{"id":33539,"date":"2022-06-01T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=33539"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:26:22","slug":"robservations-gop-candidates-governor-debate-abc-7-univision-chicago-final-forum-air-560-illinois-rock-hall-fame-host-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2022\/06\/01\/robservations-gop-candidates-governor-debate-abc-7-univision-chicago-final-forum-air-560-illinois-rock-hall-fame-host-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: GOP candidates for governor to debate on ABC 7, Univision Chicago; Final forum to air on AM 560; Illinois Rock Hall of Fame to host induction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alan Krashesky (Photo: ABC 7 Chicago)<\/p><\/div>\n

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

All six Republican candidates for governor of Illinois have agreed to participate in a one-hour debate Thursday hosted by ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a> Starting at 7 p.m., ABC 7 news anchor Alan Krashesky<\/strong> will moderate the forum among Darren Bailey, Richard Irvin, Gary Rabine, Paul Schimpf, Max Solomon<\/strong> and Jesse Sullivan.<\/strong> It will air live on ABC 7 Digital Channel 7.2 and stream on abc7chicago.com<\/a> and the ABC 7 Chicago News app. ABC 7 will replay the debate on its main channel at 10:35 p.m. Friday. The appearance of all six candidates is a major improvement over the fiasco May 24<\/a> when NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 and Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9 held dual debates on the same night, splitting the field in half. Panelists Thursday will be ABC 7 political reporter Craig Wall<\/strong> and Univision Chicago<\/a> news anchor Erika Maldonado.<\/strong> The debate also is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Illinois and Univision Chicago.<\/p>\n

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AM 560<\/p><\/div>\n

What's likely to be the final GOP debate before the June 28 primary will be hosted by Salem Media news\/talk WIND 560-AM<\/a> June 23 at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. Confirmed participants are Darren Bailey, Gary Rabine and Paul Schimpf. AM 560 news director Mike Scott<\/strong> will moderate the debate from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Panelists include AM 560 morning co-host Amy Jacobson<\/strong> and Illinois Radio Network's Greg Bishop.<\/strong> \u201cAs Chicago\u2019s leading conservative media outlet, we look forward to providing a forum for the Republican candidates for governor to address our audience and make their closing arguments,\" said Marcus Brown,<\/strong> director of content strategy and program director. \"We know that our listeners will be the ones that decide the outcome of this election, and we expect a spirited and informative exchange of ideas at our debate . . . just a few short days before the election.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Illinois Museum of Rock & Roll<\/p><\/div>\n

Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66<\/a> will host its second annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sunday with an impressive array of Chicago radio personalities on hand. The event will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. (Here is the link for tickets.<\/a>) Among presenters will be Bob Sirott, Joe Soto, Angi Taylor, Mitch Michaels, Brian Sherman, Steve Tingle, Dave Fogel, Cara Carriveau, Brian Peck<\/strong> and Lisa Fielding.<\/strong> Inductees include John Records Landecker<\/strong> and Audacy adult album alternative WXRT 93.1-FM (accepted by Terri Hemmert<\/strong>). This year\u2019s other honorees are\u00a0Styx, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Dan Fogelberg,<\/strong> The New Colony Six, Jim Peterik, Dennis DeYoung, Gary Loizzo<\/strong> and Mercury Records.<\/p>\n

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WPNA<\/p><\/div>\n

Alliance Communications, the broadcasting unit of Chicago-based Polish National Alliance, has agreed to sell WPNA 1490-AM<\/a> to Daniela Wojcik's<\/strong> CSWWII LLC for $725,000, according to an FCC filing last week. Licensed to west suburban Oak Park, the 1,000-watt station airs a time-brokered format of Polish and other ethnic programming. Before the station was acquired in 1987 by Polish National Alliance (which changed its call letters to WPNA), the station was WBMX. From 1950 to 1984, it was known as WOPA \u2014 signifying its studios in the former Oak Park Arms Hotel.<\/p>\n

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Albie Dee<\/p><\/div>\n

Albie Dee,<\/strong> a radio personality from North Haven, Connecticut, who spent much of his career on the air in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, signs on tonight as evening host at WLS 94.7-FM,<\/a> the Cumulus Media classic hits station. He replaces Kid Kelly,<\/strong> whose formerly syndicated show aired from 7 p.m. to midnight Monday through Friday. Dee's show is distributed by VirtualJock.com,<\/a> according to Radio Insight.<\/a> In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, 94.7 WLS tied for 12th place in evenings with a 2.9 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 234,800.<\/p>\n

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

Voice of America<\/a> listeners around the world soon will be hearing a weekly jazz program produced by WDCB 90.9-FM,<\/a> the west suburban College of DuPage jazz station. Starting Sunday, \u201cJazz from the Heart of America\u201d will be hosted by WDCB station manager Dan Bindert<\/strong>\u00a0under a collaborative partnership with the government-funded overseas broadcaster. \u201cThe program will air exclusively outside the U.S., but we\u2019re excited about the opportunity to utilize the resources of WDCB to share our enthusiasm for this beloved American art form with listeners across the globe,\u201d Bindert wrote in the station\u2019s monthly newsletter.<\/p>\n

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Mark Welsh<\/p><\/div>\n

Capping a 35-year career, award-winning senior photojournalist Mark Welsh<\/strong>\u00a0is retiring from the Daily Herald.<\/a> His last day will be June 10. Welsh, a graduate of Illinois State University, joined the Daily Herald from Downstate Effingham in 1987. He covered all six Chicago Bulls championship runs and was the first staff photographer to be certified as a drone pilot. \"We'll miss all that Mark has brought to the Daily Herald and wish him the best in his next chapter,\" executive editor Jim Baumann<\/strong> wrote in an email.<\/p>\n

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Mareva Lindo<\/p><\/div>\n

Mareva Lindo<\/strong> has resigned as director of media engagement at Chicago's nonprofit Public Narrative<\/a> to join The Public's Radio<\/a> (formerly known as Rhode Island Public Radio) as daily editor. She'll work with Torey Malatia,<\/strong> former president and CEO of Chicago Public Media, who has headed the Providence-based radio operation since 2015. Lindo, a graduate of Smith College, also is an audio producer and creator of The Archives<\/em> podcast, exploring the music and people of the Old Town School of Folk Music. \"I'm excited to be doing this thing I've wanted to do for most of life, and to be closer to friends and family out east,\" she said. \"I'm also sad to be leaving Chicago, forever my home, and our community here.\" Jhmira Alexander,<\/strong> president and executive director of Public Narrative, said the group plans to replace Lindo.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Chad Rubel:<\/strong> I think the idea of sharing the WGN Sports desk is a marvelous idea. Replacing Dan Roan would be tough shoes for anyone. This way, each sports anchor gets to set their own path. Plenty of on-air time for both of them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: All six Republican candidates for governor of Illinois have agreed to participate in a one-hour debate Thursday hosted by ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Starting at 7 p.m., ABC 7 news anchor Alan Krashesky will moderate the forum among Darren Bailey, Richard Irvin, Gary Rabine, Paul Schimpf, Max Solomon and Jesse Sullivan.... 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\/33539"}],"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=33539"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33561,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33539\/revisions\/33561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}