Hawkeye Vince wrote:
They are replacing him with some guy from Cincinnati.
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| Author: | Hawkeye Vince [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Another shake up at WGN |
Steve Cochran has left the station. His contract was up at the end of June and neither side was making progress on a contract. They are replacing him with some guy from Cincinnati. |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another shake up at WGN |
According to ChicagolandRadioandMedia.com, WGN 720 took Steve Cochran off the air without having a chance to say goodbye to his listeners! Talk about rude! |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:44 am ] |
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Hawkeye Vince wrote: They are replacing him with some guy from Cincinnati.
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:51 am ] |
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SHARK wrote: WGN 720 took Steve Cochran off the air without having a chance to say goodbye to his listeners! Talk about rude! WGN never gave this guy the chance either. 
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| Author: | SHARK [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another shake up at WGN |
It was supposed to be Bill Cunningham from Cincinnati's WLW Radio supposedly making Steve Cochran expendable. Just when it appeared as if Bill was coming, he supposedly did a 180 and turned down WGN. |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:53 am ] |
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i think they'd get better ratings with old tapes of wally phillips. |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:58 am ] |
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Douchebag wrote: SHARK wrote: WGN 720 took Steve Cochran off the air without having a chance to say goodbye to his listeners! Talk about rude! WGN never gave this guy the chance either. Touche, Douchebag. Moment of silence please for Bob Collins, or "Uncle Bobby" as many referring to the late, great WGN Radio morning man...Thank you. |
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| Author: | C_Howitt_Fealz [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:01 am ] |
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Didn't Cochran get a huge break with Collins' death? |
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| Author: | Hawkeye Vince [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:02 am ] |
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C_Howitt_Fealz wrote: Didn't Cochran get a huge break with Collins' death? It was Spike O'Dell that took the reins from Bobby. |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another shake up at WGN |
C_Howitt_Fealz wrote: Didn't Cochran get a huge break with Collins' death? I'm not sure how to answer that. If I remember correctly, Spike O'Dell inherited the morning gig at WGN 720 shortly after Bob Collins' tragic death in that plane crash. Despite getting huge ratings himself, Spike got kinda tired of working morning drive and raised a lot of eyebrows when he decided not to renew his contract with the Tribune-owned news/talker, Cubs & Blackhawks' flagship. I'm not so sure that Steve Cochran got a huge break when Bob was killed. |
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| Author: | Eaglo Jeff [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:09 am ] |
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Doucebag=John Crackpipe |
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| Author: | C_Howitt_Fealz [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:11 am ] |
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But I thought Cochran moved to full-time from a fill-in/weekend gig as a result. |
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| Author: | Hawkeye Vince [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:14 am ] |
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C_Howitt_Fealz wrote: But I thought Cochran moved to full-time from a fill-in/weekend gig as a result. I think you are correct. I believe he got the mid afternoon slot when Spike moved to morning and John Williams moved to afternoon drive. |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:19 am ] |
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ChicagolandRadioandMedia.com reports that WGN 720 bosses yanked Steve Cochran off the air with only a few minutes remaining in what turned out to be his last show. Cochran's most recent boss, WGN Program Director Kevin Metheny, didn't exactly give Steve a vote of confidence...Cochran's show was one of 3 shows that had been flipflopped, for lack of a better word, in WGN's weekday schedule. Cochran had been doing afternoon drive before Garry Meier recently took over the 3-7p time slot. Got it so far? John Williams, who had been doing morning drive, was moved recently to middays 9a-1p to make room for some no-name from San Francisco, Gregg Jarrett, in mornings. Williams also does afternoons on WCCO Radio in Minneapolis, even though I believe he does the show from Trib Tower here. Cochran was doing early afternoons 1-3p after he was taken off afternoon drive and had replaced Williams in that time slot. Confusing? Believe it. |
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| Author: | Reared on the Score [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:30 am ] |
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Douchebag wrote: SHARK wrote: WGN 720 took Steve Cochran off the air without having a chance to say goodbye to his listeners! Talk about rude! WGN never gave this guy the chance either. All he wanted was to drop in on his listeners. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:34 am ] |
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Douchebag wrote: SHARK wrote: WGN 720 took Steve Cochran off the air without having a chance to say goodbye to his listeners! Talk about rude! WGN never gave this guy the chance either.  "Do I look amused?" |
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| Author: | Gloopan Kuratz [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:35 am ] |
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Reared on the Score wrote: Douchebag wrote: SHARK wrote: WGN 720 took Steve Cochran off the air without having a chance to say goodbye to his listeners! Talk about rude! WGN never gave this guy the chance either. All he wanted was to drop in on his listeners. Boy Uncle Bobby's career sure went down in flames. |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:42 am ] |
