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Clark Weber dies

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 0

Legendary radio personality dies of cancer Longtime Chicago radio personality Clark Weber passed away Sunday morning from complications due to cancer at an Evanston hospice. He was 89. [..]

Various Clark Weber, WCFL, WIND, WLS-AM

Roseanne Barr, meet Howard Miller

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Terence | Permalink 0

Roseanne not the first media personality to fall from the top When Roseanne Barr made several racially insensitive and anti-Semitic tweets in [..]

Industry Pieces, Various Clark Weber, Howard Miller, Roseanne Barr, Wally Phillips, WCFL, WIND

The Score sees red: WSCR picks up Bulls telecasts

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Terence | Permalink 0

Multi-year deal shifts broadcasts away from WLS-AM Entercom-owned sports station WSCR-AM (The Score) announced Wednesday it has acquired the rights to air Chicago Bulls games for the [..]

Various 104.3 Jams, Bill Wennington, Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Chuck Swirsky, Cumulus, Entercom, Jimmy DeCastro, WBMX, WGCI, WGN-AM, WIND, WMVP, WSCR, WVON

Cumulus seeks to end contracts with Merlin Media, Bulls, White Sox

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Terence | Permalink 1

Chapter 11 forces company to dump pricey agreements. At last, I can sum up the sorry state of Chicago sports AND Chicago radio all in one post. In [..]

Various Buffalo Bills, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, Cumulus, Gar Forman, Jerry Reinsdorf, John Paxson, Mancow, Merlin Media, Seattle Seahawks, Westwood One, WIND, WKQX, WLS-AM, WLS-FM, WLUP, WRDZ, WTAQ, WVON

T Dog’s Media Notepad: Paul Rennie to run WGN-TV, CLTV

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Terence | Permalink 0

Tribune has found a new vice president and general manager for WGN-TV and his name is Paul Rennie, who comes from sister stations WTTV and WXIN in Indianapolis. [..]

Chicago Media, Television America's Got Talent, CLTV, FCC, HBO, Indianapolis, KCPQ, KZJO, Los Angeles Times, Paul Rennie, Preacher, Rep. Joe Walsh, Seattle, Seattle Seahawks, Showtime, The CW, tronc (an actual name), WGN-TV, WIND, WPWR, WTTV, WXIN

Think Tank Express: Time to fire radio host Joe Walsh

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Terence | Permalink 0

WIND should fire controversial former politician for a tweet featuring racist comments and threatening the President. If not, yank the damn license. Enough is enough. Former politician-turned-talk show host [..]

FCC/Politics/Government, Radio CNN, Cumulus, FCC, iHeartMedia, Jackson MS, MSNBC, Rep. Joe Walsh, Salem Communications, WIND, WLBT

V103 shows Ramonski Luv the door

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Terence | Permalink 84

(Editor’s Note: a more recent story on Ramonski Luv being released from V103 can be found here in The Media Notepad, fourth item.) How about this? You [..]

Chicago Media, Radio Clear Channel, Doug Banks, Garry Meier, Howard McGee, Joe Soto, Mancow, Radio, Ramonski Luv, Rep. Joe Walsh, Steve Harvey, V103, WGCI, WIND, WVAZ

Remembering Jerry G. Bishop

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

When you think of Svengoolie these days, you think of Rich Koz, the personality behind the character. But to a generation of Chicago TV viewers back in the [..]

Chicago Media, Local TV (Chicago), Television Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Clark Weber, Cleveland, Dr. Martin Luther King, Gabe Kaplan, Howard Miller, Jerry G. Bishop, Jimmy P. Stagg, KFMB, Larry Lujack, MeTV, Morey Amsterdam, MST3K, San Diego, Screaming Yellow Theater, Springfield IL, Svengoolie, Washington D.C., WCFL, WCIU, WFLD, WIND, WPGC

T Dog’s Six Pack is back

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

A return of a favorite… T Dog Media’s Six Pack is back! The week’s (or in this case, the summer’s) media winners and losers in a nutshell: Winners. [..]

