{"id":23622,"date":"2019-11-26T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=23622"},"modified":"2021-02-22T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:00:22","slug":"wgn-radio-turning-totally-sinatra-sunday-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/11\/26\/wgn-radio-turning-totally-sinatra-sunday-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"WGN Radio turning totally Sinatra on Sunday mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Frank Sinatra<\/p><\/div>\n

The music of Ol' Blue Eyes will air exclusively from 6:30 to 9 a.m. Sundays on WGN 720-AM, <\/a>the Nexstar Media news\/talk station announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Starting December 8, David Plier will host the locally-produced showcase devoted solely to the classic tunes of Frank Sinatra, leading into \u201cDean Richards' Sunday Morning\u201d from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

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David Plier<\/p><\/div>\n

Plier, a marketing and branding executive who also serves as interim chairman of Chicago\u2019s Museum of Broadcast Communications, has been a weekend talk-show host at WGN since 2012. He\u2019ll also host Friday nights from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. and Sunday mornings from 3 to 5 a.m.<\/p>\n

\"The Sinatra Hours\" is the\u00a0brainchild of\u00a0Sean Compton, who was named executive vice president overseeing the station after Nexstar Media Group acquired Tribune Media.<\/p>\n

To accommodate the new addition, WGN will move \"Steve Dale\u2019s Pet World\" to 5:30 a.m. Sundays and \u201cThe Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson\u201d to 5 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n

Also new to the weekend lineup will be a two-hour syndicated travel show hosted by Peter Greenberg at 4 p.m. Saturdays, starting December 7.<\/p>\n

\"WGN Radio Theatre with Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf,\" the program of old-time radio classics now airing Saturday and Sunday nights, will be heard only on Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.<\/p>\n

Among programs being cut from the lineup are Saturday's \"Wintrust Business Lunch\" and \"Saturday Night Special,\" both hosted by Amy Guth, \"Nocturnal Journal with Dave Hoekstra\" and Brian Noonan.<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey WGN ranked eighth overall with a 4.0 share. On weekends the station tied for eighth with MeTV FM, Weigel Broadcasting soft rock oldies WRME 87.7-FM, with a 3.9 share.<\/p>\n

Here is WGN\u2019s new weekend schedule, effective December 7-8:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fridays<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 to 11 p.m. Justin Kaufmann<\/em><\/p>\n

11 p.m. to 1 a.m. David Plier<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturdays<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 to 5 a.m. Matt Bubala<\/em><\/p>\n

5 to 6 a.m. The Morning Show with Orion Samuelson & Max Armstrong<\/em><\/p>\n

6 to 7 a.m. Outside the Loop Radio with Mike Stephen<\/em><\/p>\n

7 to 10 a.m. HouseSmarts Radio with Lou Manfredini<\/em><\/p>\n

10 a.m. to noon David Hochberg<\/em><\/p>\n

Noon to 1 p.m. Startup Showcase with Scott Kitun<\/em><\/p>\n

1 to 4 p.m. John Williams<\/em><\/p>\n

4 to 6 p.m. Peter Greenberg Travel<\/em><\/p>\n

6 to 10 p.m. Sports Talk and White Sox Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

10 p.m. to 3 a.m. WGN Radio Theatre with Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf<\/em><\/p>\n

Sundays<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 to 5 a.m. David Plier replay<\/em><\/p>\n

5 to 5:30 a.m. Great Outdoors with Charlie Potter<\/em><\/p>\n

5:30 to 6 a.m. Steve Dale\u2019s Pet World<\/em><\/p>\n

6 to 6:30 a.m. The Lutheran Hour<\/em><\/p>\n

6:30 to 9 a.m. The Sinatra Hours with David Plier<\/em><\/p>\n

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dean Richards' Sunday Morning<\/em><\/p>\n

1 to 5 p.m. Pete McMurray and Jane Monzures<\/em><\/p>\n

5 to 7 p.m. The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson<\/em><\/p>\n

7 to 9 p.m. Karen Conti on the Law<\/em><\/p>\n

9 to 11 p.m. After Hours with Rick Kogan<\/em><\/p>\n

11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Nick Digilio<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The music of Ol' Blue Eyes will air exclusively from 6:30 to 9 a.m. Sundays on WGN 720-AM, the Nexstar Media news\/talk station announced Tuesday. Starting December 8, David Plier will host the locally-produced showcase devoted solely to the classic tunes of Frank Sinatra, leading into \u201cDean Richards' Sunday Morning\u201d from 9 a.m. to 1... 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\/23622"}],"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=23622"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23639,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23622\/revisions\/23639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}