There’s a new morning line in Chicago, according to radio ratings released Tuesday for the period from July 17 to August 13.

Here’s a look at Chicago’s top 10 morning shows as measured by Nielsen Audio among all listeners age 6 and older from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, followed by average share of audience (with previous month’s share in parentheses). Continue reading →

Pat Hughes (Photo: Stephen Green)

As Cubs baseball nears the end of its historic run on WGN AM 720, veteran play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes is getting big props from the Tribune Broadcasting news/talk station.

On Tuesday Hughes will be named the latest inductee in the WGN Radio Walk of Fame. He'll be enshrined among the station’s legendary personalities with a plaque embedded in the walkway outside Tribune Tower studios at 435 North Michigan Avenue. Continue reading →

Dave Eanet

Veteran Chicago sportscaster Dave Eanet kicked off his 25th season as the voice of Northwestern University Wildcat Football with a surprise.

During halftime of Saturday’s home opener in Evanston, Eanet’s alma mater christened the Ryan Field radio booth in his honor. In addition to unveiling a plaque designating “The Dave Eanet Broadcast Booth,” they presented him a cake inscribed: “Congratulations on 25 years, Mr. Cat!” Continue reading →

Mike Ward

Longtime television executive Mike Ward, who was a key figure in WMAQ-Channel 5’s news operation for 10 years, is being remembered as a valued colleague and mentor.

Ward, who never fully recovered from a stroke he suffered in 2008, died at his home Wednesday in Washington, D.C. He was 63.

“To say that Mike Ward impacted a generation of television news professionals is not an overstatement,” marketing consultant Martin Gould, a former TV reporter and producer, wrote in an online tribute. “He mentored, taught, cultivated and celebrated the professional development of dozens — maybe hundreds — of people whose work was made better under his tutelage.” Continue reading →