Posted by chicagomedia.org on April 02, 2009 at 10:55:23:
Mixed media: April really has arrived
April 2, 2009
BY ELLIOTT HARRIS Sun-Times Columnist
Chicagosportswebio.com begins broadcasting Monday on the Internet.
At a cocktail party last week at Hub 51 to celebrate the launch, the on-air talent for the sports-talk startup was present. Dan Jiggetts and Mike North, Matt Weber and Fred Huebner, Jonathan Hood and Tim Doyle, Chet Coppock and Ray ''Boom Boom'' Mancini. Jen Patterson. George Ofman.
So naturally, Quick Hits was drawn to the most compelling figure.
Hello, April Rose.
What's a nice girl like the former Loop Rock Girl/eternal Quick Hits favorite doing in an assemblage like this?
''They were looking for a top sports analyst, and they found one,'' April told Quick Hits.
One with a sense of humor, too.
It's purely coincidental that the expert is Maxim's Hometown Hottie.
''They're doing a lot of billboards, taxicab ads, so I got lucky,'' said April, who should be a visible presence around town. ''I got everyone into thinking I was cool.''
As if that takes any convincing.
At some point will the webio folks tap into April's expertise -- no, not expert tease -- on the air?
''It's possible,'' she said. ''I'm going to do my studying.''
Hey, if you need any help ...