{"id":13742,"date":"2017-03-24T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=13742"},"modified":"2017-03-24T21:32:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T02:32:35","slug":"readers-ben-joravsky-joins-wcpt-afternoon-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/03\/24\/readers-ben-joravsky-joins-wcpt-afternoon-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader\u2019s Ben Joravsky joins WCPT as afternoon host"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13743\" style=\"width: 849px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/03\/24\/readers-ben-joravsky-joins-wcpt-afternoon-host\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13743\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13743\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"839\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky.jpg 839w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky-300x167.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky-768x428.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky-500x279.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky-150x84.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky-400x223.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky-800x446.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ben-Joravsky-200x112.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Ben Joravsky<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ben Joravsky, the veteran journalist and distinguished political writer for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\">Chicago Reader,<\/a> has joined Chicago\u2019s progressive talk radio station as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ben Joravsky Show\u201d will debut Monday, airing from 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays on Newsweb Radio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcpt820.com\">WCPT AM 820.<\/a> Joravsky succeeds Wayne Besen, whose show has been discontinued.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to bring Ben\u2019s extensive knowledge of Chicago to our listeners on a daily basis,\u201d Matt Comings, operations manager of WCPT, said in a statement. \u201cHis wit and warm personality will connect with all Chicagoans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joravsky, who\u2019s been a frequent fill-in host on the station, began covering politics for the Reader in 1984 and became a full-time staff writer and columnist for the alternative weekly in 1990. In 2010 he was named Chicago Journalist of the Year by the Chicago Journalists Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly thankful for this opportunity to talk with the people of Chicago every day on WCPT,\u201d Joravsky said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to explore the topics everyone in the city is talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweb Radio is owned by Fred Eychaner, the Chicago media magnate and prominent contributor to liberal candidates and causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Joravsky, the veteran journalist and distinguished political writer for the Chicago Reader, has joined Chicago\u2019s progressive talk radio station as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host. \u201cThe Ben Joravsky Show\u201d will debut Monday, airing from 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays on Newsweb Radio WCPT AM 820. Joravsky succeeds Wayne Besen, whose show has been discontinued.<\/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\/13742"}],"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=13742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13746,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13742\/revisions\/13746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}