{"id":14584,"date":"2017-06-14T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=14584"},"modified":"2017-06-14T17:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T22:05:16","slug":"robervations-nbc-5-hires-kansas-city-anchor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/06\/14\/robervations-nbc-5-hires-kansas-city-anchor\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: NBC 5 hires new anchor from Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Patrick Fazio<\/p><\/div>\n

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

WMAQ-Channel 5<\/a> has reached out to Kansas City, Missouri, to beef up the anchor bench at the NBC-owned station. Patrick Fazio,<\/strong> who\u2019s been morning news anchor at NBC affiliate KSHB in Kansas City since 2013, will join NBC 5 as an anchor and reporter, starting July 31. His specific anchor assignment has not been set. \"We are pleased to add Patrick to our experienced news team,\" Frank Whittaker,<\/strong> station manager and vice president of news at NBC 5, said in an announcement Wednesday. Fazio, a St. Louis native who previously worked for stations in Terre Haute, Indiana, Springfield, Illinois, and Idaho Falls, Idaho, graduated from Valparaiso University and earned a master\u2019s degree from Indiana State University.<\/p>\n

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Hedy Weiss<\/p><\/div>\n

Hedy Weiss,<\/strong> longtime theater and dance critic for the Sun-Times,<\/a> is under fire for injecting what was labeled\u00a0\u201cshocking and irresponsible\u201d<\/a> rhetoric in her reviews. A group called the Chicago Theater Accountability Coalition has gathered more than 2,000 signatures on an online petition <\/a>protesting alleged \u201cracism, homophobia and body shaming found in [Weiss\u2019s] reviews.\u201d The petition asks local theater companies not to invite the critic to their productions. \u201cTo be clear, we are not calling for a ban on Ms. Weiss attending performances,\u201d the group states. \u201cWe are simply requesting that she not be given a ticket for free. If she wishes to present her damaging views, we ask that she pay for the privilege.\u201d Weiss, who\u2019s been covering theater for the Sun-Times since 1984 and is a contributor to \u201cChicago Tonight\u201d on WTTW-Channel 11, <\/a>did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Mitch Michaels<\/p><\/div>\n

Rick Kaempfer<\/strong> and David Stern\u2019s<\/strong> Chicago-based Eckhartz Press<\/a> has signed to publish the biography of legendary radio personality Mitch Michaels.<\/strong> Doin\u2019 The Cruise: Memories of a Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll,<\/em> written with author Ken Churilla,<\/strong> is set for release in September. \u201cI can\u2019t even begin to tell you how excited I am about this book,\u201d Michaels said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve got some stories you wouldn\u2019t believe . . . but they\u2019re true!\u201d A veteran of top rock stations in Chicago since 1971, Michaels now hosts afternoons at Alpha Media classic hits WERV FM 95.9. <\/a>Eckhartz Press previously published the memoirs of radio stars John Records Landecker<\/strong> and Bobby Skafish.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dan Katz<\/p><\/div>\n

Dan Katz,<\/strong> the Chicago sports blogger<\/a> and podcaster<\/a> known as \u201cBarstool Big Cat,\u201d has signed on as a weekly contributor to Tom Waddle<\/strong> and Marc Silverman\u2019s<\/strong> afternoon show on ESPN Radio\u00a0WMVP AM 1000.<\/a> \u201cI'll be on every show Thursday going forward. Looks like 4 CST. Very excited for this, best dudes in the biz @WaddleandSilvy @TWaddle87,\u201d Katz tweeted.<\/a> Tweeted <\/a>Silvy: \u201cGonna be GREAT! @BarstoolBigCat is one of my favorite guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NBC Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

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