Entertainment Columns
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Feder: New voice in the night at 103.5 Kiss FMOct 31, 2019 1:00 am - Jordan Foster, the overnight and fill-in host who goes by the name JRDN, was promoted Wednesday to nighttime personality at iHeartMedia Top 40 WKSC 103.5-FM, Robert Fede...
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Feder: Window to the World CEO unveils ambitious vision for WTTW, WFMTOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - Sandra Cordova Micek has spent the last 16 months listening, questioning and thinking about where Chicago's premier public television station and classical music radio s...
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Feder: NBC 5's Kalee Dionne maps out new life in DallasOct 29, 2019 1:00 am - Say goodbye to Kalee Dionne. After three years as meteorologist at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 she's heading to Dallas as a Monday-through-Friday weather forecaster at ABC ...
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Feder: 101.9 The Mix takes back the Chicago radio ratings crownOct 29, 2019 1:00 am - After falling to a tie for sixth place one month ago, WTMX 101.9-FM jumped back to the top spot in the Chicago radio survey released Monday, Robert Feder writes. The Hub...
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Feder: Chicago Journalists Association to honor ABC 7's Cheryl BurtonOct 28, 2019 1:00 am - Longtime Chicago news anchor Cheryl Burton has been named recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Journalists Association. Burton, who anchors ...
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Feder: Chuck Schaden returns to celebrate 'Those Were the Days' at 50Oct 25, 2019 1:00 am - As "Those Were the Days" prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the man who started it all is coming back to the weekly old-time radio showcase. Starting this weeke...
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O'Donnell: Anniversary of Jordan's debut a reminder of when Bulls were savedOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - EVERYBODY'S A DREAMER and everybody's a star. And 35 years ago this weekend at Chicago Stadium, the dreams and the stars all teasingly aligned when Michael Jordan made h...
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Feder: Steve Dahl hosts lookalike costume contestOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - Leave it to Steve Dahl to come up with a new twist on an old stunt. During an appearance at Zanies Rosemont Wednesday the Chicago radio legend will host a Halloween cost...
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Feder: Where's the stamp for Walter Cronkite?Oct 23, 2019 1:00 am - On Tuesday the U.S. Postal Service announced that it would honor the late journalist Gwen Ifill with a Forever postage stamp in 2020. As the 43rd stamp in the Postal Ser...
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O'Donnell: Jay Mariotti is monitoring changing tides of Chicago sports talkOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - JAY MARIOTTI HAS BEEN LOATHED, Jay Mariotti has been respected. There has been no more polarizing individual on the Chicago sports media terrain in the past half century...