{"id":13747,"date":"2017-03-26T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=13747"},"modified":"2017-03-26T22:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T03:00:32","slug":"robservations-health-scare-wgns-steve-cochran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/03\/26\/robservations-health-scare-wgns-steve-cochran\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Health scare for WGN\u2019s Steve Cochran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Steve Cochran<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Chicago radio morning star Steve Cochran<\/strong> was released over the weekend after two days in the hospital for treatment of blood clots in his lungs. Tests showed the clot source was behind his left knee. Earlier in the week he had been under care for bronchitis and shortness of breath. Cochran, 56, said he expects to be back on the air Monday on Tribune Broadcasting news\/talk WGN AM 720, <\/a>but may broadcast from home. \"Serena Williams, Regis Philbin<\/strong> and me \u2014 what do we have in common?\u201d he said. \u201cNot much . . . but we've all had blood clots. DVT (deep vein thrombosis), PE (pulmonary embolism) \u2014 all quite serious, but I'm lucky as mine are meds controlled.\u201d\u00a0In 2012 Cochran felt chest pain while on the air at Salem Media news\/talk WIND AM 560<\/a> and drove himself to the hospital.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mike Adamle<\/p><\/div>\n

Mike Adamle<\/strong> bid farewell to colleagues at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 <\/a>Friday, marking his retirement after 40 years as a sportscaster. As he disclosed <\/a>in February, Adamle, 67, has been diagnosed with dementia, which is believed to be the final stage of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), resulting from his years as a pro football player. Holding court<\/a> in the newsroom for perhaps the last time, Adamle \u2014 at times tearful and at times funny \u2014 regaled co-workers with stories of his life\u2019s adventures. \u201cIt\u2019s OK to get out there and mingle,\u201d he said of the challenge he faces. \u201cIf you stay in your room watching CNN . . . it\u2019s gonna go faster. That\u2019s the way it works. You have to engage people. And I have some of the greatest people in the world to engage with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Steven Haas<\/p><\/div>\n

The familiar voice of Steven Haas<\/strong> will return next month as overnight traffic reporter on CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9.<\/a> Haas, who\u2019s been dealing with health issues in recent months, is slated to be back on the air April 3 when the station unveils CBS Radio\u2019s new traffic service with USTN (formerly Radiate Media). \u201cI\u2019ll be the first one on after the big \u2018switch,\u2019 \u201d he wrote on Facebook. <\/a>\u201cAll healed and ready to go! Have faith, as God answers ALL prayers! Thanks be to God!\u201d A native of Northwest Indiana and graduate of Purdue University Northwest, Haas began reporting traffic on WBBM Newsradio in 1988.<\/p>\n

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Wayne Besen<\/p><\/div>\n

Wayne Besen,<\/strong> whose two-year run ended Friday as afternoon host on Newsweb Radio progressive talk WCPT AM 820, <\/a>says he\u2019s exploring his next venture, which \u201ccould be a show around the area or possibly national syndication.\u201d In the meantime, he\u2019s taking his show to Facebook Live. Starting Monday, he\u2019ll broadcast from 2 to 3 p.m. weekdays on Facebook\/wbesen <\/a>and WayneBesen.com.<\/a> As reported here <\/a>earlier, replacing Besen from 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays on WCPT is Ben Joravsky,<\/strong> the veteran journalist and distinguished political writer for the Chicago Reader.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Michael Phillips<\/p><\/div>\n

The day Chicago Tribune<\/a> film critic Michael Phillips<\/strong> taped his latest special for Turner Classic Movies<\/a> in Atlanta turned out to be tougher than anyone could have imagined. Just as Phillips was ready to roll on March 6, word came that Robert Osborne<\/strong> had died that morning. The beloved host of the cable network since its inception was 84. Recalled Phillips: \u201cA uniquely sad day in my experience, with everyone \u2014 including me \u2014 preoccupied with Robert\u2019s passing and all the goodwill he created in his years at TCM.\u201d Phillips will host the April \u201cTCM Spotlight\u201d on post-war melodramas, starting April 7 with \u201cLove Letters,\u201d \u201cThe Best Years of Our Lives\u201d and \u201cThe End of the Affair.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Chicago radio morning star Steve Cochran was released over the weekend after two days in the hospital for treatment of blood clots in his lungs. Tests showed the clot source was behind his left knee. Earlier in the week he had been under care for bronchitis and shortness of breath.... 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\/13747"}],"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=13747"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13756,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13747\/revisions\/13756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}