{"id":24872,"date":"2020-03-23T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=24872"},"modified":"2020-03-23T07:02:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:02:03","slug":"robservations-starting-tonight-wgn-radio-simulcast-channel-9-news-10-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/03\/23\/robservations-starting-tonight-wgn-radio-simulcast-channel-9-news-10-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Starting tonight, WGN Radio to simulcast Channel 9 news at 10 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> WGN Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Now we know how WGN 720-AM<\/a> is going to fill one of the hours previously occupied by evening host\u00a0Justin Kaufmann,<\/strong> who left last week<\/a> after his contract was not renewed. Starting tonight the Nexstar Media Group news\/talk station will simulcast WGN-Channel 9<\/a> news from 10 to 11 p.m. weeknights. That includes the half-hour newscast at 10 p.m., followed by \u201cWGN News Special Report: COVID-19 Pandemic\" at 10:30 p.m. \"We are going to do it for at least a month or longer depending on how long we are in this period,\" said a WGN Radio source, calling it \"critical for an out-of-home audience heading to work shifts, truckers etc.\" Since December WGN Radio has been simulcasting the first hour of \"WGN Early Morning News\" from 4 to 5 a.m. weekdays, leading into Bob Sirott's<\/strong> morning show.<\/p>\n

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Victor \u201cThe Dizz\u201d Blackful and Mike Love<\/p><\/div>\n

With people stuck at home and searching for entertainment alternatives, this might be a good time to launch a new podcast. At least that's the hope of Mike Love<\/strong> and Victor \u201cThe Dizz\u201d Blackful.<\/strong> Back together after 13 years, the original \"Bad Boyz\" of urban contemporary WGCI 107.5-FM just debuted \"ChicagoFamous,\"<\/a> a podcast series in which they recount their phenomenal rise and eventual breakup. (Here is the link.<\/a>) Special guests will appear in subsequent episodes. \"During this pandemic all media plays a role in how information is put out there, but again balance is important,\" Blackful told Rolling Out.<\/a> \"Sometimes too much bad news can stress people or cause panic and sometimes you need an escape. A good song or a good story can change the mindset of somebody who might be feeling worn down.\"<\/p>\n

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Oprah Winfrey<\/p><\/div>\n

Homebound like the rest of us, Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> has started a new series for Apple TV+ \u2014 \"Oprah Talks COVID-19\"<\/a> \u2014 in which she FaceTimes with experts and everyday people to \"provide insight, meaning and tangible advice for the human spirit.\" (Here is the link.<\/a>) In the first episode, she interviews actor Idris Elba<\/strong> and his wife, Sabrina Dhowre,<\/strong> who both tested positive for coronavirus. \"Like millions of people all over the world, I've been staying safer at home for over a week now,\" Winfrey tweeted.<\/a> \"I know a lot of people are feeling stressed, overwhelmed and uncertain. Because of that, I want to offer some hope and gather thought leaders and people going through it to add some perspective.\"<\/p>\n

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Mason Slaine<\/p><\/div>\n

Just when no one was looking, a major new investor has turned up at Tribune Publishing.<\/a> Mason Slaine,<\/strong> former CEO of business information publisher Thomson Financial, last week acquired a 7 percent stake in the company, making him the third-largest shareholder behind New York-based hedge fund Alden Global Capital and Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.<\/strong>\u00a0According to the Chicago Tribune,<\/a> the Boca Raton, Florida-based Slaine now owns nearly 2.5 million shares.<\/p>\n

Kudos to John J. Kim,<\/strong> the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, and Rick Kogan,<\/strong> the Chicago Tribune and WGN treasure, for collaborating on a hauntingly beautiful video of a city under lockdown set to Pablo Neruda's<\/strong> poem \"I Like For You To Be Still.\" (Here is the link.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, here's the front page of Saturday's Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Chicago Sun-Times (March 21, 2020)<\/p><\/div>\n

Friday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Randy Volz:<\/strong> Truth be told, I can get, and frankly, am inundated with COVID-19 news nearly every waking moment these days. I need a place where I can get away from the truly ubiquitous word \"coronavirus\" even if it's for just a while. I'm grateful 'XRT hasn't ramped up their news delivery.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Now we know how WGN 720-AM is going to fill one of the hours previously occupied by evening host\u00a0Justin Kaufmann, who left last week after his contract was not renewed. Starting tonight the Nexstar Media Group news\/talk station will simulcast WGN-Channel 9 news from 10 to 11 p.m. weeknights. That... 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\/24872"}],"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=24872"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24881,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24872\/revisions\/24881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}