Ever an insightful student of media and society, Charles Thomas made a compelling point on Joel [Weisman]'s farewell show about how seldom guests from black media are invited. But skimpy diversity on Week in Review also is evident in other media. Chicago has a vibrant and well informed cohort in trade journalism that seldom is invited to Week in Review. Staffers from Pensions & Investments and Modern Healthcare, two Crain publications, could add depth and breadth to Week in Review, and make it even more informative. The program is being reimagined in the wake of Joel's well earned retirement, and as a WTTW subscriber and Week in Review viewer, I urge the station to broaden the program's vision.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erich Mancow Muller, morning host on WLUP FM 97.9 and one of Chicago\u2019s best-known radio personalities, is suddenly a man without a contract. Cumulus Media, which operates the classic rock station, pulled the plug last week on its talent agreement with Muller\u2019s company, American Patriot LLC, according to a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in... 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\/16612"}],"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=16612"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16626,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16612\/revisions\/16626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}