Jarrett Payton and Josh Frydman

The newest team in Chicago’s sports-talk game will take the field Sunday on CLTV.

Set to kick off on the Tribune Media cable news channel is “Sports Feed,” a live sports talk show hosted by Jarrett Payton and Josh Frydman, airing from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Practice runs are under way this week leading up to Sunday's debut. Continue reading →

iHeartMedia Chicago

In the latest Chicago radio ratings, the winner and still champion is WVAZ FM 102.7. The iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary station also finished first in middays, afternoons and evenings.

Nielsen Audio ratings released Monday for the period from April 23 to May 20 showed V103 leading the market among overall listeners and among those between 25 and 54 — the prime demographic favored by advertisers. Continue reading →

Brady Broski

It didn’t take long for iHeartMedia to fill the afternoon vacancy on Top 40 WKSC FM 103.5.

On Monday the station promoted evening personality Brady Broski to afternoon drive host and assistant program director of Kiss FM. Brady, as he’s known on the air, has been filling in from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays since Ryan “Jordan” Gorman was dropped last week. Continue reading →

Brian Babylon

Brian Babylon, the Chicago-born stand-up comic, radio host and self-proclaimed “Prince of Bronzeville,” is going Hollywood.

Babylon, who signed off last month as host of Vocalo’s “The Morning AMp,” has been named social media producer for “Why? With Hannibal Buress,” a new weekly series on Comedy Central, to be produced in Los Angeles and set to debut in July. Continue reading →

Bobby Skafish

Chicago rock radio veteran Bobby Skafish is out after eight years as afternoon personality at Hubbard Radio classic hits WDRV FM 97.1. His last day on the air was Thursday.

No reason was cited for the move, but The Drive’s afternoon ratings have not kept pace with mornings and middays among the station’s target audience. Continue reading →

Alexa Helms

The question isn’t why Alexa Helms is leaving after one year at WFLD-Channel 32. It’s why the Fox-owned station’s bosses hired her in the first place.

Fox 32 general manager Dennis Welsh and news director Tom Doerr will have that and a lot of other boneheaded blunders to answer for someday. (I mean that figuratively since neither one ever responds to questions or even acknowledges media inquiries.) Continue reading →

Harpo Studios

In April, Oprah Winfrey auctioned off her antique furniture, china, candlesticks and other household items from her Water Tower condo. Now her cameras, microphones and teleprompters are on the block, too.

Friday marks the opening of an online auction of used broadcast equipment from Winfrey’s Harpo Studios in the West Loop. It’s a vast array of top-quality gear that’s expected to generate millions of dollars from buyers around the world, according to ReelChicago.com. Continue reading →

Ryan "Jordan" Gorman

It’s over and out for Ryan Gorman after five years as afternoon personality at iHeartMedia Top 40 WKSC FM 103.5.

Gorman, who was known on the air as “Jordan,” was removed from the Kiss FM lineup and the station’s website Wednesday. No reason was cited for the move by management. Continue reading →

Niala Boodhoo

In a move that cuts local programming in half on its Monday-through-Friday lineup, public radio WBEZ FM 91.5 has canceled “The Afternoon Shift” and parted company with its host.

Niala Boodhoo is out after five years at the Chicago Public Media news/talk station. A former business reporter, Boodhoo succeeded founding host Steve Edwards and interim host Rick Kogan in 2013 on “The Afternoon Shift,” which aired from 2 to 4 p.m. weekdays. Continue reading →

Tribune Tower

Ten editorial staffers were among 25 Chicago Tribune employees whose positions were eliminated Wednesday in a sweeping move to cut costs and shift resources to digital operations.

The company did not specify the jobs affected, but sources said the newsroom layoffs included photo editor Chuck Berman, sports digital editor Stu Courtney, photo imager Eric Davis, sports copy editor Robert Foltman, associate sports editor Lee Gordon, sports copy editor Mike Pankow, metro planning editor Chris Rickett and video reporter/columnist Jenniffer Weigel. Two other editorial staffers could not be confirmed. Continue reading →