{"id":29905,"date":"2021-06-08T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=29905"},"modified":"2021-06-08T10:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:33:18","slug":"robservations-wendy-ray-show-debuts-saturday-night-wls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2021\/06\/08\/robservations-wendy-ray-show-debuts-saturday-night-wls\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: 'Wendy and Ray Show' debuts Saturday night on WLS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Wendy Snyder and Ramblin' Ray Stevens<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Wendy Snyder<\/strong> and Ramblin' Ray Stevens,<\/strong> two of the most likable personalities on Chicago radio, are getting their own weekly show on WLS 890-AM.<\/a> Starting this weekend, \"The Wendy and Ray Show\" will air from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturdays on the Cumulus Media news\/talk station. They've been co-hosting a podcast since Snyder's former partner, Bill Leff,<\/strong> left <\/a>to focus on TV work. \"After many years of seeing each other at concerts and charity events Wendy and I finally get a chance to work together,\" Stevens told me. \"The weekend show on WLS AM 890 will be hyper local and will cover everything from block parties to the Bears. This is a true Chicago show hosted by two lifelong Chicagoans. As Chicago opens back up, we want to be there as you get ready for your Saturday night. Chicago needs a little fun on the radio and we hope to provide.\"<\/p>\n

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Zoraida Sambolin<\/p><\/div>\n

No one knows when she'll return, but Zoraida Sambolin<\/strong> is on indefinite leave of absence as morning news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5.<\/a> Her last appearance on the air was May 27. Station officials won't say why Sambolin is away, and Sambolin did not respond to a request for comment. Except for a two-year stint with CNN in New York, Sambolin has been the face of morning news at NBC 5 since 2007. She began as a free-lance weekend news anchor there in 2002.<\/p>\n

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Dan Hampton<\/p><\/div>\n

Former Chicago Bears Dan Hampton<\/strong> and Ed O\u2019Bradovich<\/strong> will return as co-hosts of \"The Hamp and OB Show\" on Nexstar Media Group news\/talk WGN 720-AM. <\/a>Via agent Bryan Harlan,<\/strong> the agreement calls for the show to air weekly during the 2021-22 football season. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have these two Bears greats back with us for another season to provide their unique brand of analysis,\" said WGN sports director Dave Eanet.<\/strong> \"Bears fans know Hamp and OB won\u2019t hold back. Now the Bears have their quarterback of the future, and we still have the best guys to talk about it.\"<\/p>\n

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Ben Bradley<\/p><\/div>\n

Funny business: In 2017 Ben Bradley<\/strong> joined Nexstar Media Group WGN-Channel 9 <\/a>after 14 years at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a> On Monday, while filling in for Larry Potash<\/strong> as co-anchor of \"WGN Morning News,\" Bradley revealed the five key differences between working for the two stations. (Here is the link.<\/a>) Among the differences he cited: \"Here you can call your co-anchor anything you want.\"<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Mike Braden:<\/strong> If you're not reading Charlie Meyerson's \"Chicago Public Square\" every day, you should. Well-written, super simple to navigate and a lot of information in a compact package. Here's hoping \"Chicago Media Talks\" is another success - I wouldn't bet against it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Wendy Snyder and Ramblin' Ray Stevens, two of the most likable personalities on Chicago radio, are getting their own weekly show on WLS 890-AM. Starting this weekend, \"The Wendy and Ray Show\" will air from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturdays on the Cumulus Media news\/talk station. They've been co-hosting a... 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\/29905"}],"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=29905"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29914,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29905\/revisions\/29914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}