{"id":21871,"date":"2019-05-29T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=21871"},"modified":"2019-05-29T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T11:00:24","slug":"time-move-kris-kridel-retire-wbbm-newsradio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/05\/29\/time-move-kris-kridel-retire-wbbm-newsradio\/","title":{"rendered":"'Time to move on': Kris Kridel to retire from WBBM Newsradio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Kris Kridel<\/p><\/div>\n

Kris Kridel, one of Chicago radio's premier journalists and one of its most familiar voices, is retiring after 34 years as a news anchor at WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kridel's announcement came just two months after she cut back<\/a> to part-time status and stepped down as afternoon drive anchor at the Entercom all-news station. Most recently she has been anchoring from noon to 3 p.m. weekdays, including the \u201cNoon Business Hour,\u201d which she has co-hosted since 2001.<\/p>\n

\"It\u2019s time to move on,\" Kridel told me Tuesday. \"It\u2019s been an enormous gift working with my friends at WBBM. I\u2019m proud of what we do and we\u2019ll always be a team.\"<\/p>\n

Ron Gleason, director of news and programming at WBBM Newsradio, said Kridel's last day on the air will be June 7.<\/p>\n

\"She\u2019s been the consummate journalist, our go-to person for any discussion of ethics and how best to cover stories,\" Gleason wrote in a memo to the staff. \"We will miss her dearly, but are excited she\u2019ll be able to travel and enjoy much more time with her family and friends.\"<\/p>\n

Kridel, a graduate of Ohio University who holds a master\u2019s degree in journalism from Ohio State University, began in radio as a reporter for WCOL in Columbus, Ohio. She moved to Chicago with her husband, Paul Hogan, the late reporter for NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, and worked as news director and anchor\/reporter at the former WFYR.<\/p>\n

After a brief stop as morning news anchor for Tribune Radio Networks, Kridel joined WBBM Newsradio in 1985. She also was a longtime contributor to \u201cChicago Tonight\u201d on public television WTTW-Channel 11, and was an adjunct faculty member of Loyola University School of Communications.<\/p>\n

In 2014 she was named one of the most powerful<\/a> women in Chicago journalism.<\/p>\n

Here is the text of Gleason\u2019s memo to staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To all:<\/em><\/p>\n

Another of our all-time great broadcast journalists has decided it\u2019s time to hang up her microphone and enjoy the good life.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Kris Kridel first joined WBBM in 1985.\u00a0 As she tells the story, at the old WFYR-FM she was part of a large news team that was about to downsize. When she asked the program director what was happening, he told her for news, everyone was turning to 780am so they were better off playing more music. Kris then told him if that was the case, she wanted to work at Newsradio.<\/em><\/p>\n

While here, she\u2019s covered just about every event imaginable, anchored both mid-day and afternoon drive, filled in mornings (as she\u2019s doing this week), she\u2019s a founding member of the WBBM Noon Business Hour and a staple on election nights.<\/em><\/p>\n

She\u2019s been the consummate journalist, our go-to person for any discussion of ethics and how best to cover stories. We will miss her dearly, but are excited she\u2019ll be able to travel and enjoy much more time with her family and friends.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kris\u2019 last day on the air will be Friday, June 7th.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s plan to celebrate Kris\u2019 great career with a newsroom gathering that day.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks,<\/em><\/p>\n

Gleason<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Mike Braden:<\/strong> It seems a little unbecoming for a newsman such as Larry Potash to boast about ratings.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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