{"id":21106,"date":"2019-03-25T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=21106"},"modified":"2019-03-25T06:55:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:55:01","slug":"robservations-new-radio-studio-keeps-voice-lake-county-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/03\/25\/robservations-new-radio-studio-keeps-voice-lake-county-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: New radio studio keeps 'Voice of Lake County' on track"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Round Lake Beach Metra station<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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WRLR<\/p><\/div>\n

WRLR 98.3-FM,<\/a> the low-power nonprofit community radio station that bills itself as \"The Voice of Lake County,\" has a new claim to fame: It boasts the only broadcast studio inside a train depot. Since February WRLR\u2019s Studio B has been located in the Metra train station\u2019s vacant ticket-agent office in north suburban Round Lake Beach. \"While the mic is open there is a certain charm to hearing Metra train announcements in the background or the rumble that can be heard and felt, as long lines of CN freight cars frequently go by,\" WRLR officials said. \"We don\u2019t apologize for these natural special effects.\" An open house for the station at 680 East Mallard Creek Drive is being planned for June 29.<\/p>\n

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Cliff Kelley<\/p><\/div>\n

To mark the final week of broadcasts for afternoon personality Cliff Kelley,<\/strong> Midway Broadcasting urban news\/talk WVON 1690-AM<\/a> has begun airing special messages every other hour from friends, colleagues and politicians as well as current and former contributors to his show. Kelley is signing off<\/a> Friday after 25 years as the self-styled \u201cGovernor of Talk Radio.\u201d No word yet on a replacement for Kelley, who\u2019s expected to continue at WVON as \u201ccommunity ambassador\u201d and a regular fill-in host. The former Chicago alderman hosted mornings for 13 years before moving to afternoons in 2007.<\/p>\n

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Connor Jenkins<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t even think<\/em> of calling Nancy Loo<\/strong> when \u201cThe Bachelorette\u201d<\/a> is on. When the show returns for its 15th season on ABC May 13, her son, Connor Jenkins,<\/strong> will be a contestant. \"I just hope that this is a good, positive experience, and that he does find someone,\u201d Loo, a reporter and fill-in news anchor at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9,<\/a> told her colleagues. \u201cHe just hasn't met 'the one,' and maybe 'The Bachelorette' is 'the one,' and if it's not, then I hope he finds 'the one,' out of the experience.\u201d Jenkins, 28, who grew up in the northwest suburbs and graduated from Barrington High School, lives in Newport Beach, California.<\/p>\n

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Peter Bowen<\/p><\/div>\n

It's over and out for Peter Bowen<\/strong> after 10 months as director of sports sales for Entercom sports\/talk WSCR 670-AM.<\/a> The former vice president and market manager of Cumulus Media Chicago previously was director of sales in Chicago and Los Angeles for Entercom predecessor CBS Radio and general manager of Top 40 WBBM 96.3-FM. \"It was an honor and a pleasure to work with everyone over the past 10 months,\" Bowen told colleagues in an email. \"It was great to reunite with so many familiar faces and friends . . . and it was awesome to meet so many new people.\"<\/p>\n

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Leti Aguilera<\/p><\/div>\n

Leti Aguilera,<\/strong> former regional vice president of Spanish Broadcasting System and general manager of regional Mexican WLEY 107.9-FM, has been hired as general sales manager of Cox Media Group's<\/a> station cluster in Houston. She'll be working with Mark Krieschen,<\/strong> former vice president and general manager of Tribune Broadcasting news\/talk WGN 720-AM, who now heads the Houston market for Cox. Aguilera most recently has been a sales account executive for Entercom classic hip-hop and R&B WBMX 104.3-FM. \u201cI am extremely excited and honored to join the [Cox Media Group] family,\u201d Aguilera said in a statement. \u201cCMG values integrity, strong character and innovation and I\u2019m proud to have the opportunity to be part of such a talented team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bernie Tafoya<\/p><\/div>\n

Friday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Bernie Tafoya:<\/strong> This is not necessarily an endorsement of those TV one-man-bands, as they're known. I've been covering stories by myself in Chicago for 35+ years. I've driven in marked station vehicles a number of those years, have carried recorders, microphones, laptops and more. Not once have I been mugged, attacked or threatened as I've worked in just about every neighborhood in Chicago at all hours of the day and night. (The last 20+ years have been in the morning drive hours.) People have asked me if I'm afraid to go into \"bad\" neighborhoods and I tell them there's no such thing as a bad neighborhood. Communities are mostly made up of good people who want the same things for themselves and their families as you and I. It's just the small minority of knuckleheads who make it bad for those who live there. Do you have to be street smart and watch your surroundings? Of course. But as a now-former city kid from the Southeast Side, I do that everywhere I am.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: WRLR 98.3-FM, the low-power nonprofit community radio station that bills itself as \"The Voice of Lake County,\" has a new claim to fame: It boasts the only broadcast studio inside a train depot. Since February WRLR\u2019s Studio B has been located in the Metra train station\u2019s vacant ticket-agent office in... 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\/21106"}],"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=21106"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21125,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21106\/revisions\/21125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}