{"id":23973,"date":"2020-01-01T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=23973"},"modified":"2020-01-01T12:23:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T18:23:23","slug":"chicago-media-preview-2020-tribulations-galore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/01\/01\/chicago-media-preview-2020-tribulations-galore\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago media preview 2020: Tribulations galore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23745\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/01\/01\/chicago-media-preview-2020-tribulations-galore\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23745\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23745\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-1024x712.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-300x209.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-768x534.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-500x348.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-150x104.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-400x278.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-800x556.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune-200x139.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Tribune.jpg 1119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Chicago Tribune<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few things to look for on the Chicago media beat in the coming year:<\/p>\n<p>Alden Global Capital, the New York-based hedge fund that acquired a 32 percent stake in Tribune Publishing, will be free to increase its ownership interest in the Chicago Tribune parent company on June 30. If history is a guide, look for draconian cuts to the Tribune and its affiliated newspapers after that.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Marquee Sports Network, a joint venture operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Chicago Cubs, will become the exclusive cable television home of Cubs baseball and related programming, starting in February.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Reader, the city's premier alternative weekly since 1971, will move to a nonprofit business model, led by publisher <strong>Tracy Baim<\/strong> and overseen by the board of the Reader Institute for Community Journalism.<\/p>\n<p>A new president and chief executive officer will be named for Chicago Public Media, the nonprofit parent company of NPR news\/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM and urban alternative Vocalo.<\/p>\n<p>The newly created position of news director will be filled at Window to the World Communications WTTW-Channel 11, overseeing the flagship news program \"Chicago Tonight.\"<\/p>\n<p>New morning shows will debut on Nexstar Media news\/talk WGN 720-AM with <strong>Bob Sirott<\/strong>; Entercom adult album alternative WXRT 93.1-FM with <strong>Richard Milne<\/strong>; Crawford Broadcasting urban adult-contemporary WSRB 106.3-FM with the syndicated <strong>Rickey Smiley<\/strong>; and Crawford Broadcasting urban contemporary WPWX 92.3-FM with \"The Morning Hustle.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken Davis<\/strong> and <strong>Linda Paul<\/strong>, who hosted the first Chicago Journalism Town Hall in 2009, will convene a second gathering of local media professionals and students in February.<\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with a presidential election year, the Museum of Broadcast Communications will present a new pop-up exhibit this summer and relaunch its website on \"The Great Debates\" in March. The project will kick off a two-year \"re-imagining\" of the museum and the Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Ten TV veterans \u2014 <strong>Jackie Bange, Rich Bernal, Mark Giangreco, Alan Krashesky, Marda LeBeau, Jennifer Lyons, Lynn Hauldren, Jack<\/strong> and<strong> Elaine Mulqueen<\/strong>, and<strong> Marlin Perkins<\/strong> \u2014 will be inducted in the Silver Circle of the Chicago\/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on May 8.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago media milestones in 2020:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commercial radio will commemorate its centennial in November \u2014 100 years after KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcast results of the Harding-Cox presidential election.<\/li>\n<li>\"Those Were the Days,\" the Saturday afternoon old-time radio showcase on College of DuPage's WDCB 90.9-FM, will turn 50 in May.<\/li>\n<li>Chicago magazine, the current iteration of the city monthly that began as a program guide for classical station WFMT 98.7-FM, will turn 50 in December.<\/li>\n<li>\"Beyond the Beltway,\" <strong>Bruce DuMont's<\/strong> syndicated political talk show originating from the Museum of Broadcast Communications, will turn 40 in June.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allison Rosati,<\/strong> principal news anchor at WMAQ-Channel 5, will celebrate her 30th year at the NBC-owned station.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corey McPherrin,<\/strong> principal news anchor at WFLD-Channel 32, will celebrate his 25th year at the Fox-owned station. (He signed on as sports anchor from CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2.)<\/li>\n<li>WLS-Channel 7, the top-rated ABC-owned station, will mark its 25th year as a unit of the Walt Disney Company.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan Bernstein,<\/strong> midday personality at WSCR 670-AM, will celebrate his 25th year at the Entercom sports\/talk station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2019\/12\/31\/game-bleak-year-chicago-media-wgn-drops-sports\/#comments\">Tuesday's comment of the day:<\/a> <strong>Marj Halperin:<\/strong> <em>A year of sad media losses for Chicago, at a time when fake news is exploding. Thankful for the solid news sources that remain, and for Rob\u2019s dogged effort to cover them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few things to look for on the Chicago media beat in the coming year: Alden Global Capital, the New York-based hedge fund that acquired a 32 percent stake in Tribune Publishing, will be free to increase its ownership interest in the Chicago Tribune parent company on June 30. 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