They don't get any better than George [Ofman] and Kris [Habermehl], and WBBM loses a lot with their departure. I can't even imagine WBBM trying to broadcast the Air and Water Show without Kris and his knowledge of all that flies, not to mention the best alternates day-to-day in peak traffic. But what listeners don't know is that Kris is not just a reporter but a caring first responder as well; sometimes those paths meet. My favorite memory of Kris is the way he guided me around downed wires and blocked roads in pitch darkness over the phone in April 2015 so I could cover the tornado that flattened tiny Fairdale; when I arrived Kris was working in the command center but took the time to introduce me to the incident commanders so I could get on the air immediately with important information. George is colorful, concise and knowledgeable about everything sports. He sat behind me in the WBBM newsroom for eight years and we'd have many discussions about the sports topics of the day. He also is the person who gave me my first chance to report sports as well as news when he needed someone to cover for him because of a conflict during the 1978 Western Open. It's a difficult time for broadcasting but I hope someone can hire them. It will be worth every penny of the investment. (Are you listening, Nexstar\/News Nation?)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robservations on the media beat: Details are still being finalized, but look for Midway Broadcasting news\/talk WVON 1690-AM to supplement its lineup with news reports from\u00a0BIN: Black Information Network, the 24\/7 national audio news service recently launched by iHeartMedia. \"It's a perfect complement to our Black talk format,\" said Melody Spann Cooper, chair and CEO... 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\/26202"}],"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=26202"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26212,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26202\/revisions\/26212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}