Effective immediately, Chicagoland Radio and Media (CRM) is going on an extended hiatus.

Today's News & Notes features a handful of local media news items, including: Linda MacLennan returns to anchoring newscasts; Spiegel & Parkins hit the bleachers; Julie D [ ... ]

Kovas Communications, the Fort Wayne, IN-based parent company of WCGO-AM 1590, has agreed to sell the radio station to William (Bill) Pollack, based out of Memphis, TN. T [ ... ]

Today's News & Notes features 11 news items with local media ties, including: Tribune Media's suitor Nexstar explains why they didn't purchase the company; FOX 32 unveils [ ... ]

The day that most Tribune Media employees have been dreading for weeks finally arrived. Chicago-based Tribune Media has agreed to sell all of its properties to Maryland-b [ ... ]

WLS-TV/ABC 7 will again be the television home for the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Labor Management Committee's television series "Built To Last." The fourth s [ ... ]

Live horse racing begins once again at Arlington International Racecourse in suburban Arlington Heights on Friday, May 5th. The 2017 racing season will run through Septem [ ... ]

Today's News & Notes column features eight local media news items, including: Kathy Hart may be exiting WTMX-FM; Steve Dahl is back in the hospital; Steve Cochran talks a [ ... ]

WDRV-FM/97.1 The Drive has been searching for a new producer for their morning drive program "The Sherman & Tingle Show" for months. The search is finally over with the h [ ... ]

WDCB-FM 90.9/90.7 is adding a new two-hour jazz program to its weekend lineup: "Sunday Jazz with Dee Alexander." The new show, which is produced by the WFMT Radio Network [ ... ]

This weekend's News & Notes features 11 local media news items, including: Melissa Isaacson is released by ESPN; Laurence Holmes helps out at WGN-TV; WSCR-AM honors U.S.  [ ... ]

Cumulus Media Chicago, the operator of four radio stations in the Chicago market, fired or released many of its on-air and off-air staffers on Friday. It was the type of  [ ... ]