Saturday, October 09, 2021

Friday, October 08, 2021

Kris Bryant

He's the coverboy this week in Sports Illustrated. Great piece about him. Highly recommended.

Wednesday, October 06, 2021

Dutch

Schwarbs!

Shoeless Joe

Tuesday, October 05, 2021

One Town That Won't Let You Down

Roger Badesch Retires from WGN

 Thanks to Robert Feder for the mention of Roger's impending retirement...

Chicago radio news anchor and reporter Roger Badesch has announced his retirement after more than 16 years on the air at Nexstar Media news/talk WGN 720-AM. He’ll work his last evening shift October 31. “While being on the air in radio has been a lifelong dream of mine, the warm childhood memories of helping take care of our home in Evanston have, unexpectedly, overwhelmed me and are now my primary focus,” he said. “The promise made was that I would completely retire. And so I have.” Earlier this year Badesch released the audio-book version of his acclaimed 2020 memoir, The Unplanned Life: The Journey of Roger Badesch, on Audible.

 Of course, The Unplanned Life is an Eckhartz Press book.

Monday, October 04, 2021

Chicago Radio Ratings

 From today's Robert Feder column. For the daypart breakdowns, click here.


1. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM all news, 6.6 (5.7)
2. WVAZ 102.7-FM R&B, 6.3 (6.3)
3. WLIT 93.9-FM adult contemporary, 4.8 (5.4)
4. WBEZ 91.5-FM public radio news talk, 4.3 (3.9)
5. WOJO 105.1-FM Mexican regional, 4.2 (4.2)
6. (tie) WDRV 97.1-FM classic rock, 4.1 (4.3); WTMX 101.9-FM hot adult contemporary, 4.1 (3.8)
8. WLS 94.7-FM classic hits, 3.8 (4.5)
9. (tie) WXRT 93.1-FM adult album alternative, 3.6 (3.1); WGN 720-AM news talk, 3.6 (3.4)
11. WRME 87.7-FM soft rock oldies, 3.3 (3.2)
12. WPPN 106.7-FM Spanish adult contemporary, 2.8 (2.5)
13. (tie) WBMX 104.3-FM classic hip-hop, 2.7 (2.7); WKSC 103.5-FM Top 40, 2.7 (3.1)
15. WLEY 107.9-FM Mexican regional, 2.6 (2.2)
16. (tie) WBBM 96.3-FM Top 40, 2.5 (2.5); WSCR 670-AM sports talk, 2.5 (2.9)
18. WGCI 107.5-FM hip-hop, 2.4 (2.5)
19. WUSN 99.5-FM country, 2.3 (2.4)
20. WSHE 100.3-FM adult contemporary, 2.2 (1.9)
21. WFMT 98.7-FM classical, 2.1 (1.9)
22. (tie) WKQX 101.1-FM alternative rock, 1.9 (2.0); WMVP 1000-AM sports talk, 1.9 (1.8)
24. (tie) WCHI 95.5-FM rock, 1.7 (1.8); WLS 890-AM news talk, 1.7 (1.4)
26. (tie) WCKL 97.9-FM contemporary Christian music, 1.2 (1.7); WPWX 92.3-FM hip-hop, 1.2 (1.3); WVIV 93.5-FM Spanish contemporary, 1.2 (1.0)
29. WXLC 102.3-FM hot adult contemporary, 1.0 (0.9)
30. WSRB 106.3-FM R&B, 0.9 (0.8)

Beatles

Got some splaining to do

More Trouble for Eric

Robert Feder has more on this story today too.

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Minutia Men