{"id":33723,"date":"2022-06-17T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=33723"},"modified":"2022-06-17T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T11:00:01","slug":"robservations-broadcast-museum-celebrates-rock-radio-wgn-radio-sell-piece-transmitter-site-abc-7-hosts-juneteenth-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2022\/06\/17\/robservations-broadcast-museum-celebrates-rock-radio-wgn-radio-sell-piece-transmitter-site-abc-7-hosts-juneteenth-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Broadcast museum celebrates rock radio; WGN Radio to sell piece of transmitter site; ABC 7 hosts Juneteenth special"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Records Landecker<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Museum of Broadcast Communications<\/p><\/div>\n

Legendary DJs John Records Landecker <\/strong>and Tommy Edwards<\/strong>\u00a0will reminisce about the golden age of rock radio when they headline a fundraiser for Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications<\/a> August 14. \"Rock Radio Revisited\" will be hosted by Wendy Snyder<\/strong> at Ron Onesti's<\/strong> Des Plaines Theater. (Here is the link for tickets.<\/a>) Also appearing, according to the museum, will be Kris Erik Stevens, Bob Stroud, Connie Szerszen, Steve King, Gary Burbank, Cousin Brucie Morrow<\/strong> and Dyana Williams.<\/strong> \u201cThe heyday of rock radio in the '60s and '70s was centered around the booming personalities of DJs like Larry Lujack,<\/strong> John Records Landecker, Yvonne Daniels, Bob Sirott<\/strong> and Steve King,\" David Plier,<\/strong> chairperson of the museum board, said in a statement. \"Every city had their favorite local radio station and the voices behind them. This will be an incredible celebration of the personalities and music that made that era of rock and roll so memorable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WGN Radio transmitter site<\/p><\/div>\n

Nexstar Media Group,<\/a> owner of news\/talk WGN 720-AM,<\/a> plans to sell about one-third of its 100-acre transmitter site for development of a three-building data center. WGN has occupied the former farmland off Rohlwing Road in unincorporated Cook County since 1939. Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson<\/strong> told residents Nexstar plans to relocate<\/a> WGN's transmission tower to the north end of the property to accommodate development of 35 acres on the south end. In order for Nexstar to access infrastructure and village services, the company plans to petition for annexation of the property into Elk Grove, according to Johnson. In 2019 Audacy sold<\/a> the transmitter site of all-news WBBM 780-AM in Itasca to a developer for $46 million and relocated to a new tower in Bloomingdale.<\/p>\n

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Terrell Brown and Cheryl Burton<\/p><\/div>\n

Cheryl Burton<\/strong> and Terrell Brown<\/strong> will host \u201cOur Chicago: Freedom Day,\u201d a half-hour special marking Juneteenth, at 4:30 p.m. Sunday on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a> \u201cABC 7 is proud to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday with special programming that will provide\u00a0historical context, insight into the events of that day and community figures who worked diligently over the years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday,\u201d John Idler,<\/strong> president and general manager of ABC 7, said in a statement. The special will be available on abc7chicago.com<\/a> and ABC 7\u2019s connected TV apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and Roku.<\/p>\n

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Mitch Carr<\/p><\/div>\n

NewsNation,<\/a> the Chicago-based cable news network owned by Nexstar Media, is expanding its morning news programming. Starting June 27, \"Early Morning\" will air at 5 a.m. \u2014 leading into \"Morning in America,\" which airs from 6 to 9 a.m. The new early morning hour will be anchored by Mitch Carr,<\/strong> just in from NBC affiliate KPNX in Phoenix, where he was weekend anchor and reporter. \u201cWe are excited to have Mitch Carr kick off our mornings with a fast-paced and informative news hour,\u201d Michael Corn,<\/strong> NewsNation president of news, said in a statement. \u201cWith [executive producer] James Holm<\/strong> leading the team, I\u2019m confident \u2018Early Morning\u2019 will resonate with viewers, as NewsNation continues its expansion to become a 24\/7 cable news network.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marquee Sports Network<\/p><\/div>\n

Marquee Sports Network<\/a> has launched \u201cCubs Cornerstones,\u201d a monthly series of documentaries profiling big names in Cubs history. June's opener spotlights Shawon Dunston,<\/strong> to be followed by Carlos Zambrano<\/strong> in July, Lou Piniella<\/strong> in August and Pat Hughes<\/strong> in September. \u201c'Cubs Cornerstones' is another avenue for us to share the storied history of Chicago Cubs baseball with our fans, highlighting fan favorites and memorable personalities,\u201d Mike Santini,<\/strong> senior vice president of programming and production, said in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to continuing to share these stories throughout the year.\u201d Episodes will air multiple times each month.<\/p>\n

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Adam Rank<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe Sick Podcast With Adam Rank<\/strong>,\u201d<\/a> a weekly talk show on the Chicago Bears hosted by the longtime NFL Network analyst, has landed a radio home on west suburban WCKG 1530-AM.<\/a> Starting June 24, it will air from 2 to 3 p.m. Fridays. \u201cAdam\u2019s passion for the Bears makes for such quality content,\u201d sports director Jon Zaghloul<\/strong> said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m proud to bring his show to where it belongs \u2014 WCKG Chicago. Listeners should look forward to Adam\u2019s opinions, guests and commentary on all things Chicago Bears. This is a great move for our brand, and I\u2019m excited to get things started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Gustaf Rand:<\/strong> I admire their energy after all these years [at The Score]. Like factory work. Coming in and looking at each other and hashing and rehashing the same seven or nine subjects. Over and over and over and nothing changes. Not really. I admire their energy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Legendary DJs John Records Landecker and Tommy Edwards\u00a0will reminisce about the golden age of rock radio when they headline a fundraiser for Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications August 14. \"Rock Radio Revisited\" will be hosted by Wendy Snyder at Ron Onesti's Des Plaines Theater. (Here is the link for tickets.)... 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\/33723"}],"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=33723"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33739,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33723\/revisions\/33739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}