{"id":17771,"date":"2018-04-20T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=17771"},"modified":"2018-04-20T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T11:00:31","slug":"robservations-new-wgn-anchor-joe-donlon-debuts-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/04\/20\/robservations-new-wgn-anchor-joe-donlon-debuts-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: New WGN anchor Joe Donlon debuts Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Joe Donlon and Micah Materre<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Although he\u2019s been making the media rounds<\/a> for weeks, Joe Donlon<\/strong> officially starts Monday as weeknight news anchor at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9.<\/a> His first newscast alongside Micah Materre<\/strong> will be at 5 p.m. Donlon spent 21 years as a top anchor in Portland, Oregon, before he was tapped to replace Mark Suppelsa<\/strong> (who retired from \u201cChicago\u2019s Very Own\u201d in December). \u201cI will have to start over, and prove myself every day in a city that doesn\u2019t know me,\u201d Donlon, 55, told Facebook <\/a>friends. \u201cBut I am beyond excited about what\u2019s ahead. I can\u2019t begin to tell you how honored and humbled I am to join such an incredibly talented team. It is truly one of the best TV news jobs in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

As the Chicago Defender<\/a> marks its 113th year of publication, the iconic African-American newspaper is without a publisher or editor. Parent company Real Times Media confirmed this week that Frances Jackson<\/strong> resigned after 16 months as president and publisher. Earlier she served four years as executive director of sales and marketing. \u201cWe wish her the best as we explore new candidates for the position,\u201d senior vice president Angela Spencer Ford<\/strong> said in a statement. Jackson did not respond to requests for comment. Her departure comes one month after she terminated Mary Datcher<\/strong> as managing editor following reports that Datcher received a $10,000 payment from a candidate for the Illinois House to provide \u201cfield marketing work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jane Pauley<\/p><\/div>\n

Jane Pauley<\/strong> recalled her breakout stint as news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5<\/a> in 1976 as \u201cone of the hardest years of my professional life.\u201d Accepting a career award Thursday from DePaul University\u2019s Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence,<\/a> the host of \u201cCBS Sunday Morning\u201d told the luncheon audience at the Union League Club: \u201cWhat I learned was that Chicago was the epicenter of journalism in America then and still is today. There isn\u2019t a city in this country that respects journalism like Chicago does, that is as rich with journalism heroes and legends as this city is.\u201d Noting how the business has changed, Pauley said: \u201cBack in the days when the Cronkites and the Huntleys and the Brinkleys were the oracles of the news, they were esteemed and credentialed. But they were all white guys. Our universe has somewhat disrespected the platform that we speak from. It\u2019s not held in the high esteem and regard that it once was. We gotta earn it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marley Kayden<\/p><\/div>\n

Marley Kayden,<\/strong> named<\/a> one of two new co-hosts of \u201cChicago\u2019s Best\u201d<\/a>\u00a0on WGN Thursday, thanked her bosses at NBC 5 for \u201can incredible four years\u201d as weekend traffic anchor and said she was excited about her new role. \u201cI've always believed change is a good thing and this one feels just right,\u201d Kayden said in a statement. \u201cNot only will my new position take me back to the station that gave me my start in local news, it will also offer me more time to spend with my family and to remember what it is like to not wake up when it's still dark out! I feel so honored to have been chosen for this position and look forward to bringing my own flavor to such a well established show! Plus, I'm getting paid to eat great food!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Terry Boers<\/p><\/div>\n

Terry Boers,<\/strong> who retired in January 2017 after 25 years at Entercom sports\/talk WSCR 670-AM, <\/a>isn\u2019t totally through with radio. Later this year he\u2019ll reunite with Dan McNeil,<\/strong> who\u2019s returned to The Score as afternoon co-host. \"I\u2019m actually going to go back and do a show with Danny during the All-Star Week,\u201d Boers told Matt Fishman<\/strong> in a three-part podcast interview<\/a> this week. \u201cPeople seemed to enjoy it when we worked together. So I\u2019m not completely dead. It\u2019ll be fun. Baseball All-Star week is traditionally slow. There\u2019s nothing going on. Five hour shows are just a bitch but we can manage to get through five hours together. Looking forward to it, but would I want to do it every day? Not a chance!\" (Here is the link.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Nick Draeger<\/p><\/div>\n

Nick Draeger,<\/strong> just in from KKDO in Sacramento, California, has been named creative imaging director for Cumulus Media alternative rock WKQX 101.1-FM<\/a>. He previously worked for GrooveWorx, Apple Music and Magic Broadcasting in Los Angeles. \u201cI\u2019m so excited to be taking over the imaging reins for WKQX,\u201d Draeger said in a statement. \u201cAlternative has always been my passion, and I can't wait to put my own stamp on this world-class radio station.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lyndsey Marie<\/p><\/div>\n

Lyndsey Marie,<\/strong> who hosted middays on WLUP 97.9-FM for four years before the classic rocker was sold and switched<\/a> to Christian contemporary music, is returning to Atlanta. She\u2019s rejoining Cumulus Media\u2019s WNNX, where she continued to voicetrack while in Chicago. \u201cI am excited to go back \u2018home,\u2019\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cGeorgia\u2019s been on my mind since I left it, and I\u2019m ready to make some noise.\u201d She also voicetracks for Cumulus stations in Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Des Moines, Savannah and Boise.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Mark Genzler:<\/strong>\u00a0I don't get why we need a guy that's not from Chicago on \"Chicago's Best.\" Makes no sense.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Although he\u2019s been making the media rounds for weeks, Joe Donlon officially starts Monday as weeknight news anchor at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9. His first newscast alongside Micah Materre will be at 5 p.m. Donlon spent 21 years as a top anchor in Portland, Oregon, before he was tapped to... 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\/17771"}],"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=17771"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17784,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17771\/revisions\/17784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}