Entertainment Columns
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Constable: Once haunting, Cubs' memories now inspireOct 05, 2017 5:13 am - Last season, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon had his team prepared to make it through the playoffs, seven games of a World Series, a rain delay and an extra inning to wi...
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Feder: Chris Boden will do Blackhawks pre- and postgame broadcastsOct 05, 2017 1:00 am - Wednesday was a happy day for two veteran Chicago sportscasters. Chris Boden was named pregame and postgame host for all Chicago Blackhawks broadcasts on Tribune Broadca...
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Feder: After 35 years, ABC 7's Alan Krashesky still at the top of his gameOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - After 35 years at ABC 7, Naperville resident Alan Krashesky is living proof that nice guys finish first. In the 18 months since Krashesky succeeded the legendary Ron Mag...
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Feder: Chicago radio stations respond to Las Vegas shooting, Tom PettyOct 03, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago radio stations responded forcefully to Monday's two biggest stories. Starting before 6 a.m. WBBM 780 AM/WCFS 105.9 FM went wall-to-0wall with coverage of the Las...
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Feder: Roger Ebert's memorabilia heading to University of IllinoisOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - The Chicago Sun-Times has agreed to donate its vast collection of movie press kits and related memorabilia to the archives of Roger Ebert at the University of Illinois i...
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Widescreen: New 'Star Trek' tainted by CBS' app-happy sales pitchSep 29, 2017 6:00 am - “Six bucks a month for new ‘Trek'? Beam me up!” — Sean Stangland, Nov. 4, 2015 “CBS, you greedy sons-a-guns!” — Sean Stangland, Sept. 24, 2017 OK, perhaps I toned d...
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Feder: WBEZ reporting project tackles Chicago's gun violenceSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - "Every Other Hour" has been a yearlong enterprising reporting project on Chicago's gun violence epidemic, produced by Chicago Public Media WBEZ FM 91.5. (The title refer...
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Feder: WGN radio's Cochran celebrates 1,000th morning showSep 27, 2017 1:00 am - Steve Cochran will celebrate his 1,000th show as morning personality on WGN 720 AM with a live broadcast event from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday from the Blackhawks Store at 333 ...
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Feder: Kathy Hart to guest host 'Good Day Chicago'Sep 26, 2017 1:00 am - In her first broadcast appearance in five months, Kathy Hart will turn up Wednesday as guest host of "Good Day Chicago," the morning show on Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32, R...
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Feder: WYCC gets reprieve to Nov. 24Sep 25, 2017 1:00 am - WYCC-Channel 20 will cease broadcast operations Nov. 24 — one month later than announced; Peter Bowen is out as vice president and market manager of Cumulus Media Chicag...