{"id":32910,"date":"2022-03-29T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=32910"},"modified":"2022-03-29T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T11:00:05","slug":"robservations-mix-unveils-new-afternoon-team-archdiocese-hosts-mass-media-ukraine-maggie-vespa-joins-nbc-chicago-bureau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2022\/03\/29\/robservations-mix-unveils-new-afternoon-team-archdiocese-hosts-mass-media-ukraine-maggie-vespa-joins-nbc-chicago-bureau\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: The Mix unveils new afternoon team; Archdiocese hosts Mass for media in Ukraine; Maggie Vespa joins NBC Chicago bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Casey McCabe and Jenny Valliere<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Lisa Allen<\/p><\/div>\n

Lisa Allen<\/strong> will move back to her longtime midday shift at WTMX 101.9-FM<\/a> when the Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary station debuts a new afternoon show April 18. Casey McCabe,<\/strong> formerly of KAMP and KROQ in Los Angeles and host of the syndicated \u201cAlternative Soundcheck,\u201d will team with Jenny Valliere,<\/strong> who's been working as midday personality and music director at The Mix since last April. Afternoons had been co-hosted by Allen and Chris Petlak<\/strong> until January when Petlak moved to mornings. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled at all the great talent we have at The Mix, and I\u2019m looking forward to each of them realizing their full potential,\u201d said Jimmy Steal,<\/strong> vice president of brand and content at Hubbard Radio Chicago. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, The Mix tied for 10th place in afternoons with a 3.1 percent share and a cumulative weekly audience of 459,700.<\/p>\n

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Archdiocese of Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n

The Archdiocese of Chicago<\/a> is inviting members of the media and people of all faiths to attend a Mass for Journalists Covering Ukraine and Their Families this Sunday. Starting at 2:30 p.m., it will be at St. Mary of the Lake and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 4220 North Sheridan Road in Chicago. \u201cAt a time when reporters and photographers are risking their lives, this Mass is an opportunity for fellow journalists of all faiths to come together and pray for their safety and the safety of all those impacted by the war,\u201d said Rev. Manuel Dorantes,<\/strong> pastor of the church and strategic advisor to the Vatican\u2019s Dicastery for Communication.<\/p>\n

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Maggie Vespa<\/p><\/div>\n

Maggie Vespa,<\/strong> who's been a reporter at NBC affiliate KGW in Portland, Oregon, since 2014, has been hired as a Chicago-based correspondent for NBC News<\/a> and MSNBC.<\/a> She succeeds Meagan Fitzgerald,<\/strong>\u00a0who left the Chicago bureau after two years to become a London-based correspondent. Vespa, a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, began her career in her hometown of Peoria as a reporter for NBC affiliate WEEK. She also worked as a reporter for KGUN, the ABC affiliate in Tucson, Arizona. \"For an Illinois kid who grew up watching NBC, this is a true honor,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n

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Karla Leal<\/p><\/div>\n

Karla Leal<\/strong> has resigned after nine years as a news anchor and reporter at Spanish-language Telemundo Chicago\u00a0WSNS-Channel 44<\/a> to join Spectrum News 1,<\/a> a 24-hour local news channel in Austin, Texas, as an anchor and multimedia journalist. It's a homecoming for Leal, who previously worked for Telemundo Austin and contributed to KEYE, the CBS affiliate in Austin. The Columbia College graduate began her career at Chicago\u2019s public access channel CAN-TV 19 where she hosted the bilingual show \u201cLatina Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Justyna Syska<\/p><\/div>\n

Justyna Syska<\/strong> has been promoted to senior producer after 11 years at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a> She joined ABC 7 to help launch \"Windy City Live\" in 2011 after working as a producer for Lisa Dent<\/strong> and Ramblin' Ray Stevens's<\/strong> morning show at Audacy country WUSN 99.5-FM and for Mason Schreader<\/strong> and Zach \u201cRemy\u201d Hoesly's<\/strong> morning show at iHeartMedia's former country WEBG. \u201cJustyna has continued to take on new challenges, all the while bringing her fresh and unique storytelling to all of our efforts,\u201d said Dave Lee,<\/strong> vice president of marketing at ABC 7.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Bob Roberts:<\/strong> I'm happy to see Mai [Martinez] come aboard at Newsradio. She is a total pro and should prove to be a welcome addition to mornings for years to come.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Lisa Allen will move back to her longtime midday shift at WTMX 101.9-FM when the Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary station debuts a new afternoon show April 18. Casey McCabe, formerly of KAMP and KROQ in Los Angeles and host of the syndicated \u201cAlternative Soundcheck,\u201d will team with Jenny Valliere, who's... 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\/32910"}],"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=32910"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32923,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32910\/revisions\/32923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}