Despite facing criticism that Eddie and JoBo were way too old to be broadcasting "hits and hip hop" to the audience of B96, they soldiered on as morning hosts of the longtime CHR station for decades. Well, not any more – AllAccess.com reports that E&JB have been given the boot by CBS execs. Newcomer J Niice takes over in the short term. The Killer B's program director, Todd Cavanah, told All Access, "We celebrate EDDIE......

musicFIRST's Alice Peacock testifying before Congress with Lyle Lovett Imagine you’re an actor on a hit TV show. The show has a few healthy seasons and a loyal following, and with a still-hungry audience champing at the bit, it is immediately syndicated on cable television after the series finale. Viewers find it on various networks at numerous times of day, and years later the show ends up on Nick at Nite, celebrated for decades......

WBEZ's experimental user-generated Vocalo station has a Twitter feed. And they want to hear from you! Badly! If you pledged to WBEZ, your money's going to Vocalo. More after the jump.........

Is Vocalo bleeding WBEZ dry? That's how it looks from this week's Hot Type. Three weeks ago [President and general manager of Chicago Public Radio Torey Malatia] held a staff meeting and announced some bad news: there wasn’t enough money. This meant that WBEZ’s top project, Right Now, a daily afternoon news show with a producer Malatia had hired away from NPR's Talk of the Nation, was being shelved. The Sunday arts program Hello Beautiful......

Mancow Muller has been off Chicago airwaves for years (his radio show is still syndicated, it's just not broadcast here), but he's filling in on WLS right now. He's on 'til 11.......

This American Life mad-libs. Holy crap.......

When Mike North wasn't on air on Monday, it seemed like the typical negotiating ploy that stations use against on-air talent as contract renewals approach. Instead North found out on yesterday, via e-mail, that The Score (670AM) rescinded their last offer and he's finished with the station after 16 years. North believed he might be on the way out at The Score—management was openly exploring other options, and there have been rumors for a while......

Is long-time WSCR host Mike North going off the air? His contract is up in July, and ratings for his show are down--plus he makes $1.5 million a year, and WSCR may not want to cough up that kind of dough again. Trends do fluctuate, and nearly every WSCR show was down in April. Still, this would be like Konerko trying to negotiate an extension after hitting below .200 in September. If the Score's best......

Two Chicagoistas snuck in amongst the indie rock glitterati two weeks ago for a taping of an interview with Death Cab for Cutie on Sound Opinions. The crowd of only a couple hundred that gathered to bear witness was treated to a mini-concert by the band, interspersed with the off-the-cuff interview style of tag team show hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot. The intimate setting made the now famous west coast rockers seem very accessible......

“Hello Americans, this is Paul Harvey...” Lynne “Angel” Harvey, the woman behind those words and many of Paul Harvey’s best known broadcast features, died yesterday at their River Forest home. Last May, Paul Harvey told his radio audience that Lynne had been diagnosed with leukemia. Lynne Harvey was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate at Washington University, and she was working at KXOK when she met Paul Harvey. In 1940, they married and later moved to......

The Peabody Award winners were announced today, and among them is Chicagoist fave Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me. The Peabody board describes the show thusly: "A zippy update of one of broadcasting's long-ago staples, this live quiz show reminds listeners of the week's news even as host Peter Sagal and various panelists make witty sport of it." Peabodys are arguably the most prestigious awards in broadcast, and there are no set categories or numbers of winners.......

“I miss the beat,” says Bill Cameron. “But hopefully I'll be able to get back to it sooner rather than later.” Cameron is no longer on that beat because he was let go by his employers, WLS Radio, a couple Fridays back in what's being called the Leap Day Massacre. So, seeing as how he had some extra time on his hands, we decided to get in touch with him and talk about nearly 40......

Since the 1986 release of his debut album Guitar Town, Chicago has long been home to one of Steve Earle's strongest fan bases. He's such a gifted songwriter that fans often overlook the fact that he's essentially made the same record since 1996, right down to the obligatory duet with a female singer, "state of my life" liner notes and beautiful artwork by his good friend, the local artist and noted unemployed film-goer Tony Fitzpatrick.......

Ah, late February in Chicago. Cubs tickets go on sale today, there's a forecast for a high temperature above 35 degrees next week, and thousands of indie rock kids around Chicago will soon be shedding their parkas for high-priced hoodies bought from Wicker Park boutiques (tip: ours cost us $12 at Target!) for several worthwhile shows around the Chicago area. Lots of tickets go on sale this weekend. So, despite this crappy weather, there is,......

When it's this cold and icy, the last thing we can imagine doing is sitting outside at a ball game. But spring will one day arrive, and we're sure some of you will want to spend time enjoying the nicer weather at Wrigley Field. Cubs individual game tickets go on sale on Friday at 10:00 a.m. CST, which means it's almost time for the annual tradition of calling in sick or hijacking unused computers throughout......

The listed events were chosen by the editors of Chicagoist and brought to you by the 2009 Toyota Corolla. Music The Abbey Pub will be rocking the 18-and-over goodness this evening as Flosstradamus kicks off their third annual "FlosstraPROMus," a fundraiser for the Chicago Indie Radio Project. The featured Djs for the evening are Murderbot and DJ C. Video mixing will be handled by Thunderhorse, while Clayton Hauck of everyoneisfamous.com is providing the photo......

