GOP sends anti-immigrant letter, Roskam asked to "denounce and repudiate"

Roskam Asked To Condemn Anti-Immigrant Letter

Group Says Letter Treats Immigrants As "Disease"

(STNG) CHICAGO A pro-immigrant group Wednesday called on Republican congressional hopeful Peter Roskam “to publicly denounce and repudiate” a GOP mailer that the group charges treats immigrants as “some type of disease.”

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights dispatched a letter to Roskam criticizing the independent mailings sent out by the National Republican Congressional Committee in the west suburban 6th Congressional District.

“These mailings attack your Democratic opponent, Tammy Duckworth -- but more importantly they also attack immigrants and are extremely misleading,” the letter reads.

The GOP pieces accuse Duckworth of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants.
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Long overdue! UofI to say buh-bye to Illiniwek

Report: U of I to drop Chief after this year

By Associated Press

CHICAGO -- Chief Illiniwek will likely no longer be the official symbol of the University of Illinois after this year, according to a published report.

Citing unidentified university sources, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday that the university tentatively plans to drop the controversial American Indian mascot at the end of the men's basketball season this year, leaving open the possibility that the school's teams could host NCAA events in the spring.

The NCAA has deemed Illiniwek and his dance a "hostile and abusive" use of American Indian imagery, and Illinois is barred from hosting postseason NCAA events.

The athletic association placed Illinois on its list of noncompliant schools last August and has upheld its decision through two university appeals.
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Olbermann smacks down Rummy

Q101 names Mancow's replacements

Q101 unveils Mancow-free morning cast

August 31, 2006

BY MIKE THOMAS Staff Reporter

Ever since Mancow Muller left the local FM airwaves in mid-July, there's been a Turd-less void in radioland.

Come Sept. 18, it'll finally be filled.

WKQX-FM (101.1) announced that Mondays through Fridays from 5:30 to 10 a.m. it will air something akin to an aural version of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."

A locally written, produced and hosted blend of current events and pop culture (produced by Q101 vets Ned Spindle and Jim Lynam), this as-yet-unnamed venture promises to be, says the station, "the morning show for a new generation."
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Sox fan favorite Jimbo's to close

White Sox shrine Jimbo's Lounge losing its lease

(Crain’s) — Jimbo’s Lounge, the Bridgeport bar where White Sox fans gather before, during and after games, may be serving its last beer and Italian beef at the end of next month at its current location.

The South Side institution at 3258 S. Princeton Ave., which bills itself as the anti-Cubby Bear, is losing its lease and owners Jim and Joyce Levato are anxiously wondering if their years of serving pizza burgers, ocean perch dinners and cold beer are drawing to an unexpected close.

“Everything’s up in the air right now,” Ms. Levato said. “I really don’t know what we’re going to do.”

She said she and her husband received a letter a couple of weeks ago from the building owner’s attorney stating that the lease would not be renewed after it expires Sept. 30. They attempted to reach the landlord in an effort to cut a deal, but have failed.
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WVON-AM names Riles program director

Riles named program director of new WVON

by Demetrius Patterson, Chicago Defender
August 25, 2006

Jerry Riles, producer of "The Cliff Kelley Show," has been named program director for the new 24-hour WVON-Am/1690 radio station.

Riles' duties as program director will officially start on Sept. 18, when WVON switches its frequency from the current 1450 to Clear Channel's 1690.

"I needed somebody who knows the inner workings of WVON, and Jerry understands it," Melody Spann-Cooper, president of WVON, told the Defender Thursday. "I think he will do a great job."

Riles told the Defender that he couldn't be anymore excited about his new position and that he's up for the challenge of as program director.

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Mancow dropped in Little Rock. . .poor baby. . .LOL

From www.fmqb.com

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Heritage Rocker KKZR/Little Rock drops Mancow's Morning Madhouse. "He's a great draw in many cities but has no traction here or any southern city that I know of. It is costing us money to keep him off the air, but we stand a better chance of getting up off the floor with him gone," said OM Charlie Kendall. "We're examining all our options and playing blocks and double shots from 'The Monsters Of Rock' in the morning."
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Wolf to join NBC5

Channel 5 news hiring Wolf to play in traffic

August 18, 2006

BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

OK, what do you get when you put a Wolf with a Peacock? Viewers of WMAQ-Channel 5's weekday morning newscast are about to find out for themselves.

Bruce Wolf, the veteran Chicago broadcaster known for his razor-sharp intelligence and sarcastic wit, is expected to join the NBC-owned station in a dual role as morning traffic and sports reporter.

Agent Joel Weisman is finalizing an agreement that could put Wolf on Channel 5's 5-to-7 a.m. newscast, anchored by Dick Johnson and Ellee Pai Hong, as early as Labor Day. Traffic reporter LeAnn Trotter would move to full-time duties on the entertainment and restaurant beat, an area she previously covered for Tribune Co.-owned CLTV.
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WVON-AM gets stronger signal, goes to 24 hours and partners with Clear Channel

WVON goes 24/7

by Demetrius Patterson, Staff Writer
August 16, 2006

WVON-AM/1450, the city's only Black-owned radio station that bills itself "the talk of Chicago," has entered a historic agreement with the nation's largest owner of radio stations, Clear Channel.

Under the deal announced Tuesday by WVON's owner, Melody Spann-Cooper, and Earl Jones, regional vice president of Clear Channel Radio, the Black talk station has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar deal to lease the 10,000-watt daytime signal - 1,000-watt nighttime - that currently broadcasts oldies station, WRLL-AM/1690.
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Urlacher Baby Mamma Dram Update.

Urlacher suit: No money hike
Child support, custody dispute

By Stewart Warren
STAFF WRITER

JOLIET — Tyna Robertson: needy or greedy?

For now, no one knows.

Will County Judge Ludwig Kuhar decided Tuesday afternoon not to do anything at all about the amount of child support paid by Chicago Bears star Brian Urlacher to the Joliet woman.

Real estate broker Robertson, 34, and Urlacher, 28, have a 15-month-old son and never have been married. The linebacker is battling Robertson for custody of the child. He filed a paternity suit last year to establish his relationship to the boy, and genetic tests confirmed that fact. The custody trial is scheduled for Oct. 16 in Kuhar's courtroom.

Meanwhile, Urlacher is paying Robertson $2,000 a month in temporary child support. On Aug. 2, the charming brunette came to court with her attorneys Steve Lake and Heather Nosko and asked for more money. Robertson didn't have enough cash to pay for basics such as baby formula, day care and gas for her car, Lake said.

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Duckworth cheered downstate

Duckworth cheered at dinner

Chicago-area candidate wounded in Iraq

Monday, August 7, 2006
BY ERINN DESHINSKY

OF THE JOURNAL STAR
BLOOMINGTON - Congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth received a standing ovation Sunday as she walked to the speaker's podium at the McLean County Democrats Annual Dinner.

The 10 feet to the podium was normally no small feat, but for Duckworth, who lost both her legs while serving in Iraq less than two years ago, it is her way to show she will not give up, no matter how hard the fight.

Her next fight, for a House seat in the Republican-leaning 6th Congressional District in Chicago's suburbs, will be difficult but can be won, said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who introduced Duckworth at the dinner, held at the Chateau Inn in Bloomington.

He called Duckworth an extraordinary person who can make a difference in Congress.
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