Posted by Dead Wax Records on May 11, 2009 at 12:33:45:
In Reply to: Random Radio Roundup posted by Random Radio Roundup on May 11, 2009 at 10:08:10:
Tribune 5/11 - http://www.legacy.com/ChicagoTribune/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=127184874
: >Starting Tonight May 11: Chicago Public Radio's Sound Opinions wil be live & in person. Hosts Jim DeRogatis & Greg Kot are taking the show on the road tonight at 8pm at DePaul University, 2250 N. Sheffield, Jim & Greg will discuss the Future of Music. Next Monday, May 18th at 6:00, the Sound hosts will be at the Goodman Theatre at 170 N. Dearborn to discuss on "Music, Politics & Revolution." It's free to attend this live discussion, but reservations are required by calling 312-443-3800.
: >The 9th Annual Eric & Kathy Charity Golf Outing is Friday, June 12th. It's at the Willow Crest Golf Club at Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort. Proceeds benefit The Super Jake Foundation, an organization funding research to cure neuroblastoma. 4-somes are $950 & shotgun golf starts at Noon. Listen to Eric & kathy for complete details or check their website.
: >Q101's Block Party is June 14th with 311 & Ziggy Marley. There's still a slot available for an opening act, so they've made it a competition for local, unsigned Chicago bands to try & win the opening slot for the Q101 Block Party. If you are in a local band that wants to "Rock The Block," they need to submit the band's information & MP3 by May 24th. From May 25th-June 4th, visitors to Q101's website can vote for their favorite band. The winner will be announced June 5th. For more info go to the Q101 website.
: >Speaking of 311: Many people exited the radio industry & some of them ended up working for the City of Chicago. Among them is Mike Kessler, most recently at WXRT, WBBM & WSCR. Mike left radio & has been with Chicago's 311/OEMC department. He was just honored as Employee of the Year.
: Other former radio folk have become City of Chicago employees as well including Larry Langford, Tom LaPorte, Derek Hill, Anne McCarthy & Cindy Gatziolis.
: >After more than 2,000 Saturdays, radio broadcaster, historian and Radio Hall of Fame member Chuck Schaden will leave the broadcasting booth at WDCB 90.9-FM 90.9, the public radio station at the College of DuPage.
: His final show - on June 27, two days before his 75th birthday - will be broadcast from the Morton Grove Civic Center at 6140 Dempster St., Morton Grove. Schaden considers the event to be an open house for fans to come and listen and say goodbye to a broadcaster who has become a friend to many over the airwaves.
: >Finally, the Cara Jepsen ODDS N SODS: The world is indeed topsy-turvy: Garry Meier has a radio show and Steve Dahl does not -- and on WGN-AM (890) no less. Meier now holds down weekdays from 1 to 4 p.m., with help from his former WCKG-FM sidekick (and IE contributor), Jim Turano . . . "Crazy" Howard McGee is back on Chicago airwaves in a minimal way, co-hosting "The Jeffery Leving Father's Rights Legal Show" Sundays at 2 on Soul 106.3 (WSRB-FM) . . . Conscious Choice magazine's April issue was its last gasp (no joke); former staffers are starting up Mindful Metropolis, due to hit the streets May 1st. More at Mindfulmetropolis.com . . . Sports talker and Webio founder Mike North has a new book, Settling The Score: Talkin' Chicago Sports (Triumph Books, $16.95, co-written by Steve Silverman). He'll flog it Thursday, May 14th at 12:30 p.m. at Borders Books & Music, 150 N. State. Visit www.northtonorth.com.