Robert Feder https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com Chicago media served fresh daily since 1980 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 My childhood dream became the honor of a lifetime https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/07/01/childhood-dream-became-honor-lifetime/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:00:01 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33870

The luckiest people are those who get to do what they love for a living — and decide when it’s time to stop. I’m one of them. After 42 years of reporting on Chicago media, I’m stepping away from the beat. My website at RobertFeder.com will continue online, but effective today, I'm concluding the run... Continue reading ]]>
Robservations: Sun-Times moving to Old Post Office; ABC 7 opens weekend anchor slot; Medill tracks local news decline https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/30/robservations-sun-times-moving-old-post-office-abc-7-opens-weekend-anchor-slot-medill-tracks-local-news-decline/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:00:03 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33846

Robservations on the media beat: For the third time in 17 years, the Sun-Times newsroom is on the move. Under the new ownership of nonprofit Chicago Public Media, the newspaper will be downsizing its offices to a 6,000 square-foot space in Chicago's renovated Old Post Office at 433 West Van Buren Street. It will share... Continue reading ]]>
So you think you know Chicago radio? https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/29/think-know-chicago-radio/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 11:00:02 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33831

So you think you know Chicago radio? Match these phrases with the Chicago radio personalities who made them famous. (Answers appear at the bottom): 1) Animal Stories 2) The Bad Boyz 3) Boogie Check 4) B.S. Love Counselor 5) The Cool Gent 6) The First Lady of Chicago Radio 7) The Fly Jock 8) The Girlfriends... Continue reading ]]>
Robservations: StreetWise raises cover price; Sventoonie takes a break; Friends of Chicago Reporter mark 50 https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/28/robservations-streetwise-raises-cover-price-sventoonie-takes-break-friends-chicago-reporter-mark-50/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:00:02 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33819

Robservations on the media beat: StreetWise, the nonprofit weekly magazine spotlighting homelessness, poverty, injustice, inequality and life in Chicago, raised its cover price Monday to $3. The one-dollar increase was the first in almost 15 years and the third in the publication’s 30-year history. StreetWise’s 111 vendors — mostly homeless men and women — will get... Continue reading ]]>
Feder flashback: So you think you know Chicago television? https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/27/feder-flashback-think-know-chicago-television/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:00:28 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33814

A version of this post first appeared on May 17, 2012. So you think you know Chicago television? Match these phrases with the Chicago television personalities who made them famous. (Answers appear at the bottom): 1. How do you do, ladies and gentlemen? 2. Bozo’s Circus is on the air! 3. The lively art of conversation. 4. Hey!... Continue reading ]]>
CBS 2 to restore jumbotron, street-front studio overlooking Daley Plaza https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/24/cbs-2-restore-jumbotron-street-front-studio-overlooking-daley-plaza/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:00:01 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33792

It's been years since WBBM-Channel 2 dismantled the giant video screen outside its Loop studios overlooking Daley Plaza. But soon it will be back — bigger and better than ever. Construction is underway on a new jumbotron monitor along the western exterior of the CBS Broadcast Center at 22 West Washington Street. "If all goes... Continue reading ]]>
Robservations: Chicago Tribune may roll presses in Milwaukee; Leila Gorstein leaving MeTV; Lucky 13 inspires Steve Darnall https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/23/robservations-chicago-tribune-may-roll-presses-milwaukee-leila-gorstein-leaving-metv-lucky-13-inspires-steve-darnall/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:00:33 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33768

Robservations on the media beat: By this time next year the print edition of the Chicago Tribune may be coming from Wisconsin. Under Alden Global Capital ownership, the sadly diminished daily is expected to be printed on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's former presses in West Milwaukee — 90 miles from the Loop. Gannett produced 11 Wisconsin... Continue reading ]]>
CBS 2 castoffs Erin Kennedy, Megan Glaros pull back curtain on TV news https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/22/cbs-2-castoffs-erin-kennedy-meagan-glaros-pull-back-curtain-tv-news/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:00:41 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33740

For years two of the brightest morning stars on WBBM-Channel 2 were news anchor Erin Kennedy and meteorologist Megan Glaros. But in 2020 their careers were cut short when the two were among more than a dozen staffers ousted in sweeping layoffs at the CBS-owned station. Now Kennedy and Glaros are back in the spotlight... Continue reading ]]>
Robservations: Broadcast museum celebrates rock radio; WGN Radio to sell piece of transmitter site; ABC 7 hosts Juneteenth special https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/17/robservations-broadcast-museum-celebrates-rock-radio-wgn-radio-sell-piece-transmitter-site-abc-7-hosts-juneteenth-special/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:00:01 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33723

Robservations on the media beat: Legendary DJs John Records Landecker and Tommy Edwards will reminisce about the golden age of rock radio when they headline a fundraiser for Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications August 14. "Rock Radio Revisited" will be hosted by Wendy Snyder at Ron Onesti's Des Plaines Theater. (Here is the link for tickets.)... Continue reading ]]>
The Score unites Dan Bernstein and Laurence Holmes as midday co-hosts https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2022/06/16/score-unites-dan-bernstein-laurence-holmes-midday-co-hosts/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:00:51 +0000 https://www.robertfeder.com/?p=33714

Longtime Chicago sports talk hosts Dan Bernstein and Laurence Holmes are teaming up to co-host a new four-hour midday show on WSCR 670-AM, the Audacy sports/talk station announced Thursday. Starting Monday, “Bernstein and Holmes” will air from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays. As part of the new schedule, the morning show with Mike Mulligan... Continue reading ]]>