{"id":7671,"date":"2015-05-15T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=7671"},"modified":"2015-05-15T12:36:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T17:36:39","slug":"robinsons-radio-roles-up-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/05\/15\/robinsons-radio-roles-up-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinson\u2019s radio roles up in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Robin<\/a>

<\/a> Robin Robinson at WVON<\/p><\/div>\n

How long can Robin Robinson work as a no-nonsense news anchor on one radio station and as an opinionated talk show host on another? We\u2019ll soon find out.<\/p>\n

The Chicago broadcast news veteran started this week as a part-time host on urban news\/talk WVON AM 1690.<\/a> Her \u201cRobin\u2019s Nest\u201d talk show airs from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays under an arrangement that allows her to sell advertising sponsorships, according to Melody Spann-Cooper, president and general manager of the Midway Broadcasting station.<\/p>\n

Details of the agreement are still being worked out, Spann-Cooper said, but Robinson has the option to buy the weekly three-hour slot and retain all advertising revenue from it.<\/p>\n

Robinson\u2019s debut on WVON closely followed her hiring<\/a> as a part-time and fill-in news anchor at WBBM AM 780 and WCFS FM 105.9, <\/a>the CBS Radio all-news station. She has been training overnights on the anchor desk in preparation for regular duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cRobin Robinson respects WBBM as the No. 1 station in town and is thrilled with the opportunity,\u201d said Robinson\u2019s agent, Andrew Stroth. \u201cAt the same time, Robin has an authentic and natural connection to the African-American community and WVON.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now Robinson calls working at both stations \u201cthe best of both worlds,\u201d but it remains to be seen whether CBS Radio will regard it as a conflict either journalistically or competitively. Ron Gleason, director of news and programming at WBBM Newsradio, declined to comment on whether the station approved of Robinson\u2019s role on WVON.<\/p>\n

While Midway Broadcasting is responsible for programming and sales on WVON, the station\u2019s license is held by iHeartMedia, which owns seven other stations in Chicago.<\/p>\n

If Robinson receives an offer to expand her role at WBBM Newsradio, as many expect, Spann-Cooper predicted Robinson would step down from WVON.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think Robin would jeopardize a stable opportunity with a company like WBBM to do a show on \u2019VON,\u201d she said. \u201cHer heart may be to do that, but I wouldn\u2019t even want her to. As a business person, I would advise her against that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to see her get a full-time gig. Who wouldn\u2019t? She put in a lot of time in the marketplace, her reputation is great, she\u2019s a great brand, and I cannot offer her that opportunity. I don\u2019t have space for Robin in a full-time capacity. So if \u2019BBM comes along and offers her that kind of opportunity, she won\u2019t have to quit. I\u2019ll let her go. How about that?\u201d<\/p>\n

A star news anchor on Chicago television for three decades, Robinson, 57, signed off last year after a 27-year run at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How long can Robin Robinson work as a no-nonsense news anchor on one radio station and as an opinionated talk show host on another? We\u2019ll soon find out. The Chicago broadcast news veteran started this week as a part-time host on urban news\/talk WVON AM 1690. Her \u201cRobin\u2019s Nest\u201d talk show airs from 6 to... 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\/7671"}],"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=7671"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7677,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7671\/revisions\/7677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}