{"id":9342,"date":"2015-11-10T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=9342"},"modified":"2015-11-10T07:29:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T13:29:51","slug":"robservations-kaufmann-glad-to-be-back-on-wgn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/11\/10\/robservations-kaufmann-glad-to-be-back-on-wgn\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Kaufmann \u2018glad to be back\u2019 on WGN"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Justin<\/a>

<\/a> Justin Kaufmann<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Without fanfare, Justin Kaufmann<\/strong> returned Monday as host of \u201cThe Download,\u201d his weekday evening show on WGN AM 720.<\/a> He\u2019d been missing from the Tribune Media news\/talk station since October 6 while dealing with \u201ca private and personal matter.\u201d<\/a> He later apologized to family and friends for what he called a \u201clapse in judgment\u201d <\/a>in his personal life. \"I'm glad to be back,\u201d Kaufmann said Monday. \u201c\u2018The Download\u2019 is a special show and we're proud of all the work we put in every day. I look forward to helping out the team produce some more great content for our audience.\" The show airs from 7 to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n

\"Rob<\/a>

Rob Wildeboer<\/p><\/div>\n

Rob Wildeboer,<\/strong> criminal and legal affairs reporter for WBEZ FM 91.5,<\/a> has been promoted to senior editor of news at the Chicago Public Media station. As head of daily news coverage, he succeeds Sally Eisele,<\/strong> who resigned <\/a>last December as managing editor of public affairs. Wildeboer joined WBEZ in 2004 as an intern for \u201cEight Forty-Eight.\u201d Calling Wildeboer \u201ca remarkable journalist, a generous colleague, and a leader inside and outside this station,\u201d Ben Calhoun,<\/strong> vice president of content and programming, said: \u201cRob brings a rare combination of judgment, depth, joy and determination to what we do.\u201d Calhoun also announced the promotion of digital producer Tricia Bobeda<\/strong> to senior editor of digital. She joined WBEZ as a reporter\/producer in 2012.<\/p>\n

\"Dawn<\/a>

Dawn Turner<\/p><\/div>\n

Farewell feted by Chicago Tribune<\/a> staffers November 19 will be departing metro newsroom colleagues Colleen Mastony, Jon Hilkevitch, Maggie Gentilcore, Bob Secter, Barbara Brotman, Rich Wronski, Bonnie Miller Rubin, Stephan Benzkofer, Dawn Turner, Lisa Black<\/strong> and George Knue.<\/strong> They\u2019re among dozens who reportedly have opted for buyouts under Tribune Publishing\u2019s voluntary staff reduction plan. <\/a>The buyout offer includes up to one year\u2019s pay along with extended health insurance benefits. Applicants are expected to be officially notified of their acceptance by Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/a>

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

It\u2019s another side-splitting, face-slapping telenovela<\/a> starring WGN Morning News<\/a> anchors Dan Ponce<\/strong> and Lourdes Duarte<\/strong> and reporter Ana Belaval.<\/strong> \u201cNoticias de mi Corazon:<\/em> The Missing Emmy,\u201d third in their series of spot-on parody videos, accuses the competition of stealing their beloved Emmy Award. Cameos include local TV news colleagues Mai Martinez, John Garcia, Natalie Martinez, Eddie Arruza, Nancy Loo, Pat Tomasulo<\/strong> and Jeff Hoover.<\/strong> The surprise twist at the end had me laughing out loud. Watch it here: http:\/\/wgntv.com\/2015\/11\/09<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/a>

Art Vuolo<\/p><\/div>\n

Art Vuolo,<\/strong> the Detroit videographer known as \u201cRadio\u2019s Best Friend,\u201d has been chronicling the work of radio personalities across the country for more than 40 years. Now his vast video archive is about to be transformed into a permanent exhibit at Chicago\u2019s Museum of Broadcast Communications. <\/a>\u201cA History of the American DJ\u201d will highlight more than 700 radio performers on the air and behind the scenes. Funds are being solicited<\/a> for the project, which is spearheaded by Chicago broadcast executives John Gehron, Lisa Miller<\/strong> and Harv Blain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Elynne<\/a>

Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow<\/p><\/div>\n

The woman who put City Colleges of Chicago\u2019s WYCC-Channel 20<\/a> on the air in 1983 and served as its first general manager agrees the time is right to auction the station\u2019s license. <\/a>\u201cIn today\u2019s world of Internet options and public-access cable channel availability, it makes sense for the mayor to auction the license and use the funds for the City Colleges system,\u201d Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow<\/strong> wrote in an email to me. \u201cThese funds should be classroom and faculty based, not used to hire more top-heavy administrators. Present training of students for television careers can be accomplished through internships and through other cable options.\u201d Although Mayor Rahm Emanuel<\/strong> has\u00a0nixed<\/a> the idea, City Colleges still has until December 18 to consider an FCC auction of the station\u2019s license that could net up to $474 million.<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/a>

Jason Knowles<\/p><\/div>\n

No comment from\u00a0WLS-Channel 7<\/a>\u00a0officials on a defamation lawsuit filed October 30 in Cook County Circuit Court against the ABC-owned station and reporter\u00a0Jason Knowles.<\/strong>\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Irfan Atcha,<\/strong>\u00a0a Chicago area dentist who specializes in dental implants, claims an ABC 7\u00a0investigative series\u00a0<\/a>in 2014 accusing him of performing \u201cshoddy work\u201d was false and misleading. The story continues to appear on ABC 7\u2019s\u00a0website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Without fanfare, Justin Kaufmann returned Monday as host of \u201cThe Download,\u201d his weekday evening show on WGN AM 720. He\u2019d been missing from the Tribune Media news\/talk station since October 6 while dealing with \u201ca private and personal matter.\u201d He later apologized to family and friends for what he called... 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\/9342"}],"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=9342"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9355,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9342\/revisions\/9355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}