Entertainment Columns
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O'Donnell: Will 'The Curse of the Honey Bears' sideline Matt Nagy and karmic blue?Jul 26, 2019 1:00 am - THE CUBS FINALLY broke "The Curse of 'The Goat.' " The Bulls may live on into perpetuity with "The Curse of 'The Breakup.' " And the Bears are showing no inclination to ...
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Feder: Susy Schultz named executive director of broadcast museumJul 26, 2019 1:00 am - Susy Schultz, the esteemed Chicago journalist, educator, writer and strategist, has been hired as executive director of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Robert Fe...
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Feder: Schakowsky joins protest over 'Worldview' cancellation at WBEZJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has added her voice to protests over the cancellation of "Worldview," the long-running international affairs talk show airing at noon Monday thr...
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Feder: WGN reporter 'furious' over image of noose on gas tank coverJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - The depiction of a noose over an automobile's gas tank cover prompted a reporter for Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9 to say it made her “sick to my stomach,” Robert F...
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Feder: Walter Flakus calls it a night at 101 WKQXJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Walter Flakus, assistant program director, music director and on-air host at WKQX 101.1-FM, is leaving the Cumulus Media alternative rock station to join KNDD in Seattle...
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Feder: CBS 2 goes missing from DirecTV, AT&T U-verseJul 22, 2019 1:00 am - Just when you thought WBBM-Channel 2's ratings couldn't go any lower, the CBS-owned station can't even be seen in thousands of Chicago area homes, Robert Feder writes. ...
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O'Donnell: Bzdelik to Pelicans; Arkush back for 32nd season of "Pro Football Weekly"Jul 19, 2019 1:00 am - SIGNING WILL BE SUCH sweet payback for Jeff Bzdelik, the Prospect High grad (Class of '71) who disconnected as associate head coach of the Houston Rockets in May. Bzdeli...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio starts beaming from BloomingdaleJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - Listeners aren't likely to tell the difference, but all-news WBBM 780-AM began broadcasting Thursday from a new radio tower just off Army Trail Road in Bloomingdale, Rob...
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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...