{"id":20259,"date":"2018-12-20T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=20259"},"modified":"2018-12-20T09:38:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:38:42","slug":"robservations-christmas-lite-fm-turns-relaxing-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/12\/20\/robservations-christmas-lite-fm-turns-relaxing-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: After Christmas, Lite FM turns to \u2018Relaxing Favorites\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Lite FM<\/p><\/div>\n

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

When WLIT 93.9-FM<\/a> wraps up its annual run as Chicago\u2019s Christmas Lite<\/a> next week, look for the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station to begin marketing its sound as \u201cRelaxing Favorites.\u201d The move away from \u201cThe Best Variety From the 80\u2019s, 90\u2019s and Now for Chicago!\u201d appears to signal a shift to a soft adult-contemporary format \u2014 perhaps to compete more effectively against Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s Me-TV FM (the soft-rock oldies and classic hits station at WRME 87.7-FM<\/a>). In the latest Nielsen Audio survey \u2014 before the start of Christmas music \u2014 Lite FM tied for 11th place with a 3.2 share. Me-TV FM tied for ninth with a 3.3 share. A spokesman for iHeartMedia Chicago declined to comment on any changes.<\/p>\n

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Bill Daley<\/p><\/div>\n

Bill Daley<\/strong> isn\u2019t just one of 21 candidates for mayor<\/a> of Chicago. It looks like he also may be auditioning for a job as a TV news producer. On Wednesday Daley wrote to the news directors of eight Chicago TV stations with his ideas for mayoral debates. \u201cI want to propose that all mayoral campaigns and Chicago media outlets come together to coordinate a series of prime-time television debates for the 2019 Chicago Mayor Election,\u201d Daley wrote. \u201cThese debates should be structured and moderated in a way to elevate civic dialogue.\u201d One recipient was amused by the letter, which included Daley\u2019s recommendations on selection of moderators, format, topics and number of debates.\u00a0Another questioned the feasibility of a live televised debate with 21 candidates.<\/p>\n

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Tony Sarabia<\/p><\/div>\n

To mark Tony Sarabia\u2019s<\/strong> farewell broadcast as host of \u201cThe Morning Shift\u201d Friday WBEZ 91.5-FM <\/a>has invited listeners to share their sentiments on social media with the hashtag #ThanksTony or by email at programming@wbez.org.<\/em> Sarabia is stepping down after 28 years at the Chicago Public Media station to move to Iowa to pursue new opportunities. He\u2019ll be succeeded on the show, which airs at 9 a.m. weekdays, by Jennifer White,<\/strong> who joined WBEZ in 2016 from Michigan Public Media. \u201cIt\u2019s odd when I realize\u00a0I\u2019ve spent half my life at WBEZ, but I can\u2019t think of a finer institution to have laid down roots, grow, learn and contribute,\u201d Sarabia said in a statement. \u201cHaving Jenn, with all her talents, take over \u2018The Morning Shift\u2019 is a great parting gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Steve Darnall<\/p><\/div>\n

Steve Darnall,<\/strong> host of \u201cThose Were the Days,\u201d presents his fourth annual \u201cXmas Eve with Steve\u201d from 10 p.m. to midnight Monday on College of DuPage\u2019s WDCB 90.9-FM. <\/a>He\u2019ll feature holidays songs from many eras and across multiple genres \u2014 jazz, blues, swing, folk, country and more \u2014 that run the gamut of\u00a0sacred and secular, soft and loud, naughty and nice. \u201cI think it's safe to say there'll be something here for nearly every taste, and very possible that everyone listening will hear something new to their ears,\u201d Darnall said.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll share without comment this festive tweet<\/a> Wednesday from Cheryl Burton,<\/strong> 5 and 10 p.m. news anchor at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, who celebrates her birthday on Christmas Day. (Here is the link.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Cheryl Burton<\/p><\/div>\n

Wednesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Dean Richards:<\/strong> No booze-filled \"whoo'ing\" and making-out sessions for us . . . we'll be kickin' it Old School Chicago New Year's Eve-style with a \u201cFamily Classics\u201d Marx Brothers double feature, \u201cDuck Soup\u201d and \u201cHorse Feathers,\u201d 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. on WGN-TV.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: When WLIT 93.9-FM wraps up its annual run as Chicago\u2019s Christmas Lite next week, look for the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station to begin marketing its sound as \u201cRelaxing Favorites.\u201d The move away from \u201cThe Best Variety From the 80\u2019s, 90\u2019s and Now for Chicago!\u201d appears to signal a 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\/20259"}],"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=20259"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20274,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20259\/revisions\/20274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}