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On television, 2011 was a year of overexposure and oversharing
Aaron Barnhart -- Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011
As recipients of millions of new smartphones and tablets, our pockets and purses in 2011 bulged with media, if not money. As a result, the mediasphere grew ever denser and noisier this year -- a din that only increased as people strove to break through it with deeds that were outrageous, audacious or just plain dumb.
Fox 4 struggles with death of meteorologist Don Harman
Aaron Barnhart -- Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
Fox 4 weather forecaster Don Harman took his own life Tuesday, casting a pall Wednesday over Kansas City's top-rated morning newscast. The 41-year-old native of Marietta, Ohio, was found by his wife, Monica Johns, at their south Kansas City home shortly before 5 p.m. Police said the death was a suicide.
For first time in 20 years, TV ownership declines
Aaron Barnhart -- Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
Something else to blame on the Internet.
Lawrence-based TheCoolTV might revive music video
Aaron Barnhart -- Monday, Nov. 28, 2011
People like to say that MTV isn't MTV anymore, but Joe Comparato argues that the original idea behind MTV wasn't sustainable. Comparato's Lawrence-based company, TheCoolTV, takes a different approach. It is a chain of 71 local TV stations, and growing, that draws on a common core of content. Basically, it's music radio with pictures.
'Hallmark Hall of Fame' gets a new home on ABC
Aaron Barnhart -- Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011
The "Hallmark Hall of Fame" will turn 60 soon, and like many of us who reach that milestone, it's trying not to look its age.

Feder - Chicago Media Blog - Time Out Chicago - Robert Feder - http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/136511/chicago-media-blog

WVON to air Don Cornelius service Wednesday
Chess Brothersclear channelDon CorneliusDon JacksonHerb KentJeanne SparrowJerry ButlerJesse JacksonMarv DysonMelody Spann CooperMidway BroadcastingMuseum of Broadcast Communicationsrichard steeleWCIUWeigel BroadcastingWVAZWVON -- Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
Feder: Chicago?s Museum of Broadcast Communications will host a public memorial service Wednesday for the late Soul Train host.
NBC 5?s Marin, Ahern to host weekly show on politics
Bob SirottBrandon DavisCarol FowlerCarol MarinChicago NonstopChicago Public RadioChicago ReaderChip MitchellClark HowardCommunity Media WorkshopFox ChicagoFrank WhittakerLee AbramsMaria HinojosaMary Ann AhernMerlin MediaMick DumkeMike LeidermanNational Public RadioNBC ChicagoPhil LanderosPhyllis SchwartzRandy MichaelsSteve SaslowStuds TerkelThink TeleVisual NetworkThom ClarkTribune Co.WBEZWEMPWIQIWTTW -- Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
Feder: A video spinoff of NBC Chicago?s Ward Room political blog will be hosted by ace reporters Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern.
Don Cornelius brought ?love, peace and soul? to the world
Al GreenBounce TVBruce DuMontChicago TribuneChilliDon CorneliusEn VogueGladys Knight and The PipsHoward ShapiroJake MalooleyJanet JacksonJeanne SparrowKool and the GangMarv DysonMedia Burn Independent Video ArchiveMelissa FormanMuseum of Broadcast CommunicationsRoy WoodSteve JohnsonThe CommodoresTime MagazineTime Out ChicagoTLCTom WeinbergWCIUWeigel BroadcastingWVON -- Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
Feder: Chicagoans remembered Soul Train host Don Cornelius as a visionary broadcaster and a cultural icon.
Super week for Spanish sports/talk on Chicago radio
Aon CenterArbitronCBS RadioClear Channel Media and EntertainmentEarl JonesEMF BroadcastingESPN Deportes RadioLance VentaNextMedia GroupOscar RamosRadioInsight.comWKRSWMVPWNUAWSCR -- Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
Feder: Wednesday will kick off ESPN Deportes Radio over two Chicago-area outlets.
Ex-anchorman ?climbing the mountain? to personal recovery
ABCDiane Marcus RoyKevin RoyMaricopa County Sheriff?s OfficeWLS -- Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
Feder: Troubled former ABC 7 newsman Kevin Roy says he?s ?working real hard to face my demons and to overcome them.?
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