Robert Feder
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Feder: ABC 7 to end 7 p.m. newscast on The UJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 will cease production of the prime-time local newscast it has been producing for Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26, the two stations jointly co...
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Feder: Ji Suk Yi to join Steve Cochran's morning show on WGN RadioJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - Ji Suk Yi, best known for her seven years as a featured personality on "Windy City Live," has been hired as a regular contributor to Steve Cochran's morning show on WGN ...
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Feder: Susy Schultz named executive director of broadcast museumJul 26, 2019 1:00 am - Susy Schultz, the esteemed Chicago journalist, educator, writer and strategist, has been hired as executive director of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Robert Fe...
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Feder: Schakowsky joins protest over 'Worldview' cancellation at WBEZJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has added her voice to protests over the cancellation of "Worldview," the long-running international affairs talk show airing at noon Monday thr...
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Feder: Columnist Mary Mitchell to cut back workload at Sun-TimesJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - Mary Mitchell, a Chicago original and one of the premier African American opinion leaders in local journalism, is cutting back on her workload as a columnist and editori...
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Feder: WGN reporter 'furious' over image of noose on gas tank coverJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - The depiction of a noose over an automobile's gas tank cover prompted a reporter for Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9 to say it made her “sick to my stomach,” Robert F...
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Feder: Walter Flakus calls it a night at 101 WKQXJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Walter Flakus, assistant program director, music director and on-air host at WKQX 101.1-FM, is leaving the Cumulus Media alternative rock station to join KNDD in Seattle...
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Feder: CBS 2 goes missing from DirecTV, AT&T U-verseJul 22, 2019 1:00 am - Just when you thought WBBM-Channel 2's ratings couldn't go any lower, the CBS-owned station can't even be seen in thousands of Chicago area homes, Robert Feder writes. ...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio starts beaming from BloomingdaleJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - Listeners aren't likely to tell the difference, but all-news WBBM 780-AM began broadcasting Thursday from a new radio tower just off Army Trail Road in Bloomingdale, Rob...
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Feder: 'Timing just feels right' for radio entrepreneur Sam AlexJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Sam Alex is living proof that radio dreams still come true, Robert Feder writes. Sixteen years after he started as an intern for a Chicago radio station, the northwest s...