{"id":18134,"date":"2018-05-22T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=18134"},"modified":"2018-05-22T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T11:00:22","slug":"robservations-wxrt-promotes-richard-milne-afternoon-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/05\/22\/robservations-wxrt-promotes-richard-milne-afternoon-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: WXRT promotes Richard Milne to afternoon drive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Richard Milne<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Jason Thomas<\/p><\/div>\n

After more than three decades as a weekend and fill-in air personality at WXRT 93.1-FM, <\/a>Richard Milne<\/strong> has moved up to afternoon drive \u2014 from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday \u2014 on the Entercom adult album alternative station. Jason Thomas,<\/strong> who\u2019d hosted afternoons since 2006, will shift to weekend and fill-in duty, and continue to host \u201cThe Big Beat\u201d <\/a>from 10 p.m. to midnight Mondays. \u201cNeedless to say, I\u2019m thrilled at the prospect of day-to-day communication with WXRT listeners and working full-time alongside an air staff that I've long considered the best in radio,\u201d Milne said. \u201cMany great years are ahead for WXRT and I\u2019m proud to have been asked to play a part.\u201d The Addison Trail High School alum, who started in college radio at Southern Illinois University and worked at the former WDEK in DeKalb, joined WXRT in 1986. For 26 years, Milne hosted and produced \u201cLocal Anesthetic,\u201d the station's weekly new music showcase.<\/p>\n

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

Meteorologist Mike Janssen,<\/strong> who\u2019s been on staff at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9<\/a> and CLTV since 2010, has been named weather forecaster for WGN\u2019s weekend evening newscasts. He replaces Jim Ramsey,<\/strong> who retired<\/a> in December after 30 years at WGN. Janssen, who grew up in Kankakee County and graduated from Southern Illinois University, studied meteorology at Mississippi State University. \u201cI\u2019m excited for this wonderful opportunity,\u201d he tweeted.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s humbling to be following in Jim Ramsey\u2019s footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Keith Sgariglia<\/p><\/div>\n

Keith Sgariglia,<\/strong> former managing editor of ESPN.com, <\/a>has been named director of digital media for Entercom Chicago.<\/a> Jimmy deCastro,<\/strong> senior vice president and market manager, said Sgariglia will build online products for the seven-station group here. A native of New Lenox and graduate of Providence Catholic High School and Northwestern University, Sgariglia spent 17 years as interactive manager for ABC Radio stations in Chicago and ESPN Radio WMVP 1000-AM, where he created and oversaw ESPN\u2019s first local sports website. He previously worked at alternative rock WKQX 101.1-FM as interactive manager, marketing and promotions manager, and on-air host.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Gill<\/p><\/div>\n

Andrew Gill,<\/strong> digital producer at Chicago Public Media WBEZ 91.5-FM, <\/a>has been named producer of \u201cSound Opinions,\u201d<\/a> the syndicated rock music talk show hosted by Jim DeRogatis<\/strong> and Greg Kot.<\/strong> Starting in June, he\u2019ll replace Evan Chung,<\/strong> who left to become multimedia producer for Public Radio International\u2019s \u201cStudio 360\u201d in New York. \u201cAndrew\u2019s dedication, skill, and creativity are top notch,\u201d said \u201cSound Opinions\u201d executive producer Brendan Banaszak.<\/strong> \u201cThat, along with a passion for music, makes him the perfect fit for this job.\u201d A Wheaton College graduate, Gill joined WBEZ in 2005.<\/p>\n

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Sinclair Broadcast Group<\/p><\/div>\n

The FCC <\/a>took another step toward approving the merger of Sinclair Broadcast Group<\/a> and Tribune Media Monday by soliciting comments from the public. That\u2019s a precursor to the agency\u2019s decision on the controversial deal, which is expected sometime after July 12. Sinclair has said it plans to divest ownership of \u201cChicago\u2019s Very Own\u201d WGN but retain control over the station's operations \u2014 including news, programming and sales \u2014 under joint sales and shared services agreements.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Candace Jordan:<\/strong> Melissa [Forman] is a much loved personality and they are very lucky to have her! I can't wait to hear her sweet voice again! Great choice, Lite FM!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: After more than three decades as a weekend and fill-in air personality at WXRT 93.1-FM, Richard Milne has moved up to afternoon drive \u2014 from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday \u2014 on the Entercom adult album alternative station. Jason Thomas, who\u2019d hosted afternoons since 2006, will shift 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\/18134"}],"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=18134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18145,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18134\/revisions\/18145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}