Robert Feder
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Feder: Broadcast trio teams up to host 'Gabby Road'Oct 03, 2019 1:00 am - Three ambitious Chicago broadcasters are teaming up to host a weekly talk show aimed at “pushing the limits of smart conversational radio.” They are: Hannah Stanley, lon...
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Feder: WBEZ to debut midday talk show 'Reset with Jenn White' Oct. 14Oct 02, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago Public Media news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM has announced a title and start date for its new midday talk show as part of a revamped daytime lineup. "Reset with Jenn Whit...
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Feder: Neil Funk to retire as Bulls announcer after 2019-20 seasonOct 02, 2019 1:00 am - Neil Funk today announced plans to retire, capping nearly three decades as Chicago Bulls basketball announcer and nearly 50 years in broadcasting. Funk, 72, will work th...
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Feder: V103 vaults back to the top of Chicago radio ratingsOct 02, 2019 1:00 am - WVAZ 102.7-FM, the iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary station known as V103, took top honors Tuesday in the Nielsen Audio survey for September, Robert Feder writes. Ju...
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ABC 7 signs sports anchor Mark Giangreco to three-year renewalOct 01, 2019 1:00 am - Now in his 25th year at WLS-Channel 7, Mark Giangreco will continue as lead sports anchor at the top-rated ABC-owned station under a three-year renewal signed Tuesday. T...
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Feder: Nexstar silences Bill Kurtis as voice of WGN RadioSep 30, 2019 1:00 am - The dulcet voice of legendary Chicago anchorman Bill Kurtis won't be heard on WGN 720-AM anymore. New owner Nexstar Media Group has dropped Kurtis after three years as t...
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Feder: On eve of cancellation, 'Worldview' host wins Studs Terkel AwardSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - Just days before ending his 25-year run as host of “Worldview” on Chicago Public Media WBEZ 91.5-FM, Jerome McDonnell has been named recipient of a 2019 Studs Terkel Com...
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Feder: On Day One, Nexstar ousts WGN Radio station managerSep 23, 2019 1:00 am - It didn't take long for the new owner of WGN 720-AM to start shaking things up. Less than 24 hours after acquiring the former Tribune Broadcasting news/talk flagship, Ne...
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Feder: WGN Radio under new managementSep 20, 2019 1:00 am - With the $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media by Nexstar Media Group finalized Thursday, there's a new man in charge of news/talk WGN 720-AM. Sean Compton, who had ...
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FCC approves Tribune Media sale: What's next for WGN?Sep 16, 2019 1:00 am - By a 3-2 vote Monday the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Chicago-based Tribune Media to Nexstar Media Group, resulting in creation of the largest ...