The beleaguered CBS Evening News was in town this week. Kind of uneventful, as Tony Dokoupil interviewed the Mayor, reported on the city's life expectancy gap and the Bears. Dokoupil did chat with CBS Chicago anchors Joe Donlon and Irka Sargent. www.newsbeep.com/us/408341/

Chicago is a sports town. We’ve made bold statements before, but there’s something special about this Chicago Bears team. So much so, there are people saying that a Bears Super Bowl win will close the hellscape timeline that opened with the 2016 Cubs World Series win. thetriibe.com/2026/01/cale...

In case you missed: WSCR to add simulcast to the 104.3 FM frequency beginning February 2: www.tdogmedia.com/2026/01/670-...

Now on T Dog Media: Cheese-grating fun: Bears' victory over the Packers sets records for Amazon Prime and streaming: www.tdogmedia.com/2026/01/chee...

Why the NFL chose NBC for Rams-Bears divisional-round game. trib.al/LY6N9gZ

Viewpoint: While national journalists parachuted into Minneapolis to cover the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer last week, local TV, newspaper and radio reporters are doing a much better job, covering the story with the nuance and thoroughness it deserves.

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A judge denies Paramount's request to force WBD to disclose more info about its Netflix deal; Paramount says it plans to extend its tender offer beyond Jan. 21 (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Totally forgot about this.

Well...try 2:20 a.m.

Now on T Dog Media: After years of speculation, WSCR-AM finally gets an FM signal as it replaces 104.3 Jams: www.tdogmedia.com/2026/01/670-...

Main Street Sports Group -- operator of the FanDuel Sports Network RSNs -- must have a buyer lined up by end of month or else MLB teams will likely leave for good, Tom Friend of SBJ reported Wednesday. www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/01/main...

Currently at work so won't be able to post anything about The Score news until at least 1 a.m.

Local stations leaving network TV life behind: www.cjr.org/analysis/una...

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From the 24th letter...did not know this. I've never written or said anything negative about Chuck Swirsky on my website (I've mentioned him only 4 times) or on social media. Don't really care, anyway. I don't watch or listen to Bulls games, and second, I stopped caring about who blocks me on X.

I believe Tony will be here tomorrow. So what kind of BS will he sling about Chicago?

ESPN 1000's Marc Silverman eviscerates Bulls voice Chuck Swirsky for criticizing Bears coach Ben Johnson. trib.al/mIawXgd

Meanwhile, the Chicago Bears coach who said "F the Packers" the other day (and rightfully so) is attracting more headlines.

Enough with the debate over "swearing". C'mon people, people are getting gassed in the Twin Cities by an oppressive government, I mean who cares.

Packers-Bears wild-card game on Prime Video sets NFL streaming viewership record. trib.al/LsIAT50

What the hell

The producers at KOMO get very creative with the Sinclair "must-runs." Most of the corporate-mandated editorial/opinion pieces air in the very early morning, which ticks the box. The 4 a.m. news hour is little-watched. Same with early afternoon newscasts, outside of breaking news.

NEW: Residents of three South Side precincts will not get to weigh in on the redevelopment of the former U.S. Steel South Works site after the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners voted Tuesday to toss the advisory referendum from the March ballot. @wttw.bsky.social

BEARS LOCAL TV RATINGS: The wild-card game vs. the Packers on Fox 32 drew a 24.0 household rating (~877K HHs), peaking at 25.5 (~932) in the 10:15p quarter-hour. *-Does not include viewership on Prime Video. Those numbers to come.

Fanatics, the Michael Rubin-led sports company, partners with OBB Media to launch Fanatics Studios, starting with a Tom Brady docuseries (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

He died today. www.tdogmedia.com/2023/02/dilb...

Surprised ESPN/ABC received a Sunday game. Very surprised.

Your Divisional Round playoff schedule (tried to take a picture of this on my TV with my phone, but came out too blurry)

‘Batman’ Turns 60: The Villains, The Camp, The Craze

See what I posted on here 44 minutes ago about corporate America and you have your answer.

For the evening crowd...and yes, it's amazing I came up with 22 media executives right off of the top of my head. Each and every one of them is actually better than the "coaches" and "team leads" at my job.

Now on T Dog Media: FanDuel Sports Networks are on the verge of insolvency after parent Main Street Sports Group fails to make payments to several teams: www.tdogmedia.com/2026/01/fand...

"Hollywood, as it always does, went along with its own exploitation and humiliation, because what else is it going to do? Stand up for anything?" Via The Ankler

From my Facebook page.

Fortunate and grateful for the Westwood One broadcast while driving to the job from hell today

Today at retail job run by faceless, corporate clowns

The Bears are gonna win the Super Bowl and the White Sox are gonna win the World Series. I'm very ok with whatever Pope Leo would like, if the plan works as it should, reverting all the BS that's happened in this country since the Cubs won the WS.

We've got Bears in cheese grater hats and Caleb Williams grating cheese

Caleb Williams, DJ Moore and Colston Loveland endear themselves to the Bears fans at Soldier Field by wearing cheese grater hats. Caleb then grates the cheese.

Bears win and eliminate the Pack! Yabba Dabba Doo!

Bears win and eliminate the Pack! Yabba Dabba Doo!

Yes. We have a tension convention at Soldier Field. On Prime Video. WGBA in Green Bay, WITI in Milwaukee, WFLD in Chicago.

Bears in the lead!

It's not officially a bad movie without a boom mike showing up and the MST3K crew providing the riffs.

The Bears are defeating themselves.