Entertainment Columns
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Feder: 'Timing just feels right' for radio entrepreneur Sam AlexJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Sam Alex is living proof that radio dreams still come true, Robert Feder writes. Sixteen years after he started as an intern for a Chicago radio station, the northwest s...
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Three winners, three losers in this year's Emmy nominationsJul 17, 2019 10:50 am - For Emmy voters, deciding on the very best shows amid the ever-expanding television landscape should keep getting harder. More networks, streaming platforms and types of...
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O'Donnell: Please hold all tickets on the future of Arlington ParkJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - THERE IS SOMETHING in the air at Arlington Park. And no, it's not the seasonal waft out of the oval's deteriorating backstretch. Credible reports are that an individual ...
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Feder: Moody Bible Institute selling AM radio stationsJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - WMBI 1110-AM, the radio flagship of Chicago's Moody Bible Institute since 1926 and one of the oldest noncommercial Christian radio stations in the country, is on the blo...
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Feder: ABC 7's Alan Krashesky documents survivor's 'Return to Auschwitz'Jul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Over his 37 years as a news anchor and reporter for ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, Alan Krashesky has traveled the world more times than he can recall. But few assignments aff...
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Doc Brown, The Dude and more: Four special suburban film screeningsJul 12, 2019 8:10 am - If you're a moviegoer who's tired of summer superheroes, there are four special screenings in the coming week across the suburbs that might lure you away from the flat-s...
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O'Donnell: Even Dick Clark probably couldn't save Chicago's ESPN radioJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - IF DICK CLARK WERE still around to host "The Pyramid," the clues might be: The Hindenburg. A George Lopez talk show. Chicago's ESPN AM-1000. A contestant would snap, "Di...
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Feder: Mancow to raise cash for Roger StoneJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - Roger Stone, the Republican operative and former adviser to President Donald Trump, is getting a big boost from Mancow Muller, morning host on Cumulus Media news/talk WL...
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Feder: WFMT drops noon news for 'Music in Chicago'Jul 11, 2019 1:00 am - Without fanfare, WFMT 98.7-FM canceled its long-running noon newscast earlier this month, replacing it with "Music in Chicago" on the Window to the World Communications ...
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O'Donnell: Dan Jiggetts on how Chet Coppock assisted in the rise of Oprah WinfreyJul 10, 2019 1:00 am - A GREAT DAN JIGGETTS TALE prepping for "The Life and Times of Chet Coppock" Wednesday night at Mike Taffe's Eddie's Lounge in Arlington Heights: It's about how Chet play...