{"id":1839,"date":"2013-12-26T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2013-12-26T22:05:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T04:05:16","slug":"hopeful-beginnings-sad-endings-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/12\/26\/hopeful-beginnings-sad-endings-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopeful beginnings, sad endings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1840\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/12\/26\/hopeful-beginnings-sad-endings-in-2013\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1840\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1840\" alt=\"Jimmy deCastro\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JDC.png\" width=\"638\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JDC.png 638w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JDC-300x165.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JDC-150x82.png 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JDC-400x220.png 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JDC-200x110.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Jimmy deCastro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Top Chicago media stories of the year:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jimmy deCastro<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/08\/20\/its-showtime-for-jimmy-decastro-at-wgn\/\" target=\"_blank\"> breathes new life<\/a> into WGN AM 720 (and brings back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/09\/23\/cochran-defies-the-odds-with-wgn-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Cochran<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/12\/10\/steves-back-with-kathy-judy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kathy &amp; Judy,<\/a> too)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeoutchicago.com\/arts-culture\/chicago-media-blog\/16186416\/an-endearing-colleague-a-thoughtful-generous-friend\" target=\"_blank\">The passing of Roger Ebert<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/10\/02\/tribune-co-boss-tells-employees-he-wont-cut-too-close-to-the-bone\/\" target=\"_blank\">New leadership<\/a> at Tribune Co. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/11\/20\/stop-the-presses-layoffs-hit-tribune-co\/\" target=\"_blank\">prepares for splitsville<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sun-Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/06\/01\/sun-times-reporters-begin-mandatory-training-on-iphone-photography-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\">fires photo staff<\/a> (and boss says it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagomag.com\/Chicago-Magazine\/November-2013\/michael-ferro\/\" target=\"_blank\">should have happened sooner<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fox <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/10\/27\/fox-hires-two-more-from-out-of-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">lays an egg<\/a> (as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/10\/28\/feder-photos-robin-robinsons-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Robinson,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/08\/19\/fox-32-names-replacement-for-bob-sirott\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Sirott,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/10\/28\/up-next-davlantes-out-at-fox\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Davlantes<\/a>\u00a0get the shaft)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Time Out Chicago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeoutchicago.com\/arts-culture\/chicago-media-blog\/16155706\/time-out-chicago\u2019s-print-edition-runs-out-of-time\" target=\"_blank\">runs out of time<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Torey! Torey! Torey! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/07\/26\/wbez-bombshell-torey-malatia-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\">WBEZ shakeup<\/a> leads to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/12\/18\/wbez-staffers-approve-union\/\" target=\"_blank\">union demands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/10\/24\/dahl-in-the-hall-hes-staying-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Hall of Fame induction<\/a> (and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/10\/24\/a-few-words-from-chaz-to-steve-garry\/\" target=\"_blank\">plea from Chaz<\/a>) can\u2019t bring Steve &amp; Garry together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/10\/01\/tough-times-for-talk-radio-on-wls\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tough times<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/11\/14\/can-new-program-boss-save-wls\/\" target=\"_blank\">talk radio<\/a> (and mourning for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/09\/08\/don-wade-1941-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Wade<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/12\/19\/a-radio-superstar-who-cared-about-people\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Lujack<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Chicago media stories of the year:<\/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\/1839"}],"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=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}