{"id":10430,"date":"2016-02-15T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10430"},"modified":"2016-02-16T09:52:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:52:42","slug":"robservations-rahm-drops-to-no-2-on-chicagos-power-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/02\/15\/robservations-rahm-drops-to-no-2-on-chicagos-power-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Rahm drops to No. 2 on Chicago magazine\u2019s power list"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Chicago<\/a>

<\/a> Chicago magazine<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s another dubious ranking of the city\u2019s \u201cmost powerful\u201d people<\/a> from our friends at Chicago magazine. <\/a>This year they\u2019ve cut the list in half (\u201cThe Power 100\u201d is now \u201cThe Power 50\u201d<\/a>). While Rahm Emanuel<\/strong> graces the cover of the March issue, the embattled mayor falls to second place behind Cook County Board president Toni Preckwinkle<\/strong> (who was No. 8 last year). Once again <\/a>there\u2019s not a working journalist \u2014 print, broadcast or digital \u2014 in the bunch, though there are two media moguls: Newsweb Corp. owner Fred Eychaner<\/strong> (No. 36) and newly ensconced Tribune Publishing chairman Michael Ferro<\/strong> (No. 49). \u201cFor better or worse, the fate of print journalism in this town rests largely in his hands,\u201d Chicago says of Ferro, whom the magazine once pilloried. <\/a>Now he\u2019s the publication\u2019s top boss.<\/p>\n

\"Regine<\/a>

Regine Schlesinger<\/p><\/div>\n

Tuesday will mark the last day of full-time work for news anchor and reporter Regine Schlesinger,<\/strong> who\u2019s retiring <\/a>after more than 42 years at CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9.<\/a> But she won\u2019t be signing off for good. To the delight of countless admirers, Schlesinger will continue anchoring on Sundays and Tuesdays. \u201cIt\u2019s great that she\u2019ll still be here on a regular basis,\u201d says Ron Gleason,<\/strong> director of news and programming at\u00a0WBBM Newsradio. Schlesinger, who began straight out of Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism in 1973, says she\u2019s stepping back to \u201cgive younger journalists a chance at the amazing opportunity I\u2019ve enjoyed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/a>

Eddie \u201cPiolin\u201d Sotelo<\/p><\/div>\n

Eddie \u201cPiolin\u201d Sotelo,<\/strong> last heard here on Univision Radio WOJO FM 105.1, <\/a>is making a comeback on Chicago radio. Starting Monday, his syndicated morning show will air from 8 a.m. to noon weekdays on 97.5 Poder FM <\/a>via leased translator and HD Radio signal. Launched by Show Time Media, the regional Mexican format replaced <\/a>97.5 ESPN Deportes, operated by iHeartMedia Chicago. \u201cI am beyond excited to be back with my friends in Chicago and on the all-new 97.5 Poder FM,\u201d the Radio Hall of Famer said in a statement. \u201cIt feels like I\u2019m coming home and I can\u2019t wait to reconnect with my listener family in one of the greatest cities in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Monica<\/a>

Monica Eng and Louisa Chu<\/p><\/div>\n

Monica Eng<\/strong> and Louisa Chu,<\/strong> who hosted the popular food podcast \u201cChewing the Fat\u201d at Chicago Public Media WBEZ FM 91.5,<\/a> are back together again. Their new weekly podcast, simply called \u201cChewing,\u201d premiered Friday on iTunes,<\/a> Soundcloud<\/a> and other platforms. Eng continues as full-time food and health reporter for WBEZ, while Chu covers food and dining for the Chicago Tribune.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a delicious mash up of WBEZ and Tribune content we are already doing for our main jobs, but that works better as long-form audio,\u201d Eng says. Along with serious reports on science, health and food policy, they\u2019ll continue their \u201cWill She Eat It\u201d segment (where the hosts dare each other to eat strange things), among other treats.<\/p>\n

\"Garry<\/a>

Garry Meier<\/p><\/div>\n

Speaking of podcasts, Garry Meier<\/strong> has announced March 12 as the start date for his return to the microphone. It\u2019s been radio silence for Meier since November 2014 when Tribune Media pulled him off its online stream at wgn.fm<\/a> and paid him through the remainder of his contract. Before that he was a prominent host on Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720<\/a> from April 2009 to May 2014.\u00a0Meier first publicized<\/a> plans in December to launch a radio show with former WGN traffic reporter Leslie Keiling<\/strong> as news anchor. \u201cDetails coming soon,\u201d Meier told fans last week.<\/p>\n

\"George<\/a>

George Castle<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s Book No. 12 for George Castle,<\/strong> the veteran Chicago sportswriter and author. Baseball\u2019s Game Changers: Icons, Record Breakers, Scandals, Sensational Series, and More,<\/a> <\/em>just published by Lyons Press, expertly explores what Castle considers the 50 most significant turning points and innovations in the game\u2019s history. Among the book\u2019s remarkable illustrations is a 1960 photo of the Cubs\u2019 Ernie Banks<\/strong> and the White Sox\u2019s Nellie Fox<\/strong> (their respective leagues\u2019 1959 Most Valuable Players) promoting the inauguration of baseball broadcasts in color with WGN announcer Jack Brickhouse.<\/strong> Castle discovered the long-lost original in the archives of an Evanston art gallery and secured permission to use it for his entry about television.<\/p>\n

\"Ernie<\/a>

Ernie Banks, Nellie Fox and Jack Brickhouse (Photo: Earl Gustie)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: It\u2019s another dubious ranking of the city\u2019s \u201cmost powerful\u201d people from our friends at Chicago magazine. This year they\u2019ve cut the list in half (\u201cThe Power 100\u201d is now \u201cThe Power 50\u201d). While Rahm Emanuel graces the cover of the March issue, the embattled mayor falls to second place behind... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10430"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10462,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430\/revisions\/10462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}