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WGN Radio 720 management has been taking quite a P.R. beating lately, and the way they removed Steve Cochran the other day is just the latest example. From the controversial way longtime midday hosts Judy Markey & Kathy O'Malley were yanked off their air to hiring a convinced felon (!) in Jim Laski to host nights when the Cubs & Blackhawks don't play, the current WGN management team has come under a great deal of scrutiny for their programming decisions and the way they've let people go. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:54 am ] |
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Gloopan Kuratz wrote: Reared on the Score wrote: All he wanted was to drop in on his listeners. Boy Uncle Bobby's career sure went down in flames. Those kind of jokes don't fly around here. |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:21 pm ] |
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The original plan was to replace both Steve Cochran & John Williams, midday host at WGN 720 and afternoon host at Minneapolis' WCCO Radio, with 2 guys from WLW Radio in Cincinnati. One of the two, Bill Cunningham, turned WGN down 2 weeks ago and decided to stay at WLW for a lot more money. The other guy, a Conservative no-name by the name of Mike McConnell, has accepted WGN's offer and is expected to sign on, likely in Cochran's time slot, come August 9th. Until then, fill-in hosts will cover the tabs from 1-3p Monday-Friday unless there's a Cubs' game along the way. By the way, ChicagolandRadioandMedia.com also reports that WGN's controversial Program Director Kevin Metheny, whom Mac refers as "Pig Vomit", grabbed Cochran out of the men's room and told Steve to quickly wrap up his show before he could get a chance to say goodbye to his listeners. Steve's WGN contract was to expire June 30th, but his show would've been preempted by a Cubs' game vs. the Pirates that afternoon. |
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| Author: | Aggravated Sox Fan Bob [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:05 pm ] |
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rogers park bryan wrote: Hawkeye Vince wrote: They are replacing him with some guy from Cincinnati. AWESOME!!! |
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| Author: | Aggravated Sox Fan Bob [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:07 pm ] |
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SHARK wrote: The original plan was to replace both Steve Cochran & John Williams, midday host at WGN 720 and afternoon host at Minneapolis' WCCO Radio, with 2 guys from WLW Radio in Cincinnati. One of the two, Bill Cunningham, turned WGN down 2 weeks ago and decided to stay at WLW for a lot more money. The other guy, a Conservative no-name by the name of Mike McConnell, has accepted WGN's offer and is expected to sign on, likely in Cochran's time slot, come August 9th. Until then, fill-in hosts will cover the tabs from 1-3p Monday-Friday unless there's a Cubs' game along the way. By the way, ChicagolandRadioandMedia.com also reports that WGN's controversial Program Director Kevin Metheny, whom Mac refers as "Pig Vomit", grabbed Cochran out of the men's room and told Steve to quickly wrap up his show before he could get a chance to say goodbye to his listeners. Steve's WGN contract was to expire June 30th, but his show would've been preempted by a Cubs' game vs. the Pirates that afternoon. The Lead Off Man with Lou Boudreau brought to you by Karoll's Red Hanger Shop? |
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| Author: | Aggravated Sox Fan Bob [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:08 pm ] |
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Hawkeye Vince wrote: C_Howitt_Fealz wrote: Didn't Cochran get a huge break with Collins' death? It was Spike O'Dell that took the reins from Bobby. He should have taken the flight plan!!!! |
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| Author: | Gloopan Kuratz [ Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:46 am ] |
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Don Tiny wrote: Gloopan Kuratz wrote: Reared on the Score wrote: All he wanted was to drop in on his listeners. Boy Uncle Bobby's career sure went down in flames. Those kind of jokes don't fly around here. It is a shame when a career crashes and burns like that. |
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| Author: | KDdidit [ Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:04 am ] |
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Just when I get old enough to not hate WGN they take off the guys that I like. |
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| Author: | Ed_from_Lisle [ Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:12 am ] |
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OOgie wrote: If Garry meier is the cool guy on your station, your station is lamer than you know. Very true. I heard some of Garry's show a couple of Fridays ago, and he has this bit where he plays snippets of songs people email in, kind of like an iPod playlist. Nothing like hearing music emanating from an AM radio.  Cochran sucked, by the way. I used to listen on Saturday mornings to hear Nick Digilio's movie reviews at 9:30. Cochran just imitated Letterman's mannerisms/laugh, and not very well I might add. Good riddance. |
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| Author: | Colonel Angus [ Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:45 pm ] |
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Ed_from_Lisle wrote: Cochran sucked, by the way. I used to listen on Saturday mornings to hear Nick Digilio's movie reviews at 9:30. Cochran just imitated Letterman's mannerisms/laugh, and not very well I might add. Good riddance. +1 |
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| Author: | HawaiiYou [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:57 pm ] |
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Eddie Schwartz, news and sports............. |
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:26 pm ] |
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friends stop to say hello |
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| Author: | Tad Queasy [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:47 pm ] |
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I just flipped on WGN and Jim Laski is reading questions from a Rules of the Road test to callers. Brutal. |
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