Dan Soles is not the problem. Simply replacing him isn't likely to change much of anything. Only when the 48 member board and CEO commit to new local programing that reflects the public of Chicago and suburban communities can [WTTW-Channel 11] become a vital force. It involves taking and tolerating risks and reallocating more of the $40 million annual budget to on-air and digital local content. The only viable choice is to reach its potential as a 21st century community media resource. At a time when we need it most, WWCI and Channel 11 need to embrace and grow the talents of underrepresented sources of local production. Technology exists to change the equation to becoming more inclusive. Dan Soles could never overcome the underlying organizational culture of isolation that has become the norm in his years there. All who care can only hope that his departure signals a new and revitalized era of local public broadcasting responsibility. It can be done.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robservations on the media beat: Radio Hall of Famer Garry Meier will soon be heard again on WLS 890-AM, the Cumulus Media news\/talk station. This time Meier will appear as a guest on Mancow Muller's morning show June 21 and then fill in for Muller the full week of June 24, according to Stephanie Tichenor,... 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\/21933"}],"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=21933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21939,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21933\/revisions\/21939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}