As a former news person I may be biased, but I think \"Virus-Free Friday\" [on WGN 720-AM] is an irresponsible stunt. People turn to talk radio in a crisis or emergency and it\u2019s a broadcaster\u2019s legal responsibility to serve the public\u2019s interest, convenience and necessity. This seems like a backhanded way to minimize Trump-bashing on the air. As always, though, the ratings will determine success or failure. In the meantime, people can easily turn to WBBM or WBEZ for information. Let\u2019s see if they do.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time this month iHeartMedia is citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for cutting the pay of its employees. On Tuesday the radio giant announced those who earn more than $50,000 a year will be required to take two weeks of \"unpaid vacation\" before the end of 2020.<\/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\/25321"}],"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=25321"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25332,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25321\/revisions\/25332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}