{"id":18248,"date":"2018-06-05T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=18248"},"modified":"2018-06-05T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T11:00:10","slug":"robservations-lisa-dent-joins-big-95-5-weekend-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/06\/05\/robservations-lisa-dent-joins-big-95-5-weekend-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Lisa Dent joins Big 95.5 as weekend host"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Lisa Dent<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Lisa Dent<\/strong> is back! The former morning star of WUSN 99.5-FM, is joining WEBG 95.5-FM,<\/a> the rival country station owned by iHeartMedia, as weekend personality. Starting June 16, Dent will host from noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be working at Chicago\u2019s destination for all things country,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cNothing sounds more fun than jumping back on the radio at Big 95.5 and connecting with my audience!\u201d Dent grew up in Rockford and worked in Minneapolis, San Diego and Seattle before joining US 99 as midday host in 2002. From 2006 to 2016 she co-hosted mornings at the former CBS Radio station with Ramblin\u2019 Ray Stevens.<\/strong> Said Matt Scarano,<\/strong> president of iHeartMedia Markets Group\u2019s Chicago region: \u201cLisa is a Chicago icon, a Country Radio Hall of Famer and an amazing addition to our lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rich \"Svengoolie\" Koz<\/p><\/div>\n

Rich Koz,<\/strong> the Chicago television treasure and horror movie host known as \u201cSvengoolie,\u201d<\/a> spent Monday reassuring the world that he was still alive. \u201cBreaking news: neither Svengoolie nor I have passed away,\u201d he wrote on Facebook.<\/a> \u201cAll is well!\u201d What prompted the unusual declaration was a segment that morning on Howard Stern\u2019s<\/strong> Sirius XM show in which the King of All Media announced that Svengoolie had died. It was unclear where Stern got his information, which seemed to confuse Koz, 66, with other TV horror hosts. \u201cHoward got so many \u2018facts\u2019 wrong, it could create a whole raft of fables!\u201d Koz tweeted.<\/a> \u201cWhoever Howard saw and talked about when he was in Detroit wouldn't have been me \u2014 I didn't go on air in Detroit (always coming out of Chicago, by the way) until late 1984. No idea who the host was that he was talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Oprah Winfrey<\/p><\/div>\n

Oprah Winfrey\u2019s<\/strong> rise to fame and fortune in Chicago and other highlights of her career are being enshrined by the National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/a> in Washington, D.C. \u201cWatching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture\u201d opens Friday. According to the Washington Post,<\/a> the exhibition will feature \u201cvideo clips, interview segments, movie costumes, and personal photographs and journals to explore what has influenced Winfrey and how her work has shaped America.\u201d Winfrey donated $21 million to the museum, which opened in September 2016. Its theater is named for her.<\/p>\n

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Dan Mason<\/p><\/div>\n

Vegas Stats & Information Network,<\/a> the sports gambling media startup headed by Chicagoans Brian Musburger<\/strong> and Bill Adee,<\/strong> got a big boost Monday. Joining VSiN as strategic advisor and investor is Dan Mason,<\/strong> former president and CEO of CBS Radio. \u201cWith decades of experience in the media industry, Dan brings a wealth of knowledge to our team,\u201d Musburger said in a statement. \u201cWe are excited to leverage his expertise to drive continued growth at VSiN, capitalizing on the incredible opportunity presented by the burgeoning sports gambling industry.\u201d Said Mason: \u201cBrian, Bill Adee and the VSiN team are really on to something unique here. Coming from the programming side of the business, you can sense when you have a hit on your hands and that is what we have here. I\u2019m excited and eager to help the team shape the product going forward. I\u2019m especially excited to introduce our betting information to terrestrial radio and shape how it can be staged to the sports radio audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cumulus Media<\/p><\/div>\n

Officially emerging from bankruptcy protection Monday, Cumulus Media <\/a>unveiled a new corporate logo \u2014 and a new outlook. \u201cWe emerge today as a stronger and more competitive company, with the financial foundation that we need to move forward decisively with the initiatives that will produce the greatest benefits for the company,\u201d Mary Berner,<\/strong> president and CEO, said in a statement. \u201cWith this financial restructuring now behind us, we are excited about what we will be able to accomplish with all of our resources and energy fully focused on our operating business.\u201d In Chicago, where the company owns news\/talk WLS 890-AM, classic hits WLS 94.7-FM and alternative rock WKQX 101.1-FM, market manager\u00a0Marv Nyren<\/strong>\u00a0called it \u201ca great day for Cumulus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Ray Stevens:<\/strong> I like CBS 2 just fine, that Rob Johnson is the stuff dreams are made of!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Lisa Dent is back! The former morning star of WUSN 99.5-FM, is joining WEBG 95.5-FM, the rival country station owned by iHeartMedia, as weekend personality. Starting June 16, Dent will host from noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be working... 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\/18248"}],"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=18248"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18261,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions\/18261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}