Entertainment Columns
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Feder: WLS rounds out staff with new program boss, afternoon anchorMar 20, 2019 1:00 am - Cumulus Media finalized the latest makeover of news/talk WLS 890-AM Tuesday with the hiring of Stephanie Tichenor as program director and Lauren Cohn as afternoon news a...
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Feder: The Score promotes Laurence Holmes to early afternoonsMar 20, 2019 1:00 am - Laurence Holmes, the veteran Chicago sportscaster and evening host at Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM, is moving up to a new afternoon shift at The Score, Robert Feder ...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio still leads Chicago radio ratingsMar 19, 2019 1:00 am - In a month that saw two of Chicago's news/talk radio stations move up in the ratings, the Entercom all-news combo of WBBM 780-AM and WCFS 105.9-FM extended its run at th...
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Feder: Kris Kridel going to part time at WBBM NewsradioMar 18, 2019 1:00 am - Kris Kridel, who's been an admired and authoritative news anchor at WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM for 34 years, is cutting back to part-time status and leaving afternoon dri...
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2+2 reasons to visit C2E2: Annual Chicago convention is worth the trip from the suburbsMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, better known as C2E2, returns Friday, March 22, to Sunday, March 24, to McCormick Place's South Building, 2301 S. Martin Luther K...
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Widescreen: Cirque du Soleil at home, 'Close Encounters' on the big screenMar 13, 2019 11:40 am - Normally, you have to wait for the big tent to go up outside United Center or fly to Las Vegas to see the artistic acrobats of Cirque du Soleil, but you can watch a one-...
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Feder: Jennifer Keiper returns to WBBM NewsradioMar 12, 2019 1:00 am - The newest voice on Chicago's all-news station is a familiar one: Jennifer Keiper has rejoined top-rated WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM as a news anchor and reporter, Robert ...
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Feder: WGN family and friends remember a fallen wizardMar 11, 2019 1:00 am - The flag in front of WGN-Channel 9 studios was lowered to half-mast Friday to honor Marshall Brodien, the famed Chicago magician who played Wizzo the Wizard on "Bozo's C...
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Woah! 'The Matrix' is 20 years old, and it's on Elk Grove's big screenMar 08, 2019 5:00 am - The movie described rather crudely by 20-year-old Sean Stangland in the pages of the Daily Eastern News as "'T2' on crack" is about to turn 20 itself, which means I'm pr...
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Feder: Justin Kaufmann to revive WGN's 'Extension 720'Mar 08, 2019 12:00 am - Justin Kaufmann, who's been a full-time contributor to Steve Cochran's morning show since last June, is returning to evenings on Tribune Broadcasting news/talk WGN 720-A...