{"id":9599,"date":"2015-12-02T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=9599"},"modified":"2016-07-04T20:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T01:00:36","slug":"robservations-regine-schlesinger-wrapping-it-up-at-newsradio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/12\/02\/robservations-regine-schlesinger-wrapping-it-up-at-newsradio\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Regine Schlesinger wrapping it up at Newsradio"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Regine<\/a>

<\/a> Regine Schlesinger<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Chicago radio news anchor and reporter Regine Schlesinger,<\/strong> one of the best in the business, is retiring after more than 42 years at CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780 and WCFS FM 105.9.<\/a> Schlesinger confirmed Wednesday that she plans to \u201cstep away from the five-day-a-week grind and give younger journalists a chance at the amazing opportunity I've enjoyed.\u201d Straight out of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Schlesinger began as a writer and producer at WBBM Newsradio in 1973. Six years later, she moved up to reporter and anchor. \u00a0Her decision to retire, effective early next year, will leave the door open for part-time anchoring. \u201cMy career has brought me great joy and satisfaction,\u201d Schlesinger said. \u201cI've been a witness to some of the most momentous events of my lifetime and have had the privilege of helping our wonderful listeners make sense of those events.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/a>

Mike Caplan<\/p><\/div>\n

Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 <\/a>finally announced what readers here <\/a>have known since November 20: Mike Caplan,<\/strong> former meteorologist at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, <\/a>will be joining Fox 32\u2019s \u201cGood Day Chicago,\u201d starting December 28. No word yet on a new weather assignment for Mark Strehl,<\/strong> whom Caplan replaces. \u201cI am eager to return to Chicago television and join the cast of \u2018Good Day Chicago,\u2019 \u201d Caplan said in a statement. \u201cI think my 20-plus years of Chicago forecasting experience will serve our viewers well. I look forward to providing our audience with a forecast they can rely on, with a splash of personality along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Doug<\/a>

Doug Levy<\/p><\/div>\n

Univision Chicago<\/a> is teaming with DePaul University <\/a>to launch a one-hour weekly radio show exploring news stories and current events from the perspectives of bilingual millennial hosts. Samantha Rivera, Alondra Valle<\/strong> and Giovanni Hernandez<\/strong> will host \u201cLa Hora Picante\u201d<\/em> in English and Spanish at 8 a.m. Saturdays on news\/talk WRTO AM 1200. <\/a>\u201cWe are very excited to be partnering with Radio DePaul on this project because it provides a platform for young bilingual journalists to have a voice on the Chicago airwaves,\u201d Doug Levy,<\/strong> senior vice president and general manager of Univision Chicago, said in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to watching these \u2018billennials\u2019 develop their skills and share their perspective with our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a>

Tom Joyner<\/p><\/div>\n

Contrary to a widely quoted published report,<\/a> Tom Joyner<\/strong> isn\u2019t going anywhere. DailyMail.com <\/a>reported Tuesday that the legendary syndicated morning personality was being forced to retire early. \u201cAny stories that suggest major changes to the Tom Joyner Morning Show are inaccurate,\u201d Reach Media said in a statement. \u201cTom Joyner is under contract with Reach Media until the end of 2017. We expect that Reach will continue to syndicate Tom\u2019s show beyond that date and for as long as he would like to be on the air.\u201d In Chicago, where Joyner\u2019s national career took off, his morning show airs on Crawford Broadcasting urban adult-contemporary WSRB FM 106.3.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Brian<\/a>

Brian Peck<\/p><\/div>\n

If all goes well, Brian Peck<\/strong> should be back on the air next week as morning personality at Hubbard Radio adult contemporary WSHE FM 100.3.<\/a> He\u2019s been out recovering from spinal surgery since late November. \u201cNext time you see me I will be sporting a gigantic plastic neck brace for at least three months,\u201d he told Facebook friends. Part-timer Brian Middleton<\/strong> has been filling in during Peck\u2019s absence. A Chicago radio veteran since 1992, Peck began hosting mornings at WSHE predecessor WILV in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cMandatory training classes on sexual harassment\u201d (yes, that\u2019s how it\u2019s phrased<\/em>) have been ordered for all employees at Window to the World Communications, including public television WTTW-Channel 11<\/a> and classical WFMT FM 98.7.<\/a> It\u2019s not known whether the directive from human resources is related to the recent effort to organize<\/a> WTTW producers by the Chicago local of the Screen Actors Guild\/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.<\/a> But the timing has some insiders suspicious of management\u2019s motives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Chicago radio news anchor and reporter Regine Schlesinger, one of the best in the business, is retiring after more than 42 years at CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780 and WCFS FM 105.9. Schlesinger confirmed Wednesday that she plans to \u201cstep away from the five-day-a-week grind and give younger journalists... 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\/9599"}],"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=9599"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11819,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions\/11819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}