FM: NO FRESH NEWS AT ALL
Longtime WNUA-FM 95.5 news director Charlie Meyerson has parted ways with his former employers. The snooze jazz station has opted to go the route of canned news fed over a station fax machine. Prior to his service at WNUA, Meyerson served for a decade as WXRT-FM 93.1 newsman. "I'm looking at this as a sabbatical," says Meyerson. "I'm grateful to have done my kind of journalism for so long." The award-winning journalist would like to stay in radio, but sees the Internet as an option as well. As for the lack of news on music radio, he says, "It's been a trend up and down the dial as FM music stations are conceding news and information to the all-news AM stations. The time is right for an FM all-news station."
TICKET THICKET
A late Saturday stroll at Waveland Park along the Belmont Harbor Point yielded at least fifty automobiles plastered with orange-and-white parking tickets. Seems 46th Ward Alderman Helen Schiller is none-too-pleased with how long people are leaving their cars parked as they frolic along the lakeshore. So now a central cash box commands motorists to drop 50 cents in per hour. It's too bad for motorists that none of them see the box as they enter the park. According to the Schiller's office, cars can stay no longer than six hours before ticket-jockeys hit them. Looks like another fine mess.
STRANGE SUITEFELLOWS
Sources at Chicago Trax Recording Studio intimate that two of their three suites are currently occupied by Ministry and R. Kelly. One might speculate on the conversations taking place in front of the studio's urinals.
OUT OF THE PARK
Fie Bartlett, proprietor of Baseball Cards Plus, is scratching her head in bewilderment. The West Addison shopkeeper is confused as to why a 1985 Mark McGwire rookie card fetches $135 while a Sammy Sosa '90 rookie card only commands $25. How much does she think the ball that breaks Roger Maris' all-time record of 61 homers would bring? "When Sammy hit his 51st, the people wouldn't take $10,000 for it. I would think the record-breaking ball will get a million dollars," she says.
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