Posted by chicagomedia.org on July 08, 2008 at 11:15:53:
Tribune Knows Dukes
Tribune has bagged yet another former Jacor family member: Tim Dukes has been dragged back into the fold as Tribune�s newly named VP/Promotions for its broadcasting and interactive divisions. Tribune Interactive president Marc Chase remarked, �[Tribune senior VP/programming & entertainment] Sean Compton and I wanted one special person to lead our national promotional efforts online and on-air. When we couldn�t find that person, we went to Tim instead, and we got to proudly state to Tribune CEO Randy Michaels that we didn�t go back to the well for this one. He�s the first stiff we�ve hired from a Wall Street firm!�
Dukes�s 20-plus-year radio career began with Jacor and lasted until February 2007, when he left Emmis classic rock WLUP/Chicago. Several months later, he joined Wachovia Securities as a financial advisor. �I ignored Marc and Sean at first,� Dukes says of the duo�s overtures. �I was finally in a respectable career and hoped they�d stop calling. Then they showed up in my office lobby, and, like Jake and Elwood in The Blues Brothers restaurant scene, set out to embarrass me at work: tossing food into each others mouths, locking arms while eating shrimp cocktail and talking in lousy French accents. I resigned on the spot just so they�d knock it off.�
(R&R)