Feder: WCPT hires Edwin Eisendrath as Saturday afternoon host
Posted September 20, 2021 1:00 am
Even he knows you don't replace a Dick Kay. But in the nine weeks Edwin Eisendrath has been filling in Saturday afternoons on WCPT 820-AM, he's shown himself to be an adept, articulate and inspired choice as successor, Robert Feder writes.
Now it's official: Eisendrath has been hired to host "The Big Picture" from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays - the slot held by Kay's "Back on the Beat" for 13 years at the Newsweb progressive talk station.
A native Chicagoan with a Harvard education, Eisendrath, 63, brings a wealth of experience - from alderman of Chicago's 43rd Ward to CEO of the Sun-Times - to his new role.
Kay died May 13 at 84.
Get the full report, and more Chicago media news, at robertfeder.com.
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