Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Anthony Ponce joins Fox 32 morning showMar 13, 2018 1:00 am - Anthony Ponce, who quit his job as reporter and weekend morning anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 to become a Lyft driver, is returning to TV news, Robert Feder writes....
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Feder: No-show Garry Meier throws fans for a loopMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - It was hardly a surprise that Garry Meier was missing from The Loop's four-hour star-studded send-off Friday, hosted by Steve Dahl and simulcast on Cumulus Media's WLUP ...
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Constable: Garden show's director has roots in WheelingMar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Like a weed, we must first deal with this cliché: the roots of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show owner and director. “As a child, I asked my parents if I could grow a ve...
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Feder: 101 WKQX picks up The Loop's Tim VirginMar 08, 2018 12:00 am - There's life after The Loop for Tim Virgin, Robert Feder writes. After four years as afternoon host at The Loop, Virgin has moved to alternative rock sister station WKQX...
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Widescreen: Did 'Shape of Water' deserve to win? Only time will tellMar 07, 2018 10:00 am - After the Oscars are handed out and the red carpet gawkers have gotten their gushing and their snark out of their systems, the Monday morning quarterbacking begins. This...
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Feder: Mancow, suddenly unplugged: 'The Loop meant something'Mar 07, 2018 12:00 am - "The Loop meant something," Erich Mancow Muller told Robert Feder on Tuesday, hours after his final show on WLUP FM 97.9. "It was the stuff of legend and of Chicago heri...
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How suburban dogs comforted mourners after Parkland shootingMar 07, 2018 12:00 am - As deployment director of a K-9 Ministry run by Lutheran Church Charities, Rich Martin of Lake Barrington has dispatched golden retrievers and their handlers to Sandy Ho...
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Feder: The Loop ends rock era todayMar 06, 2018 12:00 am - Confirming the sale of WLUP FM 97.9 to Educational Media Foundation, Cumulus Media has announced it will end the classic rock station's current programming today and wil...
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Feder: Christian broadcaster buying The LoopMar 06, 2018 12:00 am - WLUP FM 97.9, the fabled classic rock station that's home to morning host Erich Mancow Muller and four decades of radio history, is being acquired by a nonprofit Christi...
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Feder: ABC 7 drops Ji Suk Yi from 'Windy City Live'Mar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Ji Suk Yi surprised "Windy City Live" viewers Friday by signing off as a regular contributor to the WLS-Channel 7 talk and entertainment show, Robert Feder writes. Yi's ...