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Written by Larz
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Friday, 27 January 2012 08:25 |
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The Chicago White Sox organization have announced their plans to broadcast much of their Spring Training games on one or more mediums of either television, radio, or Internet audio stream. In total, 20 out of the team's 33 Spring Training games will be made available for the eyes or ears of fans. |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:58 |
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With next week being the start of February, and thus, Black History Month, Comcast SportsNet Chicago is planning on a series of specials features highlighting prominent African-American sports figures, teams and moments which will air every Sunday night in February, beginning on Sunday, February 5th. The segments will air Sundays on CSN's SportsNet Central at 10:30pm. In addition, this February, Comcast SportsNet Chicago's website will present a pair of profile feature stories on two of Chicago's greatest basketball icons. |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 10:05 |
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The Comcast Corporation (principal owner of NBCUniversal), NBC News and WMAQ-TV/NBC 5 Chicago today announced a pledge of over $2.7 million worth of financial support, advertising, and more to the new Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC), located in downtown Chicago. The money, air time and other help from Comcast will go toward helping complete the new museum's construction and help promote it to the public. |
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Written by Larz
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 18:02 |
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Today's News & Notes features a dozen local media nuggets, including: a rumor debunked about Larry Wert; Kristyn Hartman prepares to say goodbye; Comcast SportsNet gets ready for SoxFest; Robin Mulvaney takes over as WGN CFO; Santita Jackson not saying any goodbyes just yet; Pete McMurray says goodbye one hour earlier; Ramblin' Ray and Dave Fogel (separately) say hello at a pair of remotes; Dan and Anthony Ponce become radio weekenders; John Williams does the afternoon drive in MSP; Jonathon Brandmeier visits Park Ridge; and Chicago's Myke Julius charges back to San Diego. All of the details are just below... |
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Written by Larz
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:36 |
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The Chicago Tribune today unveiled its new membership-only literary section called "Printers Row." The new section will be included to those who pay the additional fee for it each weekend, along with their Sunday Tribune, beginning in late February. |
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Written by Larz
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Monday, 23 January 2012 14:35 |
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With today's News & Notes, there are 14 new local media stories, including: WFLD-TV gets its new Assistant News Director; Tim Weigel gets an honor from his high school; Me-TV gets a new Vice President, as well as some new cartoons; the Chicago Sun-Times to stay neutral in the upcoming elections; "Chicago Live!" gets ready to kick off its new season; WGN-AM to go "All Star" on Sunday; Marv Nyren gets a new job; Tommy Lisack gets a new promotion; Radio DePaul gets a new streaming source; CHIRP has a birthday; Brooke & Jill continue to entertain; and the sad deaths of Yuri Rasovsky and Danny Brown. All of the details can be found below. |
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Written by Larz
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Saturday, 21 January 2012 14:35 |
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Former WKQX-FM/Q101 midday personality Electra, who has been off the air since her radio station was forced to flip formats as part of an exchange in ownership last July, has found new work, at least for this weekend. Electra, using her real name of Christine Pawlak, is an online reporter this weekend, working live from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. |
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Written by Larz
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Friday, 20 January 2012 17:36 |
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WLS-FM has given its fans a "Good News/Bad News" situation today. The good news is the full-time return of John Records Landecker to its airwaves, returning to the nighttime hours that first made him a household name on WLS-AM in the 1970s. The bad news is that to make room for Landecker's shift, hours are being cut back from station mainstays Dick Biondi and Greg Brown and their shifts are moving. The changes all take effect on this coming Monday, January 23rd. |
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Written by Larz
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Friday, 20 January 2012 08:59 |
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The Chicago Cubs organization have announced their plans to broadcast almost every one of their Spring Training games on one or more mediums of either television, radio, or Internet audio stream. In total, 30 out of the team's 35 Spring Training games will be made available for fans. (The five that will not be available happen on days when the club plays two games simultaneously using a split squad.) |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:25 |
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Chicago radio veteran Scott Childers has been promoted to Program Director of WSSR-FM/Star 96.7. This comes after many months of being the Assistant Program Director and then the "Interim" Program Director for the station. Childers will remain Star 96.7's afternoon drive host, as well. |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:37 |
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WGN-TV is partnering with CareerBuilder.com to help viewers find work. Starting next month, viewers will be able to find job postings, as well as helpful job-seeking advice, hints, and strategies with "WGN: Jobs for You." |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 10:03 |
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WMAQ-TV has today announced the hire of Daniella Guzman, who will be joining the station in March as its new morning newscast co-anchor. Guzman fills the vacancy left when Zoraida Sambolin left at the end of last year to take a position with CNN. |
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:53 |
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Two weeks from today, north suburban NextMedia-owned WKRS-AM 1220 will be flipping from an English-speaking political & regional news/talk station to a Spanish talk station. Starting February 1st, WKRS-AM will be primarily carrying broadcasts from the nationally syndicated ESPN Deportes sports talk network. It will also be keeping some of its weekend talk programming that was already in Spanish. |
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Written by Larz
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:37 |
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WXRT-FM is throwing an on-air party for morning show host Lin Brehmer, celebrating his 20 years on the station's airwaves. This Saturday, from Noon-2:00pm, 93.1 XRT will air a live tribute to their beloved personality, entitled "Great To Be Alive: Celebrating 20 Years of Lin Brehmer's Morning Show on XRT." |
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Written by Larz
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:00 |
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As first mentioned HERE before anywhere else, JBTV -- Chicago's longest-running independent television program dedicated to new, local, independent and alternative music and artists -- is going nationwide. A start date for the nationwide broadcast has now been finalized. Originally believed to be starting in late January, it will now begin on February 18th. |
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Written by Larz
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Monday, 16 January 2012 16:53 |
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Today's News & Notes features nine local media stories, including: WLS-FM brings back the magic "touch"; Bill Bailey passes away; Matt Spiegel becomes a Dad; Steve Tingle says farewell; the Illinois Center for Broadcasting is throwing a party; WGN-AM beefs up its engineering crew; Chicago Tribune looks to un-beef up its newsroom; Playboy Enterprises prepares to hop out of town; and Antenna TV wants to you cry along with Sally Field instead of watching football. All the details are right here... |
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Written by Larz
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 11:30 |
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After finding it was too difficult to work for both WIMS-AM & WLS-FM, John Records Landecker, a true Chicago radio legend, has decided to stick with just one station: Chicago's WLS-FM. Landecker exited WIMS-AM as of Friday. |
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Friday, 13 January 2012 15:36 |
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This weekend's News & Notes has a handful of local media news items, including: Randy Michaels gets off; Clear Channel Radio changes names; Steve & Johnnie deal with a family issue; J Niice, Julian, Showbiz Shelly, Bill Wennington & Chuck Swirsky go out for donuts; Jill Urchak rocks back with a new show; Jonathan Hood receives an honor; Daniel Carcillo is out; "Chicago Live!" wants to be tweeted about; and WKRS-AM may soon sound quite different. All of the details are just below! |
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:52 |
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CBS Radio Chicago today announced a change in their sales leadership as Mark Day takes over as Director of Sales for the Chicago cluster of six stations on seven frequencies. He replaces Peter Bowen, who now exits to become the Director of Sales for CBS Radio's Los Angeles cluster. Both appointments are effective immediately. |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 13:32 |
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Former WGN-AM morning host Greg Jarrett is returning to the airwaves next week, guesting on WIQI-FM/FM News 101.1. Jarrett has been off the Chicago airwaves since being released by WGN Radio in early December. |
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