{"id":18695,"date":"2018-07-17T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=18695"},"modified":"2018-07-17T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T11:00:16","slug":"robservations-deception-cited-pushback-sinclairtribune-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/07\/17\/robservations-deception-cited-pushback-sinclairtribune-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: \u2018Deception\u2019 cited in pushback to Sinclair\/Tribune deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Sinclair Broadcast Group<\/p><\/div>\n

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

It\u2019s not clear what prompted FCC chairman Ajit Pai<\/strong> to derail the $3.9 billion acquisition<\/a> of Chicago-based Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group. But in raising \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the deal Monday, Pai threw the future ownership of \u201cChicago\u2019s Very Own\u201d WGN-Channel 9, news\/talk WGN 720-AM and 41 other Tribune stations up in the air. According to Reuters, a draft of the FCC\u2019s order said Sinclair\u2019s actions \u201cpotentially involve deception\u201d<\/a> and possible \u201cmisconduct.\u201d Sinclair responded that it was \u201cshocked and disappointed\u201d by the setback and denied any \u201cmisrepresentation or lack of candor\u201d involving its plans to divest 21 Tribune Media stations \u2014 including WGN. \u201cAt no time have we misled the FCC in any manner whatsoever with respect to the relationships or the structure of those relationships proposed as part of the Tribune acquisition,\u201d the company said. Tribune Media stock fell nearly 17 percent to $32.12 on Monday\u2019s bombshell news.<\/p>\n

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Bob Stroud<\/p><\/div>\n

Bob Stroud,<\/strong> legendary midday host on Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM, was named a finalist Monday for Major Market Personality of the Year in the National Association of Broadcasters\u2019 2018 Marconi Radio Awards.<\/a> Other Chicago finalists are Tribune Broadcasting WGN 720-AM for News\/Talk Station of the Year, and Hubbard Radio WSHE 100.3-FM for Adult Contemporary Station of the Year. Winners will be announced September 27 at the NAB Radio Show in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

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Jamar McNeil<\/p><\/div>\n

Jamar McNeil,<\/strong> who was known as morning personality \u201cJ Niice\u201d<\/strong> at Entercom Top 40 WBBM 96.3-FM, has landed in Toronto as morning co-host on CHUM. This week he joined the team of Roger Ashby<\/strong> and Marilyn Denis<\/strong> on the hot adult-contemporary station. McNeil signed off in March after 10 years as host of \u201cThe J Show\u201d at B96. \u201cToronto is both a hotbed for music and one of my favorite cities in the world, so I\u2019m thrilled to head north of the border to join the great team at CHUM 104.5,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Carl Grapentine<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting Monday, WFMT 98.7-FM<\/a> has big plans for Carl Grapentine\u2019s<\/strong> final week as morning personality on the classical music station. Leading up to his farewell broadcast July 27, WFMT will feature personal reminiscences, anniversary celebrations and special features during the 8 a.m. hour each day. Still no word on a successor to Grapentine, who\u2019s retiring<\/a> after more than three decades as the golden-voiced morning star of the Window to the World Communications station.<\/p>\n

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tronc<\/p><\/div>\n

Employees of tronc <\/a>newspapers (including the Chicago Tribune) were taken aback by a grim email from the company\u2019s human resources department. In the wake of the newsroom shooting last month at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, the company announced \u201ca renewed commitment to be as prepared as possible for emergencies,\u201d adding: \u201cIn the event of an emergency or crisis situation, the Human Resources team needs current contact information so that we may get in touch with your loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Jeffrey Berman:<\/strong> Is there a soul in Chicago who would want WGN to change hands - to anyone?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: It\u2019s not clear what prompted FCC chairman Ajit Pai to derail the $3.9 billion acquisition of Chicago-based Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group. But in raising \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the deal Monday, Pai threw the future ownership of \u201cChicago\u2019s Very Own\u201d WGN-Channel 9, news\/talk WGN 720-AM and 41 other Tribune... 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\/18695"}],"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=18695"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18708,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18695\/revisions\/18708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}