WGN-TV & Chicago Home + Garden Team Up To 'Bring It Home'

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Published on Saturday, 08 January 2011 11:02

WGN-TV and Chicago Home + Garden Magazine are teaming up together to deliver a new multi-platform program called "Bring It Home." The new program will be seen on television, in print and online.

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Another Big Change Comes To WERV-FM: DJ/PD Fired

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Published on Friday, 07 January 2011 14:27

Two days ago, this site talked about a change that was occurring at WERV-FM/95.9 The River in west-suburban Aurora. Last night, an even bigger change took place. Program Director and afternoon drive DJ Matt Mellen was fired from the station.

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The Local Community Radio Act Signed Into Law

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Published on Thursday, 06 January 2011 11:09

This week, among the many bills signed by President Obama was the Local Community Radio Act (LCRA), making it into law. The bill was revised from its original version and then passed by the US House of Representatives, followed by the US Senate last month. This new act will soon allow unused FM radio frequencies to possibly become low-power radio stations or LPFMs.

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Chicago Radio Stars To Guest On CSN's 'Chicago Tribune Live'

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Published on Wednesday, 05 January 2011 20:12

"Kap," "Stever," "Meatpants," "Ramblin'," "McFluffy," and "Your Best Friend in the Whole Wide World." A modern remake of "The Little Rascals?" Nope. It is the line-up for a special week of episodes on Comcast SportsNet's "Chicago Tribune Live," starting next Monday.

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Suburban Radio Line-Up Changes Hit WERV & WRXQ

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Published on Wednesday, 05 January 2011 05:52

Note: See the bottom of the article for a major update.

Big line-up changes have hit a pair of NextMedia's most popular suburban radio stations: Aurora's WERV-FM and Joliet's WRXQ-FM.

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MGM Partners Up With Weigel To Distribute Me-TV Nationwide

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Published on Tuesday, 04 January 2011 17:56

Chicago's Weigel Broadcasting announced it's new national classic TV show network, Me-TV in November, but that announcement just became stronger and louder today. MGM Studios has announced that they will partner up with Weigel Broadcasting and be the national distributor for Me-TV.

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WUSN-FM Re-Signs Trish Biondo

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Published on Tuesday, 04 January 2011 14:43

Trish Biondo has been with WUSN-FM/US99.5 for well over 24 years. As she gets ready to celebrate her golden anniversary with the station, US99.5 has decided to treat Ms. Biondo like gold. CBS Radio Chicago has re-signed Trish Biondo to a multi-year deal, to make sure she happily stays with the station for years to come.

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News & Notes: Lilia Chacon; Howard Sudberry; Richard Roeper; Roger Ebert; Robert Feder; Retro TV; Shine.FM; Chuck Britton; More

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Published on Monday, 03 January 2011 20:22

In tonight's News & Notes, we have stories about a new job for Lilia Chacon, a new job for Howard Sudberry, more work for Richard Roeper, a loving look at Roger Ebert, a return for Robert Feder, Polnet finally launching Retro TV and more, Shine.FM expands it message, Chuck Britton finds love again, and a sad farewell to some local media people.

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Many Chicago Radio Stations Switch To Metro Traffic

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Published on Monday, 03 January 2011 17:35

Like Chicago traffic itself, there is bad news & good news to report when it comes to Chicago traffic reporting. As of this past weekend, Clear Channel Total Traffic has been dropped by pretty much ever radio station in town, with the exception of its own cluster of radio stations. That's the bad news -- for Clear Channel anyway. The good news is that those stations that dropped CC Traffic have all signed on with Westwood One's Metro Traffic. Perhaps the best news is that no personnel have lost any jobs because of this change. Metro has taken on all of the Clear Channel staffers that reported to the stations. Not only will these employees still have jobs, but the listening public will still hear the same voices they heard before. Only the source of the traffic information has changed.

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The 2010 Chicago Media Year In Review

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Published on Sunday, 02 January 2011 10:03

As 2011 is just beginning, let's take a look back at the big media stories of 2010...

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Positive Changes Coming To WRXQ-FM

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Published on Friday, 31 December 2010 12:05

The new year is bringing new changes to south-suburban classic rocker, WRXQ-FM. These changes have been hinted at on the air and on RXQ's Facebook page. Yesterday, the RXQ Facebook page status said: "Smells changes coming to RXQ. Good things are happening... stay tuned for the details!"

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Blackhawks Broadcasters Foley & Olczyk Receive Three Year Extensions

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Published on Friday, 31 December 2010 10:50

Fans of the television broadcasting team of Pat Foley and Eddie Olczyk have reasons to be happy. The Chicago Blackhawks have given play-by-play broadcaster Pat Foley and color analyst Eddie Olczyk each three year contract extensions. The popular Chicago television duo will now be calling Blackhawks games on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and WGN-TV through the 2013-14 season.

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