{"id":17366,"date":"2018-03-21T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=17366"},"modified":"2018-03-24T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T17:44:31","slug":"robservations-home-radio-dr-laura-berman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/03\/21\/robservations-home-radio-dr-laura-berman\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: It\u2019s home on the radio for Dr. Laura Berman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Dr. Laura Berman<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Dr. Laura Berman,<\/strong> Chicago\u2019s famed love, sex and relationships expert, has just landed a suburban outlet for her syndicated radio show. \u201cUncovered with Dr. Laura Berman\u201d<\/a> debuted this week from 9 p.m. to midnight weeknights on Waukegan-based WXLC FM 102.3, <\/a>the Alpha Media hot adult-contemporary station. \u201cChicago has been my home and where I\u2019ve raised my family for 15 years,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cI am beyond thrilled about joining the WXLC family to bring my best voice and my best advice about love and relationships to my hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fred Eychaner<\/p><\/div>\n

Fred Eychaner,<\/strong> the Chicago media magnate and megadonor to Democratic candidates and liberal causes, just sold one of his suburban radio stations to a nonprofit Christian radio network. Eychaner\u2019s Newsweb Radio<\/a> has agreed to turn over WCPQ FM 99.9 to Bible Broadcasting Network,<\/a> a listener-supported global Christian network based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Park Forest station currently airs time-brokered \u201cPolski FM\u201d<\/a> during the day and \u201cDance Factory\u201d at night. Broker for the $5.099 million transaction was Robert L. Heymann Jr.<\/strong> of Media Services Group. Newsweb Radio continues to operate progressive talk WCPT AM 820 among others. Earlier this month Merlin Media agreed to sell <\/a>WLUP FM 97.9 to Educational Media Foundation, a contemporary Christian broadcaster, for $21.5 million.<\/p>\n

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Michelle Relerford<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s official: Michelle Relerford<\/strong> has been named weekend evening news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5<\/a> alongside Dick Johnson.<\/strong> Although she\u2019d been filling since last spring, the move was made permanent just recently, according to Frank Whittaker,<\/strong> station manager and vice president of news at NBC 5. Relerford, a Chicago native and graduate of Whitney Young High School and the University of Connecticut, joined NBC 5 as a reporter and fill-in news anchor in 2011.<\/p>\n

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Tom Berman<\/p><\/div>\n

The Associated Press<\/a> has a new boss in Chicago. On Tuesday Tom Berman<\/strong> was named to the new position of regional news director for the central United States, overseeing AP\u2019s journalism and news operations across media formats in 14 states stretching from Texas to the upper Midwest. Berman, who most recently was regional editor, will continue to be based in Chicago. The New York City native and New York University graduate joined AP in 1997. \u201cTom Berman has long been a newsroom leader at AP and has helped lead coverage of defining stories on two continents,\u201d managing editor Brian Carovillano<\/strong> said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Eric Zorn:<\/strong> I can think of no better way for our struggling company to spend $5 million a year... oh, wait, maybe I can.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Dr. Laura Berman, Chicago\u2019s famed love, sex and relationships expert, has just landed a suburban outlet for her syndicated radio show. \u201cUncovered with Dr. Laura Berman\u201d debuted this week from 9 p.m. to midnight weeknights on Waukegan-based WXLC FM 102.3, the Alpha Media hot adult-contemporary station. \u201cChicago has been my... 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\/17366"}],"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=17366"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17412,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17366\/revisions\/17412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}