The Chaser Archives: January 2012

WLS adds Ponce Brothers to weekend talk show lineup

There's nobody better! Congratulations, Dan and Anthony! :o)

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By Robert Feder
Chicago Media blog
Jan 25, 2012 at 3:30pm

"There's always so much more to report beyond time we have on TV,” said Dan Ponce, who continues as a general assignment reporter at Tribune Co.-owned WGN-Channel 9. “This is the perfect opportunity to tell the story behind the story.” He previously spent three years as a reporter at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.

Younger brother Anthony Ponce, a general assignment reporter and occasional fill-in news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, said: "We're hoping to give listeners a peek into the world of Chicago journalism, and hear their opinions about the week's biggest stories and how they're covered.”

Read more: http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/15097915/wls-adds-ponce-brothers-to-weekend-talk-show-lineup

Found via @DanPonceTV

Their show is every Sunday afternoon from 1:00-3:00 CST. Not in the Chicago area? Listen online with WLS 890AM's streaming player:
http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=152352

The Ponce Brothers' WLS bio page:
http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=2376991

Chautauqua Institution Makes Changes For 2012 Season

By Scott Shelters
The Post-Journal
January 21, 2012

The Amphitheater will host a cappella ensemble Straight No Chaser for the second year in a row. The all-male group, which formed at Indiana University more than a dozen years ago, will perform Friday, Aug. 24.

Entertainment a priority at Caesars properties

By David J. Spatz
For the Courier-Post
Jan. 19, 2012

(middle of page 2) “The shows at Harrah’s are all over the map,” Marrandino said. “We had (the a capella group) Straight No Chaser there all last summer for the second summer in a row. And then we had Don Rickles there (for New Year’s Eve).”