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  • Waiting for the other shoe to drop on WCKG

    After weeks of speculation, Chicago media watchers are holding their breath, as a change at WCKG seems imminent. Rob Feder first put the rumor in print on October 2, when he wrote: If you ask insiders at WCKG-FM (105.9) about changes to the station’s format, they’ll tell you it’s no longer a question of “if”…

  • Drudge Off the Air

    After a solid run, Internet gossip guru Matt Drudge will be giving up his syndicated talk show. The NY Post is confirming a story that has been circulating for several weeks. According to the report, Drudge will be focusing on his website and other endeavors. Drudge has been heard on 325 stations across the country…

  • What We Can Learn from the Jacobson Debacle

    With a few days to reflect on this week’s dismissal of Amy Jacobson by WMAQ-TV Ch. 5 after videotape showing Jacobson at the home of Craig Stebic, wearing a bikini, while her kids played in Stebic’s pool, some important lessons seem to be emerging.

  • Jacobson Gone From Ch. 5

    Feder reported in a front page story in today’s Sun-Times that WMAQ-TV Ch. 5 and reporter Amy Jacobson have parted ways: “I’m crushed. I can’t lie to you. I’m devastated,” she said in her first interview, just hours after she was fired by the NBC-owned station Tuesday. “I thought they would suspend me and then…

  • Hot Water for WMAQ’s Jacobson

    WMAQ-TV Ch. 5’s Amy Jacobson has been covering the story of Lisa Stebic, the woman from Plainfield who has been missing since April 30. Initially, police suspected Stebic’s husband Craig but he has not been charged or taken into custody as the investigation has progressed. Amy Jacobson has interviewed the Stebic family throughout her ongoing…

  • EAS Meltsdown Chicago Broadcasters

    If you were listening to the radio or watching television this morning, chances are that no matter what station you were tuned into you instead heard an Emergency Alert, followed by some other radio station. There was “glitch” in the state’s EAS system this morning, which affected broadcasters. Here’s the report from the Trib: If…

  • WLS Rewinds for Memorial Day

    Radio geeks rejoice! WLS-AM will be going old school on Memorial Day, for the Big 89 Rewind. Former WLS superstars will be taking over for the day, reliving the heyday of WLS in the 60’s and 70’s. Line-up will include Larry Lujack, Tommy Edwards, Fred Winston, Chris Shebel, Jeff Davis, John Landecker, Tom Kent, and…

  • North in a New York State of Mind?

    Multiple sources are reporting that WSCR-AM’s morning man Mike North will be filling in at WFAN-AM in New York next Tuesday and Wednesday. He’ll be filling the shift previously held by Don Imus. WFAN has been auditioning a number of different personalities in an effort to fill their morning drive shift in the wake of…

  • Politicos Urge FCC Waivers for Trib

    Senior U.S. Senator, former Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert, and other Illinois lawmakers have sent a letter to the FCC asking the regulatory body to approve waivers that would allow the Tribune Co. to maintain its ownership of the Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV, along with dual ownership situations in other markets, after the…

  • XM Satellite Outage

    It looks like XM is having some major technical issues. From the Washington Post: The company experienced a technical problem that triggered an outage lasting most of the day, causing many listeners across the country to lose access to its programming. The company blamed a software glitch for the interruption and did not say how…