WBBM Newsradio

The CBS Radio all-news combo of WBBM AM 780 and WCFS FM 105.9 not only was Chicago’s top-billing station last year but again was the only local outlet among radio’s 10 biggest moneymakers nationwide.

With revenue of $39.2 million in 2014, WBBM Newsradio was down 6.5 percent from its 2013 revenue of $41.9 million. But it still ranked 10th in the nation, according to figures released by BIA/Kelsey, a Virginia-based media research firm. Continue reading →

Ellen Warren

Veteran journalist Ellen Warren, who retired last fall after more than two decades as senior correspondent and columnist for the Chicago Tribune, is coming back.

Starting April 26, Warren’s popular “Answer Angel Ellen” column will return to the pages of the Sunday Tribune and will be distributed nationally by Tribune Content Agency as part of Tribune News Service. Continue reading →

Jonathon Brandmeier

One hundred radio stations across the country will begin airing Jonathon Brandmeier’s new Chicago-based syndicated talk show, starting Monday.

Westwood One announced it has signed 100 affiliates for the show, which premiered locally last week on Cumulus Media news/talk WLS AM 890. The team of John Kass and Lauren Cohn previously aired in the time period here. Continue reading →

Eddie Schwartz

Chicago late-night radio legends Eddie Schwartz, Franklyn MacCormack and the husband-and-wife team of Steve King and Johnnie Putman will be among this year’s Walk of Fame honorees at WGN AM 720.

The Tribune Media news/talk station announced 10 more inductees Friday to be enshrined with bronze plaques embedded outside the showcase studio at 435 North Michigan Avenue. Continue reading →

Hosea Sanders, Jim Rose, Cheryl Scott and Linda Yu

Question: When is a WLS-Channel 7 newscast in last place? Answer: When it’s not airing on WLS-Channel 7.

For the first time in three decades or more, a newscast produced by Chicago’s top-rated ABC-owned station is bringing up the rear in the Nielsens. That’s because it’s airing on Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26. Continue reading →

Aiyana Cristal

Two prominent personalities from CBS Radio sports/talk WSCR AM 670 have apologized for an exchange of tweets that many viewed as sexist and degrading toward a female sportscaster from Comcast SportsNet Chicago.

Score midday co-host Matt Spiegel and afternoon co-host Dan Bernstein were widely criticized on social media for a series of crude comments Wednesday about the physical attributes of Comcast SportsNet anchor/reporter Aiyana Cristal. Continue reading →

Mandy Patinkin

Comcast SportsNet Chicago will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2005 World Series Championship season of the Chicago White Sox with the debut of an original 90-minute documentary.

“Believe: The Story of the 2005 Chicago White Sox,” featuring interviews with players, coaches, execs and others whose lives were touched by the city’s first Major League Baseball championship in 88 years, will premiere at 7 p.m. April 12 on the regional sports network. Continue reading →

John Drury, Jerry Taft, Diann Burns and Mark Giangreco

Over his 40-year career as an anchorman in Chicago, John Drury was never known as a controversial figure. His warm demeanor and unruffled delivery belied a sharp-edged competitiveness that viewers rarely saw.

But one Saturday afternoon 25 years ago, the legendary broadcaster let his guard down and went on the offensive against critics in the print media. Editors of the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, Drury charged, were guilty of many of the excesses they attack in television news. Continue reading →

Oswaldo Diaz

Two of Chicago’s leading Spanish-language radio stations have added new drive-time shows to their lineups, as part of a multifaceted syndication agreement between Univision Local Media and Entravision Communications.

The addition earlier this month of “El Show de Erazno y La Chokolata” to afternoons on regional Mexican WOJO FM 105.1 and "El Show de Alex 'El Genio' Lucas” to mornings on adult contemporary WPPN FM 106.7 reflects the continued deployment of syndicated programming on both Univision Radio stations. Continue reading →

Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson

Salem Media news/talk WIND AM 560 unveiled a new lineup Tuesday, officially installing Dan Proft as morning host in place of Big John Howell. It confirms a move Proft announced himself more than a month ago.

The Republican political commentator, consultant and onetime gubernatorial candidate has been filling in alongside co-host Amy Jacobson since January when Howell segued to mornings at Cumulus Media news/talk WLS AM 890. Proft previously hosted co-mornings with Bruce Wolf at WLS. Continue reading →