Entertainment Columns
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Feder: The Drive's TV campaign focuses on these 'pretty strange days'Mar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Redefining their role on the fly, radio stations everywhere are adapting to a world where commuting suddenly has been replaced by sheltering at home, Robert Feder writes...
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Widescreen: Streaming suggestions with our current predicament in mindMar 19, 2020 6:00 am - We're stuck inside this weekend (and, well, all the weekends for awhile), so we all need recommendations for what to watch from our couches. Here are mine, offered with ...
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Feder: WGN Radio cuts evening host Justin KaufmannMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - Justin Kaufmann, the Chicago public radio veteran whose hiring as evening host at WGN 720-AM was supposed to signal a new day for the legacy news/talk station, just foll...
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O'Donnell: Thoroughbred association president says chances of Arlington opening in May 'about 10 percent'Mar 18, 2020 1:00 am - BILL CARSTANJEN HAS HAD better weeks. He's the CEO of Churchill Downs Inc. and the man who holds the future of Arlington Park in his hands. Under his golden stewardship,...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio regains top radio ratings spotMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - In the weeks leading up to the coronavirus crisis, Entercom all-news combo WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM moved up to No. 1 among all Chicago radio stations, according to the...
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Feder: How Chicago sports talkers are adjusting to world without sportsMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - I caught up with Mark Giangreco just as he was heading home Sunday from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to ask the obvious question: What does a sportscaster do when there...
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O'Donnell: Contagion prevents old Prospect champs from seeing ZionMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - ON A FRIDAY NIGHT long ago, the host Prospect Knights won a magical basketball game. They beat a Hersey varsity loaded with junior Andy Pancratz and freshman Dave Corzin...
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Feder: TV news rises to coronavirus challengeMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - The world changed dramatically this week - and so did television. As it has few times in our lives, TV suddenly became the source of essential information to millions of...
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Feder: Coronavirus concerns sending newsroom staffers homeMar 12, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus story became personal for multiple media organizations Wednesday after an unidentified employee of the Prudential Building tested positive for COVID-19, ...
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Five episodes to watch before 'Westworld' returns on SundayMar 11, 2020 11:00 pm - Hey, remember “Westworld?” That HBO show with the robot cowboys and the dead-eyed naked people sitting in glass-walled rooms? I can't really blame you if you don't — it ...