{"id":11018,"date":"2016-04-07T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=11018"},"modified":"2016-04-07T09:26:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:26:37","slug":"robservations-tina-sfondeles-wins-sun-times-political-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/04\/07\/robservations-tina-sfondeles-wins-sun-times-political-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Tina Sfondeles wins Sun-Times political beat"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tina<\/a>

<\/a> Tina Sfondeles<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Tina Sfondeles,<\/strong> a general assignment reporter at the Sun-Times, <\/a>will\u00a0be promoted Thursday to full-time political reporter for the paper. Her new role essentially consolidates the duties formerly held by political writers Natasha Korecki,<\/strong> who left for politico.com, <\/a>and Dave McKinney,<\/strong> who resigned in protest <\/a>and works for the Midwest bureau of Thomson Reuters.<\/a> Before joining the Sun-Times in 2007, Sfondeles was a news writer at CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780 <\/a>and a production assistant for \u201cThe Steve Dahl<\/strong> Show.\u201d She\u2019s a graduate of Lemont High School and holds degrees from Loyola University and Columbia College.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Casey<\/a>

Casey Kasem<\/p><\/div>\n

The original \u201cAmerican Top 40,\u201d<\/a> the phenomenally popular countdown show created and hosted by Casey Kasem,<\/strong> is coming to WLS FM 94.7. <\/a>Starting this weekend, it will air from 8 to 11 p.m. Sundays on the Cumulus Media classic hits station. Kasem, who hosted the show from 1970 to 1988 and again from 1998 to 2004, died <\/a>in 2014. Meanwhile, still no word on a start date for \u201cThe Ultimate Party with Tom Kent<\/strong>,\u201d which was to have aired from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturdays on WLS FM. Technical issues have delayed the debut of the live syndicated show from Cleveland.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/a>

James VanOsdol<\/p><\/div>\n

The man who\u00a0wrote the book<\/a>\u00a0on WKQX FM 101.1<\/a> is about to get his own weekly show on the Cumulus Media alternative rock station. Veteran Chicago broadcaster James VanOsdol<\/strong> will host \u201cDemo 312\u201d<\/a> at 9 p.m. Sundays, starting May 1. The new one-hour show will spotlight the music of Chicago alternative bands, including interviews with artists. VanOsdol, who worked at the old Q101 earlier in his career, continues as newsroom program manager at Rivet News Radio,<\/a> and also hosts \u201cCar con Carne,\u201d <\/a>a weekly food podcast recorded in the front seat of his Mazda 3.<\/p>\n

\"Richard<\/a>

Richard Milne<\/p><\/div>\n

Another weekly showcase for Chicago bands is about to mark a milestone. Richard Milne\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cLocal Anesthetic,\u201d <\/a>which airs at 7:30 p.m. Sundays on CBS Radio adult album alternative WXRT FM 93.1, <\/a>will celebrate its 25th anniversary April 17. Milne, who\u2019s been a weekend and fill-in personality at the station since 1986, created \u201cLocal Anesthetic\u201d in April 1991. In the quarter-century since, there\u2019s never been a substitute host on the show. \"That's a streak unto itself,\" he said.<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/a>

Sarah Koenig<\/p><\/div>\n

The most successful podcast series of all time just ran into a problem with its own name. \u201cSerial,\u201d <\/a>hosted by Sarah Koenig<\/strong> and produced by the creators of \u201cThis American Life\u201d in collaboration with Chicago Public Media WBEZ FM 91.5,<\/a> has been denied a trademark registration. Tom Taylor Now <\/a>reported that the title \u201cSerial\u201d is simply too generic, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. \u201cIn the applicant\u2019s industry, a serial is the generic name for an audio program that is broadcast in separate parts over a period of time,\u201d the agency ruled. \u201cBusinesses and competitors should be free to use generic language when describing their own goods and\/or services to the public.\u201d A lawyer for the show told Law360 <\/a>the podcast producer would \"continue its efforts to protect the 'Serial' mark\" and would appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Tina Sfondeles, a general assignment reporter at the Sun-Times, will\u00a0be promoted Thursday to full-time political reporter for the paper. Her new role essentially consolidates the duties formerly held by political writers Natasha Korecki, who left for politico.com, and Dave McKinney, who resigned in protest and works for the Midwest bureau... 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\/11018"}],"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=11018"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32806,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11018\/revisions\/32806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}