Pack an umbrella, bring your galoshes, and dress in layers. It's been that kind of week. Here are some events to brave any extreme in weather. Movies/Music: DeRo and the Other Guy , as part of Sound Opinions' "At the Movies" series, will be hosting a rare screening of the Who's 1979 concert biopic The Kids Are Alright. The screening will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Derogatis and Kot. Music Box Theater, 7......

Here are some things going around town to make you consider giving the weather a big ol' raspberry. Internet: Still sad that Chciagocrime.org shut down? Interested in how do do your own Google maps mashup? Or do you just want to understand how hyperlocal mapping works? Then head to the Garland Room of the Chicago Cultural Center this evening at 6 p.m. where chicagocrime.org's Adrian Holovaty himself discusses how they work. Film: If John Sayles......

While the Cubs and their fans held their annual love-in last weekend, this past weekend the rest of us gathered at the Palmer House Hilton to celebrate and commiserate with fellow White Sox fans. Given the airing of grievances by fans and feats of strength by team management, it could very well have been renamed SoxFestivus. The Friday night session -- open only to those who ponied up for the hotel package in addition to......

Well, that was a storm in a teacup. Steve Dahl did not in fact have Drew Peterson on the air this morning for a dating contest. From Steve's blog today: I had no intention of ever going through with the Dating Game idea, once I got off the air and had the chance to think it through. Besides, Drew is still legally married, so he’s not really allowed to date yet. I’m very old school.......

Steve Dahl is hosting a "Win a Date With Drew Peterson" segment on his show tomorrow morning at 8am. Dahl has been a talking about Drew Peterson so much we actually thought he was a columnist for the Sun-Times instead of the Tribune, but Peterson and his lawyer Joel Brodsky actually called into the show this morning--after Dahl played his Drew-impression singing "Have You Seen Her". From the show's log: 7:57 Steve has a situation......

KISS-FM's "Radio Boy" Michael Wawrzyniak has been charged with indecent solicitation of a child for allegedly trying to arrange a meeting for with a 13-year-old in Carol Stream. It wasn't a 13-year-old, though. It was a cop. Wawryzniak, of 1720 S. Michigan Ave, was arrested Friday "without incident." According to Chicago Suburban News, [Carol Stream Deputy Police Chief Kevin] Orr said the charges were filed after an “extensive” online investigation. Orr said detectives were solicited......

SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others. Phillyist counted down the top ten items on Philadelphia's New Year's wish list. Gothamist looked at the wooden bikes being offered for NYC's first bike share program on Governors Island. LAist received a Christmas present in the form of a drunk Santa Claus in a g-string. Bostonist launched......

Behold, Outside the Loop Radio's year in review special, featuring yours truly, Steve Rhodes of The Beachwood Reporter and Dave Schalliol of Gapers Block. The Bulls' interim head coach Jim Boylan is making changes for tonight's game. Ben Gordon will be riding the bench and Chris Duhon will be starting in his place. [Sun-Times] No, the City is not going to dispatch smoking police come 12:01am New Years Day. But put out the cigarette,......

If you’re lucky, your toddler will be asleep, blissfully unaware when the last minutes of 2007 tick by. An earlier bed time doesn’t mean that he or she has to miss out on the festivities, though; a handful of places in and around Chicago are hosting New Year’s Eve parties for the little ones, with dancing, snacks and party favors at an earlier countdown. Rosedale Park on the northwest side is hosting their third annual......

Chicago has its fair share of witty literates, all vying to impress you, Dear Reader, with an outpouring of wit, candor, and originality. What with all the 'zines, blogs, and hipster rags about, the mountain of potential reading material is astounding. Enter THE2NDHAND, an online/print periodical that gets right to the point, featuring blissfully short stories, poems, and clever quips that are both intellectual and entertaining. Their online collections are updated weekly, featuring a......

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. WBEZ, and their new online store-- give a gift and support public radio at the same time! Busted Tees, where they're selling three colors of the LED scrolling belt buckle. If you're interested in advertising on Chicagoist or any other site in our network, check out our online mediakit.......

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. Sony Card, because you'll get a free MP3 player if you apply. Love is a Mix Tape, Rob Sheffield's book about women, music, and love. American Express' Urban Adventures-- for information about shopping, dining, and entertainment. Homes for Working Families-- working to make housing affordable in......

Discobelle pointed us towards Shala Esquire’s Immortal Movement Radio podcast. It's got some of the Chicago area's hottest hip-hop and dance talent including: Cool Kids, Hollywood Holt, Kid Sister, Qualo, Mic Terror, and even The Jai Alai Savant. Snag yourself a copy and melt those early Tuesday blues into a muli-culti dance party. MP3: Shala Esquire’s Immortal Movement Radio......

Lonely phone calls, dying and dead relatives, a literary classic, and a reexamination of the Middle Eastern conflict took the prizes at the 2007 Third Coast International Audio Festival competition. The jury turned much of their lives over to their headphones, listening to 225 entries in search of the best English-language radio docs. Winners received a trophy/sonic instrument, a national platform for their work, and some cash to help support their future work. The radio......