{"id":6660,"date":"2015-02-05T22:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6660"},"modified":"2015-02-05T22:04:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T04:04:09","slug":"david-kaplan-to-stick-with-wgn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/02\/05\/david-kaplan-to-stick-with-wgn\/","title":{"rendered":"David Kaplan to stick with WGN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> David Kaplan and David Haugh<\/p><\/div>\n

One day after Dan McNeil rejected an offer<\/a> to return to CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670<\/a> as midday host, David Kaplan has withdrawn from consideration for the job, too.<\/p>\n

Kaplan, who\u2019s marking his 20th year with Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720,<\/a> said Thursday he\u2019s agreed to extend his contract to continue the show he hosts with Chicago Tribune sports columnist David Haugh on WGNplus.com <\/a>and Comcast SportsNet Chicago.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kap<\/a>Airing from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, \u201cThe Kap & Haugh Show\u201d previously ran on Tribune Media\u2019s short-lived FM sports\/talk venture on WGWG LP 87.7, known as The Game 87.7 FM.<\/p>\n

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but Jimmy deCastro, president and general manager of WGN, confirmed that Kaplan\u2019s new deal runs through the end of 2016.<\/p>\n

The move puts the Score back to square one in its search to find a replacement for Patrick Mannelly, who announced Monday he was stepping down<\/a> after five months as midday co-host alongside Matt Spiegel, effective February 13.<\/p>\n

Regarding the overture he and Haugh received from the Score, Kaplan said: \u201cI had dialogue with them, and I\u2019m flattered they were interested. But I love my home and that\u2019s where I\u2019m staying.\u201d\u00a0Before he agreed to the extension, Kaplan had 11 months remaining on his contract with WGN. He will continue to appear three times a week on Steve Cochran\u2019s morning show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I work with the best partner in Chicago, and I think we have a great show,\u201d Kaplan said. \u201cI work for tremendous people at the best place, and the partnership with Comcast SportsNet is fabulous. Jimmy deCastro and [Tribune Media executive] Larry Wert are incredibly supportive, and I\u2019m thrilled to continue where I\u2019ve been for 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One day after Dan McNeil rejected an offer to return to CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670 as midday host, David Kaplan has withdrawn from consideration for the job, too. Kaplan, who\u2019s marking his 20th year with Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720, said Thursday he\u2019s agreed to extend his contract to continue the show... 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\/6660"}],"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=6660"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6665,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6660\/revisions\/6665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}