{"id":11065,"date":"2016-04-13T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=11065"},"modified":"2016-04-13T06:14:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T11:14:58","slug":"robservations-fox-32-finalizes-5-p-m-news-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/04\/13\/robservations-fox-32-finalizes-5-p-m-news-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Fox 32 finalizes 5 p.m. news plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Fox<\/a>

<\/a> Fox 32 News<\/p><\/div>\n

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

On the heels of NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5<\/a> announcing the launch <\/a>of a 4 p.m. Monday-through-Friday newscast comes word that Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32<\/a> is ready to pull the trigger on its own 5 p.m. weekday newscast. It\u2019s been talked about for years, but insiders say it finally will happen this summer. Look for current 9 p.m. news anchors Jeff Herndon<\/strong> and Dawn Hasbrouck<\/strong> to front the new show as well. The expansion coincides with the arrival<\/a> of Matt Piacente<\/strong> as Fox 32 news director \u2014 the station\u2019s fourth in four years.<\/p>\n

\"Ramonski<\/a>

Ramonski Luv<\/p><\/div>\n

The sudden death <\/a>this week of Doug Banks,<\/strong> top-rated afternoon star at WVAZ FM 102.7,<\/a> created a huge void in the radio world \u2014 and a dilemma for the iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary station. While Dee Dee Renee,<\/strong> who co-hosted with Banks, carries on their American Urban Radio Networks <\/a>syndicated show for now, look for V103 to go back to local hosts from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays in the very near future. Among other options, that could mean a reunion of Joe Soto<\/strong> and Ramonski Luv,<\/strong> former top-rated nighttime hosts of \u201cThe Real Show.\u201d Luv, whose previous employment at V103 abruptly ended<\/a> in July 2014, just returned as a part-time fill-in personality. He started last weekend as host of \u201cThe Friday Night Old School Mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/a>

Scott Kleinberg<\/p><\/div>\n

Scott Kleinberg,<\/strong> social media editor of the Chicago Tribune,<\/a> is leaving to work for the office of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio<\/strong> as director of social media and digital engagement. It\u2019s a homecoming for the Brooklyn native, who has spent the last 11 years in Chicago, starting as senior news editor of RedEye <\/a>and becoming the Tribune\u2019s social media maven in 2011. Kleinberg\u2019s weekly So Social<\/a> column appeared in newspapers around the world and on more than 80 websites. Kleinberg also was a regular contributor to Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>

Ben Ponzio<\/p><\/div>\n

Ben Ponzio<\/strong> made news<\/a> last August when he resigned as general sales manager of CBS Radio Top 40 WBBM FM 96.3 <\/a>to follow what he called \u201ca lifelong dream\u201d and pursue a full-time career as a professional poker player. Now he\u2019s decided to get back into the radio business. Ponzio just joined Hubbard Radio Chicago <\/a>as an account executive, selling advertising for its three stations here. \u201cI am still going to be playing poker,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I decided I should work for another eight to 12 years before hanging it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Carol<\/a>

Carol Marin<\/p><\/div>\n

NBC 5 was named a finalist Tuesday in this year\u2019s Peabody Awards<\/a> for Carol Marin\u2019s<\/strong> reporting on the Laquan McDonald<\/strong> investigation. McDonald was the 17-year-old African American whose fatal shooting by white Chicago police officer Jason\u00a0Van Dyke<\/strong> was captured on dash cam video. Also named a finalist was \u201cThis American Life,\u201d<\/a> created by Ira Glass<\/strong> and Chicago Public Media WBEZ FM 91.5, <\/a>for the podcast \u201cAbdi and the Golden Ticket.\u201d Winners will be honored May 21 in New York.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>

John Drummond<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOperation Greylord,\u201d an original documentary on the FBI sting operation that uncovered massive corruption in the Cook County Circuit Court system in the 1980s, will debut Friday on Decades Network, <\/a>the joint venture of Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations. Among those interviewed are former U.S. Attorneys Dan Webb<\/strong> and Tom Sullivan,<\/strong>\u00a0journalists John Drummond<\/strong> and James Merriner,<\/strong> and Terry Hake,<\/strong> the Chicago attorney who posed undercover as a corrupt prosecutor. The half-hour special will air at 7 a.m. and 1 and 7 p.m. Friday on WBBM 2.2, a subchannel of CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2, <\/a>and on Comcast Xfinity Channel 338, Wide Open West Channel 172, RCN Channel 75 and Cablevision Channel 112.<\/p>\n