Re: Chicago talk radio sounding more and more like WMAN; WSDM!

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: Bring back WSDM with all the women! (Like Carla Leonardo) : : Chicago talk radio sounding more and more like WMAN : : With Kathy O'Malley and Judy Markey shooed off the air as of last Friday, WGN AM 720 has only one woman -- overnight co-host Johnnie Putman -- in its otherwise all male weekday lineup. : : Conservative talk station WIND AM 560 has an all white male lineup of hosts and liberal talker WCPT AM 820 has just one woman -- mid-morning host Stephanie Miller -- in its all-syndicated daily lineup. : : WLS AM 890's weekday schedule includes only one female co-host -- Roma Wade, who really serves more as a sidekick to her dominating husband Don Wade. : : African-American oriented WVON AM 1690 has three women in its weekday lineup, Perri Small co-hosts morning drive, Santita Jackson takes over mid mornings, and Bev Smith presides at the microphone from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. : : Alison Cuddy hosts "Eight Forty-Eight" at WBEZ FM 91.5 two days a week and the public radio station also features synidcated "Fresh Air" host Terri Gross weekday afternoons; Kathy Hart co-hosts the morning drive show on WTMX FM 101.9. : : So for the most part, local talk radio is a boy's club, particularly with the loss of Markey and O'Malley (Jerry Agar subbed for them today). Women tend to be in supporting rather than starring roles -- giving us the news, traffic and weather but not as equal partners. : : What's up with that? : : : (Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune)

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