WBBM Newsradio still up in the air about filling the void post-CBS

WBBM Newsradio still up in the air about filling the void post-CBS

Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're in a CORRIDOR! A room door is open, and we see two crewmen spilling out into the hallway in red and blue uniforms. They are otherwise indecipherable tho because they are entirely enveloped in a big cloud of smoke. It's pouring out all around them and into the hallway area, like there's a Phish concert in there. Closed caption reads, "[COUGHING]"

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The main reason for taking your kids to Knotts Berry Farm.

This is incredible. Like being in the room.

“Raising Wolves, Not Sheep” tank top Disney dad, gonna need to see those wolves’ GPA’s stat brother.

Cover of 1972 publication "Tempe Bikeway Study: preliminary plans and recommendations" from the Tempe Planning Department. Illustration of a bearded man with sunglasses riding a bicycle, repeated three times.

Imagine when you were a kid in the 90's (which I know you were), everyone talking about the anniversary of the Gilligan's Island episode "V for Vitamins"

At least it was for a good one

John Kerry won the region in 2004. They sent Ron Kind to Congress for decades (along with Dave Obey in northern Wisconsin)

The other issue is that the memeification of current events via social media pulled a lot of people into the discourse and the political process who weren’t there before and society is still grappling with it.

A colleague found some 80s/90s vintage Tribune sports sections.

Look at an old Chicago Tribune and you will be blown away by how much advertising was sold. Front section had full page ads for every department store. Entertainment had Daily ads for listings at General Cinema/Cineplex Odeon theaters. Local TV guide had a zillion network ads. And on and on

Vintage Ads: Perdue Chickens - Tender Chicken YouTube video by smash9grab

Late 70s 77 WABC had Frank Perdue selling chickens twice an hour. That type of ad is a lost art. youtu.be/uN37i9qr0zY?...

An American attempt at Fawlty Towers

ABC program promos February 1983 YouTube video by robatsea2009

An Ernie tour-de-force. Segues from a death-of-the week TV movie into the Dom DeLuise special without missing a beat www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGKN...

*extreme Ernie Anderson voice*
"Condo!"

I expect an elaborate song and dance number in the office tomorrow youtu.be/FKgPTkIulEI?...

WBBM Noon Business Hour - Watching Sports | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM Watching your favorite pro sports team now often requires multiple subscriptions across streaming and TV platforms - as leagues chase revenue, creating frustration for fans. We’re seeing it firsthand...

🙏Belated thanks to @wbbmnewsradio.bsky.social's @robhartmedia.bsky.social & #AndyGiersher for tolerating our thoughts during last Friday's #NoonBusinessHour on the increasingly challenging "business" of watching local "TV" sports! 🏟️📺 www.audacy.com/wbbm780/podc...

The White Sox are still bad. But the former Miller Ballpark is still good and I look forward to returning when the Brewers decide to whale on someone else’s favorite team.

Turning 50 today has us feeling a bit nostalgic. 🥹🤎

It’s been an honor of a lifetime being America’s Metro system. 🚇🚍🚐 Here’s to the next 50 years! 🥳

White Sox recap 1/162

Here’s the reason why I can’t pop the champagne corks and write poems for Opening Day. The White Sox are still paying penance for decades of institutional rot. There are no indications it has been fixed in any meaningful way. There’s a real chance the Sox hit the home opener 0-6. Be ready.

“Star Trek” really needs to be an old school 24 episode season series. The series succeeds or fails on whether the crew is a good hang and you need that extra time to develop characters.

And with that, Molly Hagen and Mike Genovese are the only remaining cast members from the 1985 Chicago classic CODE OF SILENCE

Big iced tea matchup on Friday

ABC promo for the 1988 Oscars - Best Actress Nominees YouTube video by GloopTrekker

In honor of PTA’s big night, here’s his dad Ernie promoting ABC’s 1988 Oscar broadcast.

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Downey SNL is a given but don’t sleep on his 18 months as head writer on Late Night in 1983-84. A lot of Golden Age Simpsons runs through that Letterman writers room.

One of our most prominent Jesuits.