Q101 changes
Overnighter James Van Osdol exits; so has afternoon guy Todd “Fook” Fooks.
Bob Sirott heads to WGN-AM
All right, enough with Imus. We have some news on one of the best media personalities in Chicago (despite the fact he’s a Cub fan.) Bob Sirott, who currently co-anchors with Marion Brooks on WMAQ-TV’s 4:30 newscast, is returning to radio on a weekday basis – he’s landed a weekday gig at noon on WGN-AM, hosting a hour-long magazine show. […]
‘The Ten’ tanks
The Ten, WFLD-TV’s new 10 p.m. newscast, which targets the 18-49 audience, didn’t attract much of that demo it in its premiere Monday night, according to Nielsen and Trib columnist Phil Rosenthal. The Ten didn’t even come close to to achieving that number ratings-wise, scoring a 0.8 rating and 2 share, finishing sixth in its time slot behind the more […]
The T Dog Media Think Tank: Let’s Get Into It.
The Sun-Times: Let’s Get Into It. But will anyone get into it? The paper relaunched last Wednesday to bring the paper out of the 1990s to the 21st Century, and to stem a continued circulation decline at the newspaper. It has a ton of new features, and it has a new sleek layout and design, and a reemphasis on Chicago. […]
The Ten is coming
It’s not a sequel to ABC’s failed drama “The Nine”, but “The Ten” is the catchy name of Fox-owned WFLD-TV’s new 10 p.m. newscast that premieres on Monday. The new show will feature a more faster-paced newscast than its 9 p.m. newscast, and will have a weather report every night at 10:10 p.m. The station is also trying new features […]
WCIU launching new kids show
WCIU-TV is launching a new locally-produced Saturday morning children’s show called Green Screen Adventures, in which Chicago Public School students’ stories will be transformed into real-life television experiences. The show will use the same green-screen technology used in TV weather reports, hence the name Green Screen Adventures. The program airs Saturday morning at 7 a.m. and meets the educational requirements […]
WLS-TV leader profiled by Sun-Times
Robert Feder of the Sun-Times interviews Emily Barr of ABC-owned powerhouse WLS-TV here in Chicago on her ten years at the station, and keeping it one of the highest-rated ABC stations in the country. She also talks about how the station is well-prepared for the transition from analog-to digital (if fact – it’s already there – the station was the […]
Sam Zell wins Tribune auction: Cubs to be sold (Updated)
Chicago billionaire Sam Zell has won the auction for control of the Tribune Co., paying $13 billion to beat out two Los Angeles-area billionaires with a winning bid of $34 a share. Zell is also supporting the new investment with a $315 million influx of cash. In addition, Mr. Zell will became a board member, and will become chairman once […]
Tribune Watch: Board voting on Zell’s offer
The Tribune’s board of directors are voting tonight whether to accept a sweetened offer from Sam Zell, the Chicago billionaire who is one of two bidders for the company.
Tribune Watch: No word on sale of Tribune Co.
The bids are due today for the Tribune Co., but there is still no word on who will end up with the media conglomerate – Chicago billionaire Sam Zell, who’s offering $33 a share, or the two L.A. billionaires, who’s offering $34 a share. There is a chance that the deadline could be extended, and at this late hour, it […]
The Tribune Co. is now on the clock…
But it looks like that self-imposed deadline by Tribune for bids on the company maybe extended, thanks to an 11th-hour bid by Los Angeles billionaires Eli Broad and Ronald Burke, a $34-a-share offer to Chicago billionaire Sam Zell’s $33-a-share offer. Reportedly, the loser will have his head shaved in the ring at Wrestlemania.
Shelly…. you’re now on the clock
(Okay… This “on the clock” shtick is getting a bit much…) Shelly, the entertainment reporter from B-96 (WBBM-FM). I did not know she looked like Ricki Lake… I pictured her more of a blonde…. (This was taken from Chicagoland Radio and Media’s site – one of our media friends)
Mancow… you’re on the clock
Most useless interview of the day: Inside Radio interviews Mancow Muller. Meanwhile, All Access is reporting that Opie & Anthony this morning declared war on Mancow, for among other things losing stations in Chicago and Des Moines, and the use of staged phone calls (doesn’t every radio show in America do that?)
Extremely local news
Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye has started a CTA blog. So, if you want to complain about the CTA (and we all know you do), now you have a place to do so. Man, if this only existed 20 years ago when yours truly was regularly standing out on 79th street outside Sears in the wintertime waiting for a bus for […]
Garry Meier signs with WCKG
It’s official : Garry Meier joins WCKG-FM as an on-air host, beginning on Monday. His new show will air from 8 to 11 am weekdays. This puts him on the same station as his former partner, Steve Dahl. Dahl hosts afternoons from 2 to 7 pm. Dahl and Meier were on-air partners from 1979 to 1993, until a nasty breakup […]