The demise after only nine months of The Game 87.7 FM, Chicago’s first FM sports/talk station, topped local media news in November.
The fact that some of the station’s employees first learned their fate from a tweet ("We found out from Robert Feder while we were on the freakin' air,” midday host Ben Finfer told listeners) attracted nationwide attention to the story and prompted calls for other employers to consider how they deliver bad news in an age of social media.
Here are the 10 most notable Chicago media stories of the month. To read the original posts, click on the headlines:
1. Tribune Media turning off The Game 87.7 FM; dropping Johnny B., Garry Meier
2. Talk radio tumult: Bruce Wolf, Kelli Walker go at it on race
3. Chicago anchor sues Telemundo over firing
4. Marianne Murciano: ‘Tamron Hall took my job'
5. He’s back: Ramonski Luv joins Soul 106.3
6. Tribune in no rush to replace ‘one of a kind’ Jane Hirt
7. Closing bell tolls for ‘First Business News’ at Weigel Broadcasting
8. Tribune buys place in the ’burbs for $23.5 million