Last week Lewis Lazare — or “Clueless” Lazare, as Bruce Wolf has come to refer to him — speculated in his Sun-Times column that CBS Radio’s WSCR-AM The Score might soon be heard on 105.9-FM, the current home of CBS’ Fresh FM format. Then, today, Ed Sherman, writing on his blog at Crain’s website, suggests that the market might be ready for a third sports talk station and that the FM band might be the likeliest place for…

As 2008 comes to a close, any observer of Chicago media will note that the following broadcasters all have something in common: Steve Dahl, Mike North, Eddie & JoBo, and Spike O’Dell. None of those names will be on the air when the year comes to close.

These are strange days in the radio business. At one time in the not-too-distant past, all of these broadcasters were considered franchise players on their respective radio stations. All were well-compensated and commanded…

In our ongoing effort to find a place for poor Pat Cassidy, we may have an idea that would make the best use of Pat’s talents and would be amenable to corporate parent Citadel. Just last week, WABC-AM in New York — owned by Citadel — announced that the Imus in the Morning program would be expanding. The line-up at WABC is undergoing some re-shuffling, and when the dust settled, the 5-6am slot needed to be filled. Imus’ show already…

Erich “Mancow” Muller has about a month of broadcasts on WLS-AM under his belt, and by all accounts, the reviews have been mixed at best. There was no lack of skepticism when it was announced that WLS would be replacing the popular Jerry Agar with Muller. After all, this is the same Muller who had spent the better part of the last decade trying to make a name for himself as a shock jock, complete with distasteful stunts, goofy sidekicks,…

It was the rumor that wouldn’t die. For over two years, the rumblings within the Chicago broadcast community had been that Mancow Muller would be resurfacing on WLS after being unceremoniously bounced from Q101.

The signs all seemed to be pointing to the certainty of such a move. After all, WLS PD Kipper McGee came to WLS from Talk Radio Network, where he helped launch the national syndication of Mancow Muller. At the same time, WLS was facing the prospect…

A week after his crosstown colleague Rob Feder penned his last column for the Sun-Times, the Trib’s Phil Rosenthal has expanded his local media coverage by launching a blog that he’s dubbed “Tower Ticker.”

Rosenthal acknowledges that he may be late to the party, writing, “This just in: Blogs have officially gone out of style. I finally got one.”

Regardless of Rosenthal’s motivation or relative tardiness, I welcome him to the fray.