Danny Zederman News Today

Good Karma Brands announces that WMVP-AM “ESPN Chicago” is making some adjustments to its weekday programming schedule that includes expanding the early afternoon “Carmen & Jurko” program (hosted by Carmen DeFalco and John Jurkovic – to three hours, airing from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm and an extended 30-minute Crosstalk segment – from 2:30 pm…

According to Nielsen Audio, a key portion of the station’s audience dropped in the fall, despite the addition of Bears games. But ESPN 1000’s market manager says it has a different way of measuring success.

Silverman also will host the halftime show, which the station is giving a new format. ESPN 1000’s first day of Bears game-day programming is Saturday.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Tom Waddle, Marc ‘Silvy’ Silverman, Jeff Joniak, and Tom Thayer will be making their way to Peoria Aug. 14 for the Greater Peoria Tailgater, a preseason partnership event between Choose Greater Peoria, ESPN Chicago, and the Chicago Bears Radio Network. Choose Greater Peoria said the Chicago Bears alum and voices are […]

The sports-talkers faced a conundrum planning their draft coverage with baseball games each day of the event. So program directors Danny Zederman and Mitch Rosen got creative.

With the move of Chicago Bears radio play-by-play moving from Audacy’s WBBM Newsradio to Good Karma Brands’ WMVP-AM “ESPN Chicago” beginning this season, Good Karma announces the programming and talent lineup for Bears coverage. In the booth calling the games will be Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, and Jason McKie. The pre-game show will be hosted…

Good Karma Brands is celebrating the 25th anniversary of “ESPN Chicago” (WMVP-AM, Chicago) with a sold-out live broadcast tomorrow (3/24) from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm at the House of Blues in downtown Chicago. Good Karma SVP Keith Williams says, “When GKB purchased ‘ESPN 1000,’ we knew the incredible impact of the station and its…

Bears games have aired on WBBM-AM (780) since 2000. The move gives ESPN 1000 a big opportunity to increase listenership after getting back into local rights with the White Sox in 2021.

Starting next season, the Chicago Bears will have a new radio home, with ESPN Chicago landing play-by-play rights, starting in 2023.

Round Two of October PPMs Released. The second of four rounds of ratings information from Nielsen Audio’s October PPM survey has been released for 12 markets including Washington, Boston, Miami, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa, Denver, Baltimore, and St. Louis. Nielsen’s ...