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Plus: TMI From New Good Day Chicago Anchor
1. Onion or Sioux City Journal?
“Josh McClure, a private with Sioux City Fire Rescue, makes Chicago Fire appointment television each week with his wife, Meghan McClure.”
Sidebar: Watched Rescue Me.
Posted on October 31, 2013
Our Vote: Tamale Guy
1. Paging Charlie Trotter, Who Seems To Have Some Spare Time These Days.
“My name is Gillian Murtaugh and I am a Casting Associate Producer for Food Network Star, Food Network’s hugely successful culinary reality series.
We are currently casting for season 10 and would like to inform you and your network that we are holding an open casting call in Chicago on November 16th!
“For your convenience, I have attached a copy of our flyer that further details what we are looking for and information on our casting event. Please feel free to post our information on to your website, send it out to any list serve you may have or forward it on to anyone you think might be right for the show. Any help in spreading the word about our search is greatly appreciated!
“Essentially, we are looking for those with a captivating personality who believe they’re at the top of the culinary game and want to inspire a Food Network audience through their passion for food and cooking!
“Please help us reach out to any chef or culinary professional who might be interested in becoming the host of his or her own cooking show!
Please find the details of our event below:
Posted on October 30, 2013
Plus: WGN’s Mystery Song
1. Name That Tune.
The (outstanding) Museum of Classic Chicago Television wants to know:
“Still trying to ID this tune that was used as the theme to the WGN Morning Movie from at least 1975 through 1981. Someone must know. Or perhaps YouTube Content ID will let me know. :-).”
Posted on October 25, 2013
By StopWatching.Us
U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and actor Maggie Gyllenhaal join a chorus of prominent voices calling for an end to mass suspicionless surveillance by the National Security Agency in a new short video released by the StopWatching.us coalition.
The PSA-style video draws parallels between the privacy invasions perpetrated by the Nixon administration and the dragnet telecommunications data collection confirmed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Posted on October 24, 2013
By The Beachwood Historical Reminder Affairs Desk
Here’s the report, uploaded anew to YouTube this week, from WBKB, which became WLS, with Frank Reynolds anchoring and Hugh Hill – who just died – reporting.
Posted on October 23, 2013
Funny, Mocking & Real
“ArchLive Chicago is an Internet television channel featuring long form premium series and films developed for the people of the Chicago. Starting October 23rd, ArchLive Chicago launches with five original series ranging from comedy to reality-based dramas.”
Let’s take a look at the trailers so far.
Chicago’s Most Eligible
“A comedy series about Leigh, a 30-something magazine editor assigned to work on a popular yearly feature on the 20 Most Eligible Bachelors in Chicago. Recently single, Leigh takes advantage of the opportunity to meet these ‘studs’ in person while fending off the pursuit of her infantile, yet charming ex-boyfriend.”
Posted on October 22, 2013
By Free Press
On Monday, Free Press released Cease to Resist: How the FCC’s Failure to Enforce Its Policies Created a New Wave of Media Consolidation. The report investigates how companies are using shady tactics to buy up TV stations and build new national media empires.
“TV consolidation is out of control, and communities are paying the price,” said Free Press Research director and report author S. Derek Turner. “Companies are swallowing up stations at an alarming rate, often through deals that violate the law. If the FCC doesn’t start enforcing its rules, the damage to local competition and viewpoint diversity will be overwhelming and irreversible.”
Posted on October 21, 2013
Appeeling Savings
“Whether they’re shopping for Swiss cheese on sale or organic kale, not enough Chicago-area consumers are doing it at Dominick’s,” the Tribune reported last week.
“Safeway Inc. said Thursday it is giving up on its struggling Dominick’s supermarket chain and plans to exit the market as soon as the end of the year.
“What happens next for the 72 Dominick’s locations is still unclear. Safeway said it’s trying to sell as many of the stores as quickly as it can, adding that it’s likely to fetch multiple buyers as opposed to a single grocer that would take over every location.
“Dominick’s, which Safeway bought for $1.2 billion in 1998, has roots in Chicago that go back to the 1920s, and many local adults were raised on trips to Dominick’s or its bigger archrival, Jewel.”
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Dominick’s commercials over the years.
1. Chicagoland’s Most Complete Food Stores (1973).
Posted on October 17, 2013
He Tried To Help Others, But Couldn’t Help Himself
“MasterChef runner-up Joshua Marks was in ‘the battle of his life fighting mental illness’ when he killed himself Friday, his family said Sunday,” CNN reports.
“His family blames the lack of mental health treatment facilities and the easy access to guns as factors in his tragic death.”
Posted on October 15, 2013
Wicker Park Wake-Up Call
“Residents of a quiet block in Wicker Park are furious after they were awakened in the wee hours of the morning Monday by a police siren and bullhorn to move their cars for a television filming crew,” Alicia Hauser reports for DNAinfo Chicago
A 46-year-old mother of three who lives in the 1500 block of North Elk Grove Avenue said she “thought it was an air raid,” but the cause for the commotion was actually a new half-hour comedy series, Sirens.
After reparking her car, the woman, who asked not be named, fired off an angry email at 2:23 a.m. to a staffer in Ald. Joe Moreno’s (1st) office and the Chicago Film Office.
“We just got back inside my home from having to move our cars because a police squad came down the street at approximately 1:40 a.m. blasting their siren and announcing that all cars on Elk Grove must be moved or will be ticketed and towed. When we came out, the officer told us it was for filming,” the resident wrote.
Fox 32’s Dane Placko also jumped on the story.
Posted on October 8, 2013
