When I wrote my first post for the Vocalo blogs in November 2009, I couldn’t have imagined what an exciting and eventful year would follow.

If Kevin Metheny wasn’t the worst program director in the history of Chicago radio, I don’t know who was.  Kevin Metheny and Jim Laski in a fond embraceArrogant, aloof, stubborn and contemptuous of the legacy he’d inherited, the man known as &ldq

Robservations on the media beat: A personal note: One year ago this week I signed on to the launch of the Vocalo blogs and began what I’d hoped would be a daily conversation about the media.

In December 2007, on the day Sam Zell named his old pal Randy Michaels as head of broadcast operations for Tribune Co., I wrote these words: “Woe is us.”

Life after Oprah at her Chicago television flagship took a giant step forward Friday with the hiring of two seasoned producers to create and oversee a new live, local morning show to originate from the studios of ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.

So long, Randy. We hardly knew ye.Randy MichaelsRandy Michaels resigned Friday as chief executive officer of Tribune Co.

The resignation of Randy Michaels as chief executive officer of Tribune Co. culminates a tumultuous year in the history of the Chicago media company -- especially for its flagship news/talk radio station, WGN-AM (720).