{"id":19795,"date":"2018-11-07T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=19795"},"modified":"2018-11-07T06:28:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T12:28:37","slug":"robservations-wilbon-kornheiser-bring-espns-pti-evanston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/11\/07\/robservations-wilbon-kornheiser-bring-espns-pti-evanston\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Wilbon, Kornheiser to bring ESPN\u2019s \u2018PTI\u2019 to Evanston"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Here\u2019s your chance to attend a taping of ESPN\u2019s \u201cPardon the Interruption\u201d<\/a> in Evanston. Hosts Michael Wilbon<\/strong> and Tony Kornheiser<\/strong> will originate their show November 16 from Northwestern University\u2019s newly renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena hours before the Northwestern and Binghamton University men\u2019s basketball game. (Admission and parking are free.<\/a>) Wilbon is a 1980 graduate of NU\u2019s Medill School of Journalism (where he has been on the faculty since 2015), and Kornheiser is a 1970 graduate of Binghamton. The two also will be calling that night\u2019s game with ESPNews play-by-play commentator Will Flemming.<\/strong>
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Daily Herald<\/p><\/div>\n

Wednesday's front-page headlines: Chicago Tribune:<\/a> Pritzker tops Rauner to become next governor;<\/em> Sun-Times:<\/a> House Flippers; Jublilant J.B: Pritzker routs Rauner;<\/em> Daily Herald:<\/a> Democrats take the House; Suburbs propel Pritzker.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Those Were the Days\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Celebrating the bicentennial of Illinois <\/a>a bit early, Steve Darnall<\/strong> will host an afternoon of \u201cRadio from the Prairie State\u201d on this weekend\u2019s \u201cThose Were the Days.\u201d <\/a>Among historic broadcasts spanning the years from 1936 to 1969 will be three from Chicago (including \"Little Orphan Annie\" and \"Destination Freedom\") and others from Waukegan (\u201cThe Jack Benny<\/strong> Program\u201d), Libertyville (\u201cMan on the Farm\u201d), Peoria (\u201cDick Jurgens<\/strong> and his Orchestra\u201d)\u00a0and Galena (\u201cBreakfast with the Johnsons\u201d). Now in its 48th year, the old-time radio showcase airs from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays on College of DuPage\u2019s WDCB 90.9-FM<\/a> and wdcb.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Visitation and services for retired Chicago broadcast journalist Mike Parker<\/strong> will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Donnellan Funeral Home, 10525 S. Western Ave., Chicago. A reporter and news anchor at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 for more than 35 years, Parker died<\/a> of congestive heart failure Sunday at 75.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Dan Miller:<\/strong> The Chicago Tribune Guild reveals its shallowness and naivete in its plea for a Tribune buyer who \"understands that meaningful journalism isn\u2019t accomplished by layoffs and cutbacks, by disregard and greed.\" No one buys a newspaper, least of all one with a recent financial track record as depressing as the Tribune's, to gratify its greed. Newspapers are bought for their prestige, their influence and their power to affect pulic policy -- all honorable motives that are implied in the Guild's plea. But unless there are deep pockets to accompany the honorable motives, the best intentions won't save the Tribune.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Here\u2019s your chance to attend a taping of ESPN\u2019s \u201cPardon the Interruption\u201d in Evanston. Hosts Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser will originate their show November 16 from Northwestern University\u2019s newly renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena hours before the Northwestern and Binghamton University men\u2019s basketball game. (Admission and parking are free.) Wilbon is... 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\/19795"}],"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=19795"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19809,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19795\/revisions\/19809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}