{"id":15901,"date":"2017-11-06T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2017-11-06T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:00:05","slug":"robservations-brian-peck-joins-k-hits-midday-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/11\/06\/robservations-brian-peck-joins-k-hits-midday-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Brian Peck joins K-Hits as midday host"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Brian Peck<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Jeffrey T. Mason<\/p><\/div>\n

Brian Peck<\/strong> signs on today as midday personality at WJMK FM 104.3,<\/a> the CBS Radio classic hits station. Also at K-Hits, Jeffrey T. Mason<\/strong> shifts from middays to afternoons, replacing Gary Spears,<\/strong> who left last month to move to Florida. Dave Fogel<\/strong> continues in mornings. \u201cAdding Brian to K-Hits gives us a unique opportunity to reset our on-air lineup with three veteran Chicago voices, all perfectly suited for their dayparts,\u201d Greg Solk,<\/strong> program director and operations manager, said in a statement. \u201cBrian is a great fit for K-Hits and Chicago listeners will be thrilled to have him back on the air.\u201d Peck, who\u2019s been on Chicago radio since 1992, hosted mornings on Hubbard Radio adult contemporary WSHE FM 100.3 until late last year. \u201cI cannot wait to get back on the air and reconnect with this magical city\u2019s radio listeners,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are the best anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jeanne Sparrow<\/p><\/div>\n

The always engaging Jeanne Sparrow,<\/strong> who spent eight years as co-host of \u201cYou & Me,\u201d the former morning show on Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26, is returning to radio. Starting this weekend, she\u2019ll turn up from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays on iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary WVAZ FM 102.7.<\/a> The Louisiana native started in radio at Northwestern University\u2019s WNUR FM 89.3 and was a longtime host on iHeartMedia urban contemporary WGCI FM 107.5.<\/p>\n

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

A tip of the hat to Mike Imrem,<\/strong> who retired last week as sports columnist for the Daily Herald.<\/a> \u201cThinking back 39 years, what strikes me is I was a know-it-all who knew it all, making it natural to fire coaches, tell general managers whom to trade and counsel billionaire owners on how to manage their money,\u201d Imrem wrote in his farewell column.<\/a> \u201cAs time passed, I came to realize that I knew what I knew but didn't know what I didn't know.\u201d Imrem, a Chicago native and University of Illinois graduate, joined the Daily Herald in 1978 after eight years at the Rockford Register-Star. Daily Herald editor John Lampinen<\/strong> called him \u201ca legend and a class act.\u201d<\/p>\n

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George Ofman<\/p><\/div>\n

Remember 976-1313?<\/em> Forty years ago this week Chicago fans first dialed up Sports Phone, <\/a>the score update service that gave many Chicago sportscasters their start. \u201cThe impact it had was enormous, particularly to gamblers who spent a lot of money calling us every 10 minutes,\u201d recalled George Ofman,<\/strong> now sports anchor at CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9. The original group included Ron Gleason, Fred Huebner, Les Grobstein, Pat Benkowski<\/strong> and Ofman (who started on Christmas Eve). Among other alums are David Schuster, Jeff Joniak<\/strong> and Lou Canellis.<\/strong> Added Ofman: \u201cYou used to get your scores dialing the phone. Now you get them looking at it!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Elisabeth Bumiller<\/p><\/div>\n

On the one-year anniversary of the 2016 presidential election, three Washington bureau chiefs \u2014 all graduates of Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism<\/a> \u2014 will return to their alma mater. Headlining a panel on \u201cThe Insiders: Covering Washington Since Trump\u2019s Election\u201d will be Elisabeth Bumiller<\/strong> of the New York Times, Susan Page<\/strong> of USA Today and Julie Pace<\/strong> of the Associated Press. Moderator will be Tim Franklin,<\/strong> Medill senior associate dean and professor. Open to the public, the free event will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at McCormick Foundation Center Forum, 1870 Campus Drive in Evanston. To register see medill.school\/one-year-election-panel-nov7.<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s best comment:<\/a> Shane Gericke:<\/strong> I call bullshit on [Joe] Ricketts' \"explanation.\" The workers' vote to unionize did not cost him one thin dime, because not one single word of a labor contract had even been mentioned, let alone negotiated. He shut down operations out of meanness and spite, not for financial reasons related to unionizing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Brian Peck signs on today as midday personality at WJMK FM 104.3, the CBS Radio classic hits station. Also at K-Hits, Jeffrey T. Mason shifts from middays to afternoons, replacing Gary Spears, who left last month to move to Florida. Dave Fogel continues in mornings. \u201cAdding Brian to K-Hits gives... 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\/15901"}],"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=15901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15911,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions\/15911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}