{"id":12324,"date":"2016-09-14T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=12324"},"modified":"2016-09-14T14:14:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T19:14:24","slug":"tv-fm-taps-wgn-radio-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/09\/14\/tv-fm-taps-wgn-radio-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Me-TV FM taps into WGN Radio for news updates"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Me-TV<\/a>

<\/a> Me-TV FM<\/p><\/div>\n

In the first step of an unusual partnership between competitors, Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720 <\/a>will air news updates during morning drive on Me-TV FM,<\/a> Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s soft rock\/oldies station on WRME LP 87.7.<\/p>\n

Starting Wednesday, \u201cMe-TV FM News Minute\u201d will air at 20 minutes and 50 minutes past each hour from 6 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. WGN\u2019s Andrea Darlas, Steve Grzanich, Ryan Burrow and Vic Vaughn will take turns anchoring the news, weather and sports updates.<\/p>\n

\"Andrea<\/a>

Andrea Darlas<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWGN's programming is complementary to our music format, and the credibility of WGN's news and information makes this a win-win for both stations and our compatible audiences,\u201d Neal Sabin, vice chairman of Weigel Broadcasting, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Todd Manley, vice president of content and programming at WGN, said plans call for cross-promotion of the two stations on the air as well as other forms of brand sharing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have award-winning journalists like ours, it makes perfect sense to share them,\u201d Manley said. \u201cThere\u2019s clearly something bold and brilliant about what Neal\u2019s team at Me-TV FM has created, and we look forward to doing more together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The arrangement also is expected to include a joint sales effort, with WGN selling advertising on Me-TV FM in exchange for a share of the revenue.<\/p>\n

Me-TV FM broadcasts over a low-power analog station on VHF TV channel 6. Before Weigel Broadcasting began leasing the signal from Venture Technologies Group in 2015, it was used by Tribune Media for the short-lived sports\/talk format known as The Game 87.7 FM.<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, WGN ranks sixth with a 3.8 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 642,400. Me-TV FM is tied for 22nd with a 2.0 share and 684,600 weekly cume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the first step of an unusual partnership between competitors, Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720 will air news updates during morning drive on Me-TV FM, Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s soft rock\/oldies station on WRME LP 87.7. Starting Wednesday, \u201cMe-TV FM News Minute\u201d will air at 20 minutes and 50 minutes past each hour from 6 to... 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\/12324"}],"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=12324"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12340,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12324\/revisions\/12340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}