the third straight week, the Michael Jordan imaging venture continued to lose audie...
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Feder: DeRogatis, Waldron win Headline Club's Lifetime Achievement AwardsMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - Jim DeRogatis, the longtime Chicago music critic, crusading reporter, author and broadcaster, and Clarence Waldron, former senior writer and senior editor of Jet Magazin...
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Feder: 'We are fighting Alden now,' Tribune Guild declaresMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Are the new owners of the Chicago Tribune using the cover of coronavirus to gut the newspaper's staff? That's the word from the union representing editorial employees fo...
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Feder: Shrinking Hubbard Radio Chicago doubles up on program directorsMay 04, 2020 1:00 am - On the heels of firing 12 employees in response to revenue declines, Hubbard Radio Chicago eliminated the program director's position Monday at adult contemporary WSHE 1...