Entertainment Columns
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O'Donnell: Fireworking on The Fourth, an incomplete guide to the mid-year in Chicago sportsJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - AS A FOURTH OF JULY SPECIAL - to be mounted right alongside images of Samuel Adams, James Cagney and Sally Hemings - a holiday update on the state of Chicago's major tea...
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Feder: Amid 'outpouring of love,' WXRT's Terri Hemmert to sign off middays July 9Jul 02, 2019 1:00 am - Culminating a ton of well-deserved tributes to Terri Hemmert, the beloved Chicago radio icon will mark her final broadcast as midday personality on WXRT 93.1-FM July 9, ...
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Feder: ABC 7 to test 'visually compelling' video storytelling techniquesJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - WLS-Channel 7 is looking to stay on top of local news in Chicago by experimenting with new forms of animation, graphics, and data visualization in the way it tells stori...
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Feder: Cumulus Media's New York sale worries WLS staffersJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - The sale of legendary New York radio station WABC last week sent shock waves through Cumulus Media Chicago where employees of news/talk WLS 890-AM wondered if their stat...
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Feder: WTTW promotes Geoffrey Baer to lead program productionJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - Geoffrey Baer, who's been Chicago's genial tour guide and unofficial historian at WTTW-Channel 11 for more than 25 years, is taking on a major new role at the public tel...
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O'Donnell: Mike Spellman Scholarship Fund continues to growJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - MIKE SPELLMAN WAS one of the all-time great people associated with The Daily Herald sports department. He touched many with his journalistic vigor and his enormous capac...
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Feder: David Plier replacing Larry Wert as broadcast museum chairJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - David Plier, a marketing and branding executive and weekend talk-show host at WGN 720-AM, will succeed Larry Wert as interim chairman of Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Co...
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O'Donnell: Draft daze 2019 — Bulls flatline; does clock continue to tick on Stan Bowman?Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - THEY NEED TWO MORE statues outside of the United Center. One can be called “Hope.” The other could be named “Rebuild.” In the wake of the NBA and NHL drafts last week, t...
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Feder: 94.7 WLS' Dave Fogel on the mend after brain aneurysmJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago radio veteran Dave Fogel says he expects to be back on the air today after spending two days in the hospital for treatment of a brain aneurysm. Fogel, 58, who ho...
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Constable: Lombard native turns deck of cards into magical careerJun 25, 2019 5:45 am - In 1969, Sean Masterson of Lombard saw a TV commercial featuring legendary magician Marshall Brodien hawking his magic cards. "I got it three weeks after he did his firs...