{"id":14317,"date":"2017-05-22T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=14317"},"modified":"2017-05-22T06:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T11:12:25","slug":"robservations-espn-breaking-mike-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/05\/22\/robservations-espn-breaking-mike-mike\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: ESPN Radio breaking up \u2018Mike & Mike\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic<\/p><\/div>\n

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

The long-rumored breakup of ESPN Radio<\/a> morning hosts Mike Greenberg<\/strong> and Mike Golic<\/strong> after 19 years is official. Greenberg will be leaving to host a new morning show for ESPN TV, starting in January. Joining Golic this fall on the radio show, which airs here on sports\/talk WMVP AM 1000,<\/a> will be ESPN\u2019s Trey Wingo<\/strong> and Mike Golic, Jr.<\/strong> Greenberg, a Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism graduate, got his start in Chicago as a radio and TV sportscaster. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, ESPN Radio 1000 tied for 22nd in morning drive with a 1.8 percent audience share.<\/p>\n

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Matt Abbatacola<\/p><\/div>\n

Elsewhere on the sports\/talk beat, Matt Abbatacola<\/strong> has called it quits after 16 years as producer, host and update anchor at CBS Radio WSCR AM 670.<\/a> He had a long run as executive producer of Terry Boers<\/strong> and Dan Bernstein\u2019s<\/strong> afternoon show, but was passed over earlier this year when Jason Goff<\/strong> replaced<\/a> Boers alongside Bernstein. Mitch Rosen,<\/strong> operations director of The Score, confirmed Abbatacola\u2019s resignation to pursue other opportunities, adding: \u201cI wish him nothing but the best.\u201d Abbatacola declined to comment.<\/p>\n

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Ron Magers<\/p><\/div>\n

One year after Ron Magers<\/strong> retired<\/a> from Chicago television news, he\u2019s back in the spotlight thanks to Chicagoly,<\/a> the quarterly magazine published by 22nd Century Media.<\/a> The summer issue, to be published next week, features a profile of the laid-back former anchorman, who now divides his time between homes in Chicago and Aventura, Florida. \u201cThe greatest difference in my life since I retired is my whole day is no longer driven by the clock,\u201d he tells writer Neil Milbert.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m grateful that I worked long enough to know that I worked long enough. . . . I miss some of the clowns but I don\u2019t miss the circus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

AccuRadio,<\/a> the Chicago-based multichannel webcaster, is teaming up with Steve Darnall,<\/strong> host and producer of \u201cThose Were the Days,\u201d <\/a>to create a new channel devoted to the music of World War II. Debuting next Monday \u2014 Memorial Day \u2014 it will feature samples of wartime radio news and entertainment programs in addition to music from the early \u201940s. \u201cThe Music of World War II\u201d will be accessible free at accuradio.com.<\/a> Throughout the year Darnall is commemorating the 75th anniversary of World War II on \u201cThose Were the Days\u201d from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays on College of DuPage\u2019s WDCB FM 90.9.<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Chicago Tribune <\/a>movie critic Michael Phillips<\/strong> this weekend will host \u201cThe Film Score: Music for Memorial Day,\u201d<\/a> his latest special on Window to the World Communications classical WFMT FM 98.7.<\/a> The one-hour special highlights scores of such war films as \u201cThe Big Parade,\u201d \u201cThe Best Years of Our Lives,\u201d \u201cThe Great Escape,\u201d \u201cGlory,\u201d \"Saving Private Ryan\u201d and \u201cPatton.\u201d It will air at 7 p.m. Saturday and again at 10 p.m. on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no more news on Dave Fogel\u2019s<\/strong> morning show. CBS Radio classic hits WJMK FM 104.3<\/a> has dropped David Hagen\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0daily news essays after more than four years. His contract was not renewed earlier this month. \u201cIt was a great ride,\u201d Hagen said of his time on K-Hits. \u201cI have not taken a single week's vacation from the news since 2007. I'm doing that now. I'll see if there's anything in Chicago for me, but it doesn't look rosy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ESPN Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n

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Robservations on the media beat: The long-rumored breakup of ESPN Radio morning hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic after 19 years is official. Greenberg will be leaving to host a new morning show for ESPN TV, starting in January. Joining Golic this fall on the radio show, which airs here on sports\/talk WMVP AM 1000,... 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\/14317"}],"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=14317"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14333,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14317\/revisions\/14333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}