Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Crisis management podcast comes at just the right timeMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - Two of Chicago's most prominent and well-connected communications consultants are teaming up on a podcast that couldn't come at a better time, Robert Feder writes. Liss...
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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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How to watch Netflix with friends while staying socially distantMar 25, 2020 11:00 pm - We're all stuck inside and looking for more ways to connect with our friends and loved ones. Communal viewing, or watching a video with a bunch of other people over our ...
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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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O'Donnell: Pro basketball from China possible as a TV fill-in for the NBA?Mar 25, 2020 1:00 am - JEREMY LIN ONCE inspired an NBA fervor called "Linsanity." Now, could he and his colleagues in the Chinese Basketball Association serve as enough of a TV draw to help ge...
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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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Constable: Magicians try new tricks as gigs disappearMar 24, 2020 5:30 am - Just say the magic words, “COVID-19,” and poof — the livelihood of local magicians vanishes. “Everything is gone,” says Pete Kovacevich, 62, a full-time magician from Bu...
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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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O'Donnell: Brickhouse, Boudreau, Kingman and 'Smitt' - with a touch of CostasMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - IF THE MLB NETWORK wanted to offer a fleeting field of relief from the global disruptions this week, it succeeded. The diamond web replayed the WGN-Channel 9 telecast of...