WGN-TV’s Mark Suppelsa, one of Chicago’s most-respected television anchormen announced late on Friday that he would be taking a leave of absence from his anchoring duties to enter an alcohol rehabilitation center in Minnesota.…

Just a month into his tenure as the new general manager of WLS-AM, Mike Damsky and new operations manager Drew Hayes have already begun to make significant changes to the station. On Wednesday, the painful 16-month experiment of Erich “Mancow” Muller and Pat Cassidy finally came to an end. In addition, the painful 4-week experiment of Roe Conn and Cisco Cotto also came to an end. (Feder, Rosenthal, Lazare)…

The awkwardly titled “Monsters & Money in the Morning,” debuted on WBBM-TV Ch. 2 this morning. The ensemble production consists of the former WSCR-AM duo of Mike North and Dan Jiggetts. They are joined by Terry Savage of the Sun-Times and former CNBC correspondent Mike Hegedus. Mary Kay Kleist is handling weather duties while Susan Carlson reads the news and delivers the traffic reports.…

Pre-season NFL football is a lot like summer camp. It’s a complete departure from real life. Nothing can go wrong. Everything looks wonderful. Even the third-string quarterback looks like a superstar.

It was great to see and hear Bears football again last night, on both FOX’s WFLD-TV and on CBS Radio’s WBBM-AM.

It was also great to have Lou Canellis back on a big stage covering the Bears. Like so many Chicago sports fans, I’ve been a fan of Sweet …