Nick Digilio
Weeks after marking his 30th year on Tribune Media news/talk WGN AM 720, overnight host Nick Digilio has been sidelined for undisclosed health reasons.
Digilio, 49, was hospitalized this week and said to be undergoing tests to determine his illness. He’d been off the air most of last week and returned early Monday morning sounding strangely weak, according to numerous listeners. He hasn't been heard from since. Continue reading
Reese Marcusson
Reese Marcusson, chief financial officer of Window to the World Communications, was promoted Wednesday to chief operating officer and CFO.
His responsibilities will include continued financial oversight, management of day-to-day operations, and new business development opportunities for the parent company of public television WTTW-Channel 11 and classical music WFMT FM 98.7. Continue reading
Brant Miller (NBC 5, June 22, 2015)
Despite an embarrassing snafu involving a Howard Stern prankster, NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 is defending its decision to put live calls on the air during Monday night’s coverage of tornadoes in the area.
Chief meteorologist Brant Miller handled the awkward moment when “Ryan,” identified as an eyewitness to the storm calling from the back of his tractor trailer in Morris, Illinois, said the wind was blowing “like it’s a blast from Howard Stern’s asshole.” Continue reading
Lisa Kosty
Confirming a long-awaited move Tuesday, Hubbard Radio officially promoted Lisa Kosty to midday personality at adult contemporary WSHE FM 100.3.
Kosty has been filling in from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays since last October, when Megan Reed went on extended medical leave. Reed left the company earlier this year. Continue reading
U.S. Cellular Field
In a crosstown radio coup, White Sox baseball will air on WLS AM 890 starting next season, sources said Tuesday.
Agreement on a six-year deal between the team and the Cumulus Media news/talk station is expected to be finalized this week, according to insiders. Financial terms are not known. Continue reading
Bruce DuMont
It’s had two titles, three local radio outlets and countless guests since it began in 1980. But in all that time, “Beyond the Beltway” has had one host — and a singular mission.
This week Bruce DuMont marks his 35th anniversary as host of the celebrated two-hour weekly talk show that “takes America's political pulse, and provides a fresh and balanced perspective of national politics.” Continue reading
Wayne Besen
Wayne Besen, a prominent gay rights activist who hosts a weekend talk show on WCPT AM 820 and WCPT FM 92.5, is moving up to Monday-through-Friday afternoon host on the Newsweb Radio progressive talk station.
As the station’s first live and local weekday program, “The Wayne Besen Show” will replace the syndicated “Jeff Santos Show” and air from 2 to 5 p.m., starting July 20. Continue reading
Tim Weigel, Lester Holt, Linda MacLennan and Steve Baskerville
Thursday’s official announcement that Lester Holt had been named permanent anchor of "NBC Nightly News" marked the culmination of a remarkable career for the veteran broadcast journalist and former Chicago television newsman.
“Lester is the perfect person to meet the moment,” NBC News chairman Andrew Lack said in tapping Holt to replace Brian Williams after a four-month on-air tryout. Holt becomes the first African-American solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast. Continue reading
Dan Bernstein
For the second time in recent months WSCR AM 670 talk show host Dan Bernstein is in hot water for tweeting an offensive message about a female television personality.
Bosses of the CBS Radio sports/talk station yanked Bernstein from his afternoon show Wednesday and ordered him to delete a tweet he posted Monday night about Cheryl Scott, the meteorologist on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Continue reading
Chicago Sun-Times
Two more Sun-Times editorial employees have been reduced from full-time to part-time status as the newspaper continues to face an uncertain future.
Business reporter Sandra Guy and copy editor Jeff Britt last week were the latest staffers whose work weeks were cut in half, according to sources at the Sun-Times. Continue reading