Robin Robinson
Robin Robinson signed off Monday after 27 years at WFLD-Channel 32.
Her final story on the Fox-owned station’s 9 p.m. newscast examined changing attitudes about prostitution. “Maybe it’s fitting that this is my last report here on Fox 32 News because it kind of proves the power of knowledge and new information,” Robinson told viewers. “Because that is what all the journalists here hope to achieve.” Continue reading
Robin Robinson
Eight months after she was forced to step down as main news anchor at WFLD-Channel 32, Robin Robinson is ending her 27-year run at the Fox-owned station.
Tonight marks her final appearance as a reporter on Fox 32’s 9 p.m. newscast with a story on “the evolution of awareness about the true nature of prostitution.” Continue reading
Jack Diamond
Jack Diamond, a longtime Washington, D.C., radio personality, appears to be in the cards as the new morning host at WLS FM 94.7.
All this week Diamond will be on the Cumulus Media classic hits station from 5:30 to 9 a.m. with current morning host Brant Miller. According to plan, insiders say, the arrangement could become permanent, with Diamond as host, Miller in a reduced role as co-host and weather reporter, and Marti Jones continuing as news anchor. Continue reading
The last time I shared a list of my favorite films about the Fourth Estate in 2009, I heard from a lot of people.
Even my esteemed colleague Roger Ebert joined the conversation, questioning me for leaving out two contemporary newspaper movies, Zodiac (2007) and State of Play (2009).
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Anne Dias Griffin and Ken Griffin
If early media reports are any indication, the divorce of one of Chicago’s richest and most politically potent couples is unlikely to remain a private affair, as both sides are hoping.
Billionaire Ken Griffin, founder and head of Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel Investments, confirmed through the law firm Berger Schatz that he filed for divorce Wednesday from Anne Dias Griffin, his wife of 11 years and founder of the website Reboot Illinois. Continue reading
Robservations on the media beat:
Steve Dahl
If you want to subscribe to Steve Dahl’s podcast by the year, it’s going to cost you more. Annual subscribers to the Steve Dahl Network had been paying $99.95 a year since Dahl began his paywall podcast in August 2011. But now they’ll be charged $119.40 a year — matching the rate of monthly subscribers, who pay $9.95 a month. “I’m not raising the price, I'm just not offering two free months anymore,” Dahl explained. “When the Network debuted three years ago, we only offered my daily show. Now we offer over 40 new shows a month from five different hosts (six if you count Steve and Garry). I am revising my business model, and devising other ways to reward our loyal subscribers. Just part of growing the business.” Continue reading
Kathy Hart and Billy Baruth
The female half of radio’s most popular morning team is about to become the Chicago area’s latest celebrity restaurateur.
Kathy Hart, co-host of the top-rated “Eric & Kathy Show” with Eric Ferguson on WTMX FM 101.9, confirmed plans to open a restaurant and music venue with her husband in Highwood. Continue reading
Sarah Dunlap Burke
Sarah Dunlap Burke, a Chicago area native and veteran news producer who began as an intern at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9, has been hired as assistant news director at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.
Burke, who most recently has been acting news director at WBZ-TV, the CBS-owned station in Boston, succeeds Janet Hundley, who resigned from ABC 7 in May to become news director of WTMJ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee. Continue reading
Ramonski Luv
Nearly two weeks after his dismissal as evening personality at WVAZ FM 102.7, Ramonski Luv is thanking fans, friends and former co-workers for their support.
“Everyone will go through something; mine is just magnified,” he wrote on Facebook in his first public comment since he left the top-rated Clear Channel urban adult-contemporary station.
Details of Luv’s abrupt departure remain confidential. Clear Channel has not elaborated on its July 9 statement: “It’s our policy not to discuss employee matters for privacy reasons. Joe Soto will continue to host evenings on V103.” Soto, who’d been been teamed with Luv for the past decade, has declined to comment. Continue reading
Here are the 10 most popular Chicago radio morning shows among women between 25 and 54, followed by average audience share, according to latest Nielsen Audio quarterly survey (March 27 to June 18). Continue reading