Was paired with Dan Bernstein for eighteen years in midday, afternoons Former WSCR-AM/670 The Score host Terry Boers passed away on Friday at the age of 75. From WSCR Operations Director Mitch Rosen: “The Score lost one of our own today. Terry Boers passed away today surrounded by loved ones. Terry was one of the founding fathers of The Score […]
“Unfiltered” already in top ten in Apple Podcasts Disposed by Audacy for a doxxing incident, former 670 The Score (WSCR-AM) morning host Dan Bernstein signed a deal with Hubbard Broadcasting, as reported by the Sun-Times on Monday, not to a terrestrial radio deal, but to host a podcast. Titled Dan Bernstein: Unfiltered, the new venture from Hubbard is 312 Sports, […]
Executive producer Shane Riodrian exits As first reported by The Chicago Sun-Times on Monday, 670 The Score’s Leila Rahimi has been promoted to full-time co-host alongside Marshall Harris, with the midday show now known as Rahimi and Harris. She succeeds Dan Bernstein in the role, who was fired from the Audacy-owned station last month after he tried to dox a […]
Best ranking since the return to 101.1 frequency The March PPMs were released on Tuesday and showed an interesting trend: the resurgence of Q101. The Cumulus-owned Alternative station is on a hot streak. WKQX scored an overall ratings increase for the fourth consecutive month and finished in a tie for eleventh place with WBEZ – the highest overall ranking since […]
He’s off for a week after a confrontation with a user over a fishing incident; this comes as Audacy announces a new CEO and management team Don’t think Babe Winkleman ever had to put up with social media trolls. But Audacy’s 670 The Score (WSCR) host Dan Bernstein did after he posted on Friday a picture of a fish he […]
Laurence Holmes now paired with Matt Speigel in afternoons Audacy’s 670 The Score (WSCR-AM) announced Monday morning changes in midday and afternoon shows. Starting today, Laurence Holmes is moving from middays to afternoons from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays, joining Matt Speigel. Holmes is replacing the since-departed Danny Parkins, who left the station last month for FS1’s new weekday morning […]
One of those media members takes a hypocritical stand The local media was busy lately bashing Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf – that is when they’re not discussing who Justin Fields is following or not following on social media. Now the national media is joining in on the fun. Sports media website Awful Announcing slammed The Chairman Friday […]
Former B96 jock Gabe Ramirez added to evenings WSCR-AM/670 The Score announced some scheduling changes Thursday. The Audacy-owned station announced it was pairing Dan Bernstein with Laurence Holmes for middays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The move is effective Monday. Bernstein – who has been hosting solo since Leila Ramini left to become a full-time sports anchor at NBC 5 […]
Gives up full-time position as 670 The Score co-host but remains to co-host on Wednesdays Appearing on NBC 5/WMAQ-TV’s Sports Sunday has now led Leila Rahimi to a full-time position handling sports anchor duties, beginning next month, becoming the first full-time female sports anchor in the history of the station. She’ll appear on the station’s 5, 6, and 10 p.m. […]
Team reunites after three years apart After being demoted at The Score three years ago, Matt Speigel is back in the afternoons where he belongs. Beginning today, Speigel is reunited with co-host Danny Parkins in afternoons from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Entercom-owned sports talk station after being bounced for a returning Dan McNeil. From the press release: “Matt […]
Becomes first woman to co-host a sports radio talk show on a regular basis in Chicago Entercom-owned The Score (WSCR-AM) announced Monday the promotion of part-time/fill-in host Leila Rahimi to full-time, teaming up with Dan Bernstein in the new Bernstein and Rahimi show, airing weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon. It marks the first time a female host has […]
Dan McNeil returns; Jason Goff , Matt Speigel on the outside looking in In an effort to boost sagging ratings, Entercom-owned WSCR-AM – known as The Score – announced numerous lineup changes today. As first tipped by Robert Feder on Tuesday, WSCR is bringing back Dan McNeil to the station in afternoons, pairing him with Dan Perkins from 1 to […]
Longtime WSCR personality retires Terry Boers, one-half of the popular Boers & Bernstein duo in afternoons, announced his retirement Tuesday in a blogpost at CBSChicago.com. The WSCR (The Score) personality had been at the station since the beginning – 25 years, when The Score (along with sister station WXRT-FM) were owned by Diamond Broadcasting and located in a nondescript building […]
Last week’s opinion piece shows the insensitivity of the Zell and Michaels era still abound at the Trib As you know by now, Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Kristen McQueary caused a huge stir last Friday writing a column “wishing” a Hurricane Katrina storm would wipe out Chicago, giving it a “reboot” as the city struggles with crime, financial problems, and […]
Deadline article, Bernstein’s comments prove women and minorities still face a hostile environment in the media business It’s interesting we have a “communications” as a college major, and yet have a lot of people who don’t know how to communicate – especially when it comes to gender and race issues. And this week, the point was proven more than once. […]
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