Entertainment Columns
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Feder: 'Those Were the Days' celebrates 50th year SaturdayMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - Fifty years to the day after Chuck Schaden premiered "Those Were the Days," he'll be back to mark the half-century milestone of the nostalgic weekly showcase for the Gol...
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O'Donnell: Jordan and 'The Last Dance' starting to take some hitsMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - “THE LAST DANCE” HITS the midpoint of its five-week run on ESPN Sunday night. Episodes 5 and 6 will veer into the segment of Michael Jordan's championship years when the...
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Feder: Remote control keeps WBBM Newsradio on top of the newsApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - The dedicated journalists of WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM didn't have time to celebrate winning top honors for outstanding news operation and three other first-place awards...
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Feder: 'Unpaid vacation' gives no break to iHeartMedia staffersApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - For the second time this month iHeartMedia is citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for cutting the pay of its employees, Robert Feder writes. On Tuesday t...
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O'Donnell: Rocky dismissal of McDonough does Wirtz family no favorsApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - WHILE NHL ARCHAEOLOGISTS continue their dig for clues in the sudden disconnect of John McDonough and the Blackhawks, here's a statement of unassailable fact: Whatever th...
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Feder: WGN Radio declares 'Virus-Free Friday'Apr 28, 2020 1:00 am - They're calling it "Virus-Free Friday" at WGN 720-AM, Robert Feder writes. Morning star Bob Sirott and every other host at the news/talk station have been ordered to av...
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Feder: Are there songs radio should avoid during pandemic?Apr 27, 2020 1:00 am - It occurred to me over the weekend when "Get Closer," the 1976 yacht rock standard by Seals and Crofts, came on: There may be some songs that radio shouldn't be playing ...
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Feder: NBC 5's Dick Johnson riding it out in northern MichiganApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - There's no telling the next time viewers will see veteran Chicago newsman Dick Johnson, who's been holed up on short-term disability from NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 for ne...
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Feder: NBC Sports Chicago to host 'Together We Can' telethon WednesdayApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - "Be Chicago: Together We Can," a four-hour, star-studded fundraiser to benefit the Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund, will be presented Wednesday night on NBC Spo...
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O'Donnell: Johnny Morris a Packer? It was a close callApr 24, 2020 1:00 am - ONE OF THE MARVELOUS residuals from an NFL draft is the traditions it sustains. In the Chicago of 2020, that would include things like blasting Ryan Pace, quartering Mit...