{"id":11238,"date":"2016-04-27T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=11238"},"modified":"2016-04-27T06:55:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T11:55:40","slug":"robservations-joe-soto-holding-down-afternoons-on-v103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/04\/27\/robservations-joe-soto-holding-down-afternoons-on-v103\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Joe Soto holding down afternoons on V103"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Joe<\/a>

<\/a> Joe Soto<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Until a successor is named for the late Doug Banks,<\/strong> look for Joe Soto<\/strong> to continue filling in as afternoon personality on WVAZ FM 102.7.<\/a> Soto, a Chicago native and 36-year radio veteran, moved up from the evening shift on the iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary station following the death<\/a> of the legendary syndicated host April 11. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, V103 ranked No. 1 in afternoons among all listeners. A station spokeswoman said a decision on a permanent replacement is still \"a few weeks away.\" But Soto would appear to be the odds-on favorite (perhaps reuniting with former co-host Ramonski Luv<\/strong>). In the interim, Chris Michaels<\/strong> is filling in from 7 p.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday. Also at V103, Troi Tyler<\/strong>\u00a0has traded \u201cThe Quiet Storm\u201d on Sunday nights for fill-in duties.<\/p>\n

\"Jerry<\/a>

Jerry Taft<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t mention the R word (\u201cretirement\u201d) around Jerry Taft.<\/strong> The chief meteorologist at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 <\/a>took me to task last week for broaching the subject. Notwithstanding the recent hiring of meteorologists Cheryl Scott<\/strong> and Larry Mowry<\/strong> at ABC 7, the 73-year-old Taft is in no rush to step down after nearly 40 years on the air here. When asked about retiring by a viewer, Taft tweeted: <\/a>\u201cNot planning on it. Rumor started by @RobertFeder.\u201d He then quoted an item I wrote in March that he was \u201cexpected to reduce his role later this year and likely will retire in 2017.\u201d He added: \u201cLikely according to who?\u201d Here\u2019s hoping Taft stays as long as he likes.<\/p>\n

\"Bob<\/a>

Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano<\/p><\/div>\n

Bob Sirott<\/strong> and Marianne Murciano,<\/strong> the husband-and-wife broadcast duo who recently launched a food blog at susosfork.com,<\/a> have teamed up with Eli\u2019s Cheesecake Co.<\/a> on a new recipe. In time for Cinco de Mayo, they\u2019ve created Cheesecake Con Mango, a limited edition cheesecake \u201ctopped with sweet, creamy mango and candied lime zest.\u201d They\u2019ll be giving some away to subscribers to Suso\u2019s Fork.<\/a> It\u2019s also available for purchase online from Eli\u2019s at shop.elicheesecake.com\/product\/mango.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Rick<\/a>

Rick Kaempfer<\/p><\/div>\n

Rick Kaempfer,<\/strong> author, blogger, media critic, longtime Chicago radio producer and publisher of Eckhartz Press,<\/a> is adding podcaster to his credits. Starting May 5, Kaempfer and co-publisher David Stern<\/strong> will co-host \u201cMinutia Men,\u201d a weekly podcast for the Radio Misfits<\/a> network at radiomisfits.com.<\/a> Produced by Tony Lossano\u2019s<\/strong> Oppih Productions, it\u2019ll feature Kaempfer and Stern sharing stories and drawing on their vast treasures of worthless information (hence the title).<\/p>\n

\"Barbara<\/a>

Barbara Pinto<\/p><\/div>\n

Barbara Pinto,<\/strong> former Chicago-based correspondent for ABC News, has joined FleishmanHillard Public Relations <\/a>in New York as senior vice president, media training. Since 2013, Pinto has co-hosted \u201cIn the Loop,\u201d the weekly news and public-affairs show on City Colleges of Chicago\u2019s PBS affiliate WYCC-Channel 20, <\/a>along with Chris Bury.<\/strong> A native of New York and graduate of Houghton College, Pinto previously worked for CNBC, MSNBC and WFSB, the CBS affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\"Rick<\/a>

Rick Soll<\/p><\/div>\n

Rick Soll,<\/strong> star writer for the Chicago Tribune<\/a> and Sun-Times<\/a> in the 1970s and \u201980s, died of lung cancer last Friday at 69. Soll, who also wrote for Chicago magazine among other publications, was married to Pam Zekman,<\/strong> veteran investigative reporter for CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2.<\/a> Soll was born in Chicago and graduated from New Trier High School before receiving degrees from Colgate University and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. A private memorial for family and friends will be held Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Until a successor is named for the late Doug Banks, look for Joe Soto to continue filling in as afternoon personality on WVAZ FM 102.7. Soto, a Chicago native and 36-year radio veteran, moved up from the evening shift on the iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary station following the death of the... 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\/11238"}],"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=11238"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11254,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11238\/revisions\/11254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}