{"id":26061,"date":"2020-07-02T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=26061"},"modified":"2020-07-02T07:21:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:21:23","slug":"five-years-wgn-carl-amaris-radio-classics-returning-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/07\/02\/five-years-wgn-carl-amaris-radio-classics-returning-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"After five years on WGN, Carl Amari\u2019s radio classics returning to WIND"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf (Photo: Bob Chwedyk\/Daily Herald)<\/p><\/div>\n

With the impending cancellation of the weekly \u201cWGN Radio Theatre\u201d<\/a> on WGN 720-AM,<\/a> host Carl Amari is about to bring classic drama and comedy from the golden age of radio back to WIND 560-AM.<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting July 11, Amari\u2019s nationally syndicated \u201cHollywood 360,\u201d<\/a> co-hosted by Lisa Wolf, will air live on WIND from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturdays. The station previously aired the program from 2009 to 2015.<\/p>\n

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Hollywood 360<\/p><\/div>\n

\"We are excited to have \u2018Hollywood 360\u2019 and Carl Amari back on AM 560,\u201d said Jeff Reisman, regional vice president and general manager of the Salem Media news\/talk station. \u201cCarl expertly weaves together a unique mix of content that has continued to attract and entertain listeners for years, and we look forward to welcoming them back.\"<\/p>\n

\u201cWGN Radio Theatre,\u201d which Amari and Wolf started in 2015, most recently aired Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. On Wednesday the Nexstar Media Group news\/talk station announced that it was replacing the show with best-of features taken from its Monday-through-Friday lineup.<\/p>\n

Starting July 11, \u201cWGN Showcase\u201d will present highlights of weekday shows hosted by Bob Sirott, John Williams, Anna Davlantes and Roe Conn. It will air Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.<\/p>\n

Mary Sandberg Boyle, general manager of WGN, said the station would maintain a partnership with Amari by reviving \u201cWGN Radio Theatre\u201d for holiday-themed specials, including Christmas, New Year\u2019s Day, Valentine\u2019s Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve loved every minute of it,\u201d Amari said of his time on WGN. \u201cWe are sad to leave but are excited about our new Chicago home of WIND AM 560.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amari, who now lives in South Barrington, built an empire on old-time radio from modest beginnings in the basement studio of his family\u2019s Schiller Park home. His credits included creating and syndicating such series as \u201cWhen Radio Was,\u201d \u201cRadio Movie Classics\u201d and \u201cRadio Super Heroes.\u201d He sold his first company, Radio Spirits Inc., to Audio Book Club in 1998 for $12 million.<\/p>\n

Wednesday's comment of the day:<\/a>\u00a0Jeff Borden:<\/strong> Civic-minded billionaires such as Mike Bloomberg or Bill Gates would be doing American democracy a great service if they were to use their vast wealth to acquire and fully fund newspapers in America's cities, large and small, without expectation of turning a profit. I shudder to think how much more corrupt our city, county and state would be without journalists doing their best to hold our leaders accountable.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the impending cancellation of the weekly \u201cWGN Radio Theatre\u201d on WGN 720-AM, host Carl Amari is about to bring classic drama and comedy from the golden age of radio back to WIND 560-AM. Starting July 11, Amari\u2019s nationally syndicated \u201cHollywood 360,\u201d co-hosted by Lisa Wolf, will air live on WIND from 8 p.m. to... 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\/26061"}],"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=26061"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26071,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26061\/revisions\/26071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}