{"id":12886,"date":"2016-12-06T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=12886"},"modified":"2016-12-06T08:39:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T14:39:25","slug":"robservations-record-pat-hughes-delivers-cubs-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/12\/06\/robservations-record-pat-hughes-delivers-cubs-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: For the record, Pat Hughes delivers Cubs CD"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\u201cThe<\/a>

<\/a> \u201cThe Chicago Cubs Win the World Series!\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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

\"Pat<\/a>

Pat Hughes<\/p><\/div>\n

The ideal holiday gift for any Chicago Cubs fan: Pat Hughes,<\/strong> radio voice of the World Champions on CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670,<\/a> has just released \u201cThe Chicago Cubs Win the World Series!\u201d <\/a>It\u2019s a 70-minute CD featuring the 2016 season\u2019s greatest moments as broadcast on The Score by Hughes and color commentator Ron Coomer.<\/strong> \u201cIf you love the Cubs, you will love this CD,\u201d promises <\/a>Hughes. It\u2019s available online for $19.95 at baseballvoices.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/a>

Steve Dahl<\/p><\/div>\n

Disco Demolition,<\/a> the night that rocked old Comiskey Park and the whole music world, gets another turn in the national spotlight this week. Comedy Central\u2019s<\/a> \u201cDrunk History\u201d will serve up its version of the ill-fated 1979 White Sox promotion\/radio stunt that made Steve Dahl<\/strong> a star. Premiering at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, the \u201cDrunk History\u201d segment features an inebriated Bob Odenkirk<\/strong> recounting the fiasco. Colin Hanks<\/strong> plays Dahl.<\/p>\n

\"Rodrigo<\/a>

Rodrigo Arana<\/p><\/div>\n

Look for Rodrigo Arana<\/strong> to exit Telemundo Chicago WSNS-Channel 44<\/a> after two years as sports anchor at the Spanish-language station. Insiders say he\u2019s expected to obtain an early release to pursue play-by-play opportunities. Arana\u2019s departure closely will follow that of 15-year veteran reporter Alba Mendiola,<\/strong> who headed the Telemundo Responde<\/em> consumer investigative unit. Mendiola, who also hosted the public affairs show \u201cEnfoque Chicago,\u201d<\/em> left to become a Spanish teacher. Oversight of Telemundo Chicago just shifted<\/a> to David Doebler,<\/strong> president and general manager of NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5,<\/a> who took over from ousted station boss Chris McDonnell.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dorothy<\/a>

Dorothy Storck<\/p><\/div>\n

Dorothy Storck,<\/strong>\u00a0the former reporter for Chicago\u2019s American and Chicago Today who died in 2015, is the namesake of a new journalism award. Chicago Journalists Association<\/a> is offering a $1,000 prize for best columns written by a print, broadcast or online journalist during the year. The Dorothy Storck Award is open to journalists in Illinois and northwest Indiana. Deadline for entries is December 31. For rules and entry information see chicagojournalists.net.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Toni<\/a>

Toni Falvo<\/p><\/div>\n

Toni Falvo,<\/strong> dean of Chicago television ratings analysts, is stepping down as senior vice president of research at Tribune Broadcasting,<\/a> where she oversaw 42 stations. Falvo says she\u2019s \u201ctaking a break\u201d at year\u2019s end to deal with family matters but may return to work at some point. Before joining Tribune Broadcasting in 2013, Falvo held top research posts at NBC 5 and ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. <\/a>There\u2019s no one better in the business.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>

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

One year after he underwent brain surgery<\/a> for a rare arterial venous malformation, beloved Chicago TV legend Ben Hollis<\/strong> is back in action. On January 21 and 22, he\u2019ll appear onstage in an autobiographical one-man show titled \u201cHow The Beatles Nearly Ruined My Life . . . and David Bowie Saved It.\u201d The former host of \u201cWild Chicago\u201d and \u201cBen Loves Chicago\u201d calls it \u201can evening of Wild Chicago Ben Backstory, coming of age stories, musical memories and original tunes.\u201d Performances will be at the Skokie Theatre,<\/a> 7924 Lincoln Avenue, Skokie. For ticket information see skokietheatre.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/a>

Robert Herguth<\/p><\/div>\n

Genuflections: Famous Folks Talk About Growing Up Catholic<\/a> <\/em>is the new book written by Chicago reporter and editor Robert Herguth.<\/strong> Published by Rick Kaempfer<\/strong> and David Stern\u2019s<\/strong> Chicago-based Eckhartz Press, <\/a>the book features confessions from dozens of celebrities on how they were influenced by their Catholic upbringing. Subjects include Mario Andretti, Jimmy Breslin, Jerry Brown, James Carville, Billy Corgan, Dana Delaney, Brian Dennehy, Mike Ditka, Bianca Jagger, Paul Ryan, Don Shula, Isiah Thomas, Bobby Vinton<\/strong> and Larry Wilmore.<\/strong> Herguth recently returned to the Sun-Times<\/a> as an investigative reporter after a stint with the Better Government Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: The ideal holiday gift for any Chicago Cubs fan: Pat Hughes, radio voice of the World Champions on CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670, has just released \u201cThe Chicago Cubs Win the World Series!\u201d It\u2019s a 70-minute CD featuring the 2016 season\u2019s greatest moments as broadcast on The Score by... 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\/12886"}],"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=12886"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12900,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions\/12900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}