Robert Feder
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Feder: Julie Mann resigns as managing editor of WBBM NewsradioDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - Julie Mann, the first-rate broadcast journalist who has led the newsroom of WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM as managing editor for more than a decade, is leaving after 25 year...
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Feder: WTTW's Geoffrey Baer lifts viewers 'Beyond Chicago From the Air'Dec 01, 2021 12:00 am - When Geoffrey Baer was promoted to vice president of original content production for television at WTTW-Channel 11 in 2019, fans may have wondered whether the veteran pr...
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Feder: WGN in talks on Dan Roan's retirementNov 30, 2021 12:00 am - On second thought, let's not plan that retirement party for Dan Roan quite yet. In a late July interview for the folks back home in Keokuk, Iowa, the veteran sports anc...
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Feder: ABC 7 wins late-news ratings in NovemberNov 29, 2021 12:00 am - No need to parse the Nielsen numbers this time. Unlike the three-way tie that deadlocked the May sweep, November delivered a clear victory in late-news ratings for ABC-o...
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Feder: WTTW promotes veteran producer Jay Smith to news directorNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - In what may be the least surprising promotion of the year, Jay Smith was named news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" Wednesday, Ro...
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Feder: Another shakeup at Chicago magazine: Amy Carr steps down, Terry Noland returnsNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - For the second time in six months there's been a change at the top of Chicago magazine. Amy Carr, the former top features editor at the Chicago Tribune who succeeded Sus...
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Feder: Janet Davies debuts showbiz podcastNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - The stellar Janet Davies, who covered Chicago's entertainment scene with authority and style for 37 years at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, is back on the beat with her own we...
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Feder: BGA forms Illinois Solutions Partnership with $10 million grant from McCormick FoundationNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago's Better Government Association, the nonprofit investigation journalism and government watchdog organization, is about to expand dramatically, thanks to the larg...
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Feder: 'Bozo's Circus' rewinds the '70sNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated because WGN has changed the premiere to Dec. 19. Big news for Bozo fans: “Bozo's Circus: The 1970s,” a two-hour primetime...
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Feder: WGN Radio hires Lisa Dent to host afternoonsNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Lisa Dent, who's been a popular Chicago radio personality for two decades, will sign on as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host at WGN 720-AM in the new year. The Nexsta...