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Written by Larz
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Saturday, 13 November 2010 21:05 |
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In the spring of 1983, a non-profit organization called The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was formed by the Publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine Jann Wenner, a handful of record company executives and some attorney friends of Wenner's. They held their first ever Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1986, even though the Hall of Fame was only virtual at that time and had no home. After getting a sweetheart deal from the city of Cleveland, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum finally opened in 1995. |
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Written by Larz
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Friday, 15 October 2010 21:03 |
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William J. Kelly, the radio & TV personality who has to pay to be on the air and the Republican politician who has lost every single political race he has run, is still at it. The unabashed attention and media whore and subject of yesterday's blog is at it once again. |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 14 October 2010 09:39 |
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I have been asked a couple of times why Chicagoland Radio & Media didn't mention the story from a couple of days ago where "reporter" William J. Kelly angered true reporters WLS-TV's Charles Thomas and WBBM-TV's Jay Levine, while they were doing a quick street interview with Rahm Emanuel. The fact is, this is a non-story. This is just William Kelly jumping up and down like a spoiled brat, looking for any kind of attention he can get. I chose to not give him that. |
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Written by Larz
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Friday, 24 September 2010 14:31 |
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It has been an interesting 24 hours for the Tribune-owned blogsite ChicagoNow and the the website/blogsite of Time Out Chicago Magazine. |
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Written by Larz
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Friday, 17 September 2010 13:21 |
Former WLS-TV weekend news anchor and reporter Kevin Roy lost his job at the end of April. He has not been able to find new television work since then.
Kevin Roy is clearly upset that he has not yet found a new job. He is searching for reasons why and instead of blaming himself for his own problems and situation, he is blaming Google and the way Robert Feder worded a headline. |
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Written by Larz
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Saturday, 11 September 2010 10:59 |
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Something big is happening in Berwyn tomorrow afternoon, bring out one of Chicago's greatest bands and one of Chicago's greatest DJs. Here is a hint: |
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Written by Larz
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 08:27 |
On August 12th, this website broke the news that WGN's Program Director, Kevin Metheny had emailed a memo out to WGN & Tribune staffers asking them to phone into Mike McConnell's then-new radio show, pretending to be somebody else and engaging him in conversation.
Vocalo.org's Robert Feder broke the story open even wider with his column of September 3rd. In that column, he directly quoted most of the memo (something I could not do, due to an agreement I had) and also uncovered that the fake calls have continued well past McConnell's first week on the air.
The memo, which Kevin Metheny had sent out with the subject line "I could use a little help ... there's no money in it, but I'll appreciate it!", has stirred up a lot of conversation, both pro & con. Perhaps even more conversation that a faked phone call would create on McConnell's radio show. |
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Written by Larz
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Monday, 02 August 2010 08:30 |
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Throughout the 70's, there was one song that was a huge hit on Chicago radio: "Lake Shore Drive" by the Chicago-based trio, Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah. The song was an ode to Chicago's famous lakeside stretch of road with the same name. An homage to driving along the Windy City's beautiful lakefront on a Friday night. The catchy song with the hooky lyrics and piano solos that sweep upon you like Lake Michigan waves on a breezy evening captured the ears and hearts of Chicago radio listeners for years. |
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Written by Larz
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Friday, 30 July 2010 21:06 |
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When Sam Zell and his top executives, headed up by Randy Michaels, took Tribune Company into bankruptcy, they thought it would be a relatively simple way to avoid paying a lot of debt and make the company profitable once again -- even though much of that debt came from Sam Zell's purchase of the company and the actions of his chosen executives. It turns out, the road into bankruptcy was much easier than finding a road out of it. |
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Written by Larz
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:57 |
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The "old boy" network is alive and well within Tribune Tower lately. With Tribune CEO Randy Michaels overseeing all key hires, he makes sure that the overwhelming majority of hires have one trait: they had to have worked with him at Jacor Radio and/or Clear Channel Communications, the last two companies he ran. Most of the the Tribune's big hires in the last two years, worked with Michaels at both companies. Are the people being hired qualified for the positions they are being installed as? Do they have any experience at all in those positions? In the vast majority of cases, the answer is a resounding NO. What matters is that Michaels is taking care of his old pals, who are surprisingly loyal to him. They also tend to be well cared for financially with hefty salaries and bonuses, despite the fact the Tribune is mired in a bankruptcy battle. |
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Written by Larz
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 18:06 |
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Rather than continuing to update this weekend's blog about Matthew Leone, the Chicago musician and Madina Lake bassist, who is in dire need of financial aid after suffering catastrophic injuries to his head while attempting to be a hero, this blog will give updates to a few items that have have occurred in the last few days, including a major announcement. |
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Written by Larz
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Saturday, 17 July 2010 15:34 |
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Matthew Leone is the bass player for the Chicago-based rock band Madina Lake. On the early morning of Tuesday, June 29th, shortly after Midnight, Matthew Leone left his brother's apartment in Chicago to go meet a friend who was at a bar less than two blocks away. As he was walking to that bar, he heard a woman crying for help and witnessed a man choking and hurting this woman. As it turns out this woman was the wife of the man assaulting her. The husband was apparently upset at his wife for coming home late that night and decided to beat her for it. Matthew Leone quickly ran to help the woman, even though the man attacking her was larger than him. He was able to physically get them separated and yelled at the man to relax. Seeing the woman was hurt, he turned away to reach into his pocket to call 911 for further help for her. With his back turned, the man then brutally attacked Leone, punching, kicking and slamming him his head repeatedly. Leone was left near dead, lying unconscious in the street. The man then grabbed his wife and fled the scene. |
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Written by Larz
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 11:19 |
If you have ever listened to traffic reports in the afternoons of WBBM-AM, you know his voice. Joe Collins has been doing traffic on WBBM for over ten years. Officially, Joe Collins works for Shadow/Metro Traffic, where he has worked on and off (mostly on) since Dec. 31, 1987. Before that, Joe's voice was heard on numerous suburban stations since 1980.
For a very long time, Joe Collins has helped so many hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans navigate Chicago's roadways each day. Now Joe Collins needs our help... |
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Written by Larz
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:28 |
For all of the complaints about how WTTW the last couple of months -- how they fired too many good people, how they are losing too many viewers, their possible mismanagement at the top -- sometimes they still do something great. Today was one of WTTW's "great" days.
They announced earlier today that they have created "The John Callaway Excellence in Online Journalism Fellowship" for Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism students. |
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