{"id":7314,"date":"2015-04-01T15:30:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=7314"},"modified":"2015-04-01T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T20:49:48","slug":"carl-amari-to-host-wgn-radio-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/04\/01\/carl-amari-to-host-wgn-radio-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Amari to host \u2018WGN Radio Theatre\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Carl Amari<\/p><\/div>\n

A new weekly showcase for classic programs from radio\u2019s golden age, hosted by veteran Chicago broadcaster Carl Amari, is coming to Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720.<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting April 12, \u201cThe WGN Radio Theatre with Carl Amari\u201d will follow \u201cAfter Hours with Rick Kogan\u201d and air from 11 p.m. Sundays to 2 a.m. Mondays. The new addition replaces the weekend show hosted by Patti Vasquez, who moves up to full-time on weekdays.<\/p>\n

In addition to featuring classic radio drama and comedy, Amari will present live trivia and occasional newly produced content that celebrates \u201ctheater of the mind,\u201d according to Todd Manley, vice president of programming and content at WGN.<\/p>\n

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WGN Radio Theatre<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s a comeback of sorts for the 51-year-old host, producer and syndicator, who often appeared as a guest with legendary WGN late-night host Eddie Schwartz. Amari later hosted a radio adaptation of \u201cThe Twilight Zone\u201d drama series that aired at midnight Saturdays on WGN.<\/p>\n

From modest beginnings in the basement studio of his family\u2019s Schiller Park home, Amari built an empire on old-time radio. His credits included creating and syndicating such series as \u201cWhen Radio Was,\u201d \u201cRadio Movie Classics\u201d and \u201cRadio Super Heroes.\u201d He sold his first company, Radio Spirits Inc., to Audio Book Club in 1998 for $12 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been listening to WGN radio for over 40 years,\u201d Amari said Wednesday. \u201cAs a fledgling broadcaster in my early 20s, \u2018Chicago Eddie\u2019 Schwartz often had me on his show, where I\u2019d present classic radio episodes of \u2018The Shadow,\u2019 \u2018Jack Benny,\u2019 \u2018Suspense,\u2019 \u2018Gunsmoke,\u2019 \u2018Inner Sanctum\u2019 and many more.<\/p>\n

\u201cSitting across from Eddie and watching him skillfully work the broadcast board while taking calls and interviewing guests, I dreamed that one day I might have my own show on WGN radio where I could present classics from the golden age of radio. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t be more thrilled with this opportunity and I can\u2019t wait to begin.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new weekly showcase for classic programs from radio\u2019s golden age, hosted by veteran Chicago broadcaster Carl Amari, is coming to Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720. Starting April 12, \u201cThe WGN Radio Theatre with Carl Amari\u201d will follow \u201cAfter Hours with Rick Kogan\u201d and air from 11 p.m. Sundays to 2 a.m. Mondays. The... 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\/7314"}],"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=7314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7319,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7314\/revisions\/7319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}