Entertainment Columns
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Feder: There may be hope for Me-TV FM returning to ComcastDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Fans are up in arms about the sudden disappearance of Me-TV FM - Weigel Broadcasting's soft-rock oldies and classic hits WRME 87.7-FM - from Chicago's Comcast/Xfinity Ch...
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Feder: WLS owner talks up interest in buying WGN RadioDec 10, 2018 12:00 am - Cumulus Media, parent company of news/talk WLS 890-AM and two other radio stations in Chicago, could be first in line to make a bid for news/talk WGN 720-AM if the stati...
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How Second City is using comedy to teach empathy in the workplaceDec 09, 2018 12:00 am - DALLAS — In a large conference room in a suburban Dallas office park, three dozen employees of an American manufacturing company are standing in a circle, tossing around...
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Tivoli Theatre hosts 12 days of special movie screeningsDec 07, 2018 5:00 am - Ah yes, the age-old question: Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? The programmers at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove, are firmly in the “yes” camp. Th...
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Feder: Sun-Times cuts Sneed column to Sundays onlyDec 07, 2018 12:00 am - Michael Sneed, whose gossip column has been a staple of the Sun-Times for 32 years, is reducing her workload, Robert Feder writes. Starting this weekend, her Page 4 col...
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Feder: WBBM radiothon keeps 'Good Neighbor' spirit aliveDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - Here's to you, Eddie: "Chicago Ed" Schwartz, the legendary overnight radio host who died in 2009, was known for the annual "Good Neighbor Food Drive" he started in 1982,...
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Feder: Newsroom power struggle ends at Sun-TimesDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - A newsroom power struggle is over at the Chicago Sun-Times, where Carol Fowler is out after 14 months as senior vice president, digital news products, Robert Feder write...
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Feder: New morning show cued up at 101 WKQXDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - Brian Haddad, the former Chicago radio personality known as "Sludge," is coming back to host mornings on Cumulus Media alternative rock WKQX 101.1-FM, Robert Feder write...
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Feder: Big 95.5 promotes Lisa Dent to middaysDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - Lisa Dent, one of Chicago radio's best-known country music personalities, has moved up to middays on WEBG 95.5-FM, the iHeartMedia country station announced today, Rober...
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Feder: Nexstar to acquire WGN in Tribune Media dealDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - And the winner of Tribune Media is: Nexstar Media Group, Robert Feder writes. In a $6.4 billion deal announced Monday, the Irving, Texas-based firm agreed to buy the pa...