Chicago Media, Radio, Sports, Tech/New Media, Television Amazon, Big Brother, CBS, CBS-Owned Stations, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Green Bay, Hemlock Grove, House of Cards, Jimmy DeCastro, Journal Communications, Milwaukee, Netflix, Rep. Joe Walsh, Survivor, TimeWarner Cable, Under The Dome, WGBA, WGN Radio, WIND, WTMJ-TV

T Dog’s Grab Bag: Don’t come back, y’all

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

Jacobson loses lawsuit; Rover gets busted; Birmingham format flip goes awry – As first reported by the Chicago Tribune Wednesday evening, a Cook County Judge threw out a [..]

Chicago Media, Journalism, Radio Amy Jacobson, Birmingham, CBS 2, CBS Radio, Chuck Galeti, Clear Channel, Cleveland, Cox, Craig Stebic, Detroit, FM News, JACK FM, Kenny Crumpton, Merlin Media, Nine FM, Radio, Rover, Summit Media, The Puppet's Court, WBBM-TV, WIND, WJW, WMAQ, WMMS, WXRK, WZNN

T Dog’s Grab Bag: Steve Cochran returns to WGN Radio

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

Also: Brooke Hunter is hired by My 93.9 FM ; Susan Carlson heads to WLS-AM It has been a busy last few days in the Chicago radio – [..]

Chicago Media, Radio Brooke Hunter, Jimmy DeCastro, KTRS, Radio, Rep. Joe Walsh, St. Louis, Steve Cochran, Susan Carlson, WBBM-TV, WGN Radio, WIND, WLIT, WLS-AM

Chicago radio sinks to a new low – again – WIND to hire Walsh

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Terence | Permalink 2

I guess in Chicago media, you don’t need a degree to get a job. Just look pretty. Or be dumb. Or be an unfunny, talentless hack. Or just [..]

FCC/Politics/Government, Radio, Television Allen Iverson, Amy Jacobson, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Court Jester, Jay Mariotti, Jeff Probst, Jenny McCarthy, Jim Belushi, Jim Laski, Mancow, Michelle Obama, Philadelphia 76ers, Radio, Randy Michaels, Rep. Joe Walsh, Rod Blagoveich, Salem Communications, Sam Zell, Survivor, Tammy Duckworth, WIND

Greg Jarrett heads to WIQI-FM

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

Former WGN-AM radio personality Greg Jarrett has landed a morning time slot gig on troubled news station WIQI-FM (101.1, FM News) beginning on Monday. Jarrett will anchor morning [..]

Chicago Media, Radio Blago, Geoff Pinkus, Greg Jarrett, Jim Laski, John Czahor, Jonathan Brandmeier, Kevin Matthews, Mancow, Mary Ellen Geist, Merlin Media, Monica DeSantis, New York City, Radio, Rob Hart, Rod Blagoveich, WEMP, WGN Radio, WIND, WIQI

Chicago radio gets Q’d

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

For the last few months, Chicago-area radio listeners had no alternative rock station. As of Sunday night, Chicago-area radio listeners have… two? In a surprise move, Elmhurst-based WJJG-AM [..]

Chicago Media, Radio Alternative, Broadcast Barter Radio Networks, Mancow, Merlin Marlin, Merlin Media, Michael Savage, Ozzie Guillen, Q101, Q87.7, Radio, Smooth Jazz, WIND, WJJG, WKQX, WLFM

T Dog’s Grab Bag… News and Notes

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

As of this writing, the “Groovy” is being dropped from “Grab Bag” title – but it is still newsworthy nonetheless: …The Winter Television Critics Association press tour is [..]

Broadcast Networks, Chicago Media, Local TV (Chicago), Radio, Television Accidentally on Purpose, America’s Got Talent, American Idol, Amy Jacobson, Bill Zwecker, CBS, CBS 2, Cisco Cotto, Fox 32, Gary Unmarried, Glee, Grab Bag, Lou Canellis, Miami Medical, NBC, New York City, Radio, Roe Conn, Rules of Engagement, Simon Cowell, TCA Press Tour, WBBM-TV, WCBS-TV, Wesley South, WFLD, WIND, WLS-AM, WNBC, WVON, X Factor

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