Entertainment Columns
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Chet Coppock 1948-2019: In his own wordsApr 19, 2019 1:00 am - Chet Coppock was a giant of sports broadcasting in Chicago for nearly four decades. From his first big job in town as the main sports anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 ...
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Feder: Sportscaster Chet Coppock dies after car accidentApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - Chet Coppock, the legendary Chicago sportscaster who was a flamboyant showman on television and radio for decades, has died of injuries in a car accident in Savannah, Ge...
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Feder: Chet Coppock: In his own wordsApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - Truth be told, no one loved talking about Chet Coppock more than Coppock himself. In interviews with me over the years, the unabashed showman revealed himself with remar...
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O'Donnell: Question will always linger - Did Chet Coppock love Chet Coppock?Apr 18, 2019 1:00 am - For Chet Coppock, it was easy being CHET COPPOCK! It was much more complex being Chet Coppock. He was born to live in the limelight. He died so far away from it. News of...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting's WCIU to become CW Network affiliateApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - One of Chicago's last locally-owned independent television stations is going network, Robert Feder writes. In a surprising move, Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting announ...
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Feder: Kartemquin Films wins two Peabody AwardsApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - Kartemquin Films, the Chicago-based nonprofit collective behind such acclaimed documentaries as "Hoop Dreams" (1994) and "The Interrupters" (2011), was named winner of t...
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Feder: The Score's 'Julie and Maggie' win Gracie AwardApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - Julie DiCaro and Maggie Hendricks have been named recipients of a 2019 Gracie Award for their weekly sports show and podcast on Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM, Robert ...
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The Score's 'Julie and Maggie' win Gracie AwardApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - Julie DiCaro and Maggie Hendricks have been named recipients of a 2019 Gracie Award for their weekly sports show and podcast on Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM. "The Ju...
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Feder: Still top of the morning for Eric FergusonApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - "Eric in the Morning" cruised to another easy victory in the latest Chicago radio ratings, Robert Feder writes. The long-running morning show on Hubbard Radio hot adult-...
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Feder: Happy landing for Eddie Volkman at Star 96.7Apr 15, 2019 1:00 am - It didn't take long for Eddie Volkman to land on his feet. Just days after the sale of northwest suburban classic rocker WFXF 103.9-FM cost him his job as morning perso...