Dave McKinney
From the blockbuster sale of 38 suburban newspapers to the return of Chicago’s most famous radio renegade, October brought one surprise after another on the media beat.
Not to mention the resignations — for very different reasons — of a top political reporter from the Sun-Times and a Hall of Fame columnist from the Tribune.
Here are 13 of the most notable Chicago media stories of the month, in my estimation. To read the original posts, click on the headlines:
1. Stop the presses: Tribune buying Sun-Times suburban newspapers
2. Surprise: WLS to hire Steve Dahl for afternoons
3. Sun-Times reporter McKinney cites ‘chilling effect’ in quitting
4. Break in the weather: ABC 7 has sunny forecast for Cheryl Scott
5. Sun-Times owner sees national network as key to survival
6. With Roe & Roeper gone, radio turns off Ron Magers
7. Dionne Miller scores ABC 7 sports job
8. New program chief brings 'passion and vision' to WBEZ
9. Off the air everywhere, Mancow says he’s ‘taking a break’
10. WLS FM bets on Jack Diamond for mornings
11. Radio host Megan Reed sidelined for cancer surgery