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Sun-Times, WBEZ Employees Offered Buyouts By Chicago Public Media

Posted by Media Reader <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Media+Reader' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 24, 2025, 7:46 pm

Sun-Times, WBEZ Employees Offered Buyouts By Chicago Public Media

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Re: Sun-Times, WBEZ Employees Offered Buyouts By Chicago Public Media

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 24, 2025, 11:01 pm, in reply to "Sun-Times, WBEZ Employees Offered Buyouts By Chicago Public Media"

#1 - There is no upside to listen to WBEZ over the air. It is piped in and there is no local feel anymore. Nor is there any reason to donate.

#2 - The Sun Times is still a decent offering. I still do not sense or can explain the full synergy between WBEZ and the Sun Times.

#3 - Moog was a cancer on the organization. Could write a book on why.

Z

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Posted by PhilJSmith <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=PhilJSmith' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 27, 2025, 10:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Sun-Times, WBEZ Employees Offered Buyouts By Chicago Public Media"

Wasn’t it just like 2 or 3 years ago that WBEZ was blazing a trail into the top 10 in several periods? They picked up Mary Dixon, the Chicago live and local sound was there and the books showed it. They were even nipping at the heels of Newsradio 780 / 105.9. What the heck happened? How did the wheels fly off of that wagon? And yes now it’s all piped in. For NPR, I find myself listening to 580 WILL Urbana more than 91.5 WBEZ over the past year.

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