Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting adds to its TV station holdingsSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based owner of WCIU-Channel 26, Me-TV and a host of other Midwest stations and national digital networks, is adding TV stations in Los Angel...
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Feder: It's now 'Eric in the Morning with Melissa & Whip'Sep 12, 2017 1:00 am - After 21 years as “The Eric & Kathy Show,” Chicago's radio's top-rated morning program will officially be known as “Eric in the Morning with Melissa & Whip,” sources sai...
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Feder: How Chicago magazine got the first pic of Blago in federal penSep 11, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago magazine's exclusive interview with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in its October issue includes the first published photo of him in the federal penitentiary in Eng...
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Feder: A tumultuous year for Eric, Kathy and The MixSep 11, 2017 1:00 am - The dismissal of Kathy Hart last week - and the demise of the phenomenally successful "Eric & Kathy" brand after 21 years on Chicago radio - culminated a tumultuous year...
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Feder: NBC 5 New Year's show won't be back - but something willSep 11, 2017 1:00 am - "Chi-Town Rising," Chicago's answer to New York's Times Square celebration on New Year's Eve, won't be back this year. But that isn't going to stop NBC-owned WMAQ-Channe...
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From 'It' to 'The Stand': King's ABC miniseries still haunt usSep 08, 2017 6:00 am - Stephen King's books have been adapted into eight miniseries for the ABC network over the years, beginning in 1990 with the first filmed version of this week's much-anti...
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Constable: Cubs boast impressive all-time dream team of immigrantsSep 07, 2017 5:30 am - We spend one day celebrating laborers and then dive into an often-ugly political debate about immigration. Seeking a distraction, I turn to the Chicago Cubs' quest to re...
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Feder: The Mix fires Kathy Hart from 'Eric & Kathy Show'Sep 07, 2017 1:00 am - Kathy Hart, one-half of the most successful morning team in Chicago radio history, has been handed her walking papers from WTMX 101.9 FM. Hubbard Radio, owner of The Mix...
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Feder: Chicago Tribune parent tronc buys New York Daily NewsSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago-based tronc may have struck out in its bid for the Sun-Times eight weeks ago, but it just picked up a bigger tabloid newspaper in the Big Apple. Tronc, owner of ...
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Constable: Chorale groups keep seniors in tuneSep 02, 2017 1:00 am - As the artistic director and CEO of Encore Illinois, Jonathan Miller has grown the group created in early 2016 to seven choruses with 400 singers across the suburbs and ...