A biography for Fred Eychanerhasn’t been written yet.
“Consolidation is so overwhelming. Someone who has one or two stations doesn't have much clout.”
“I am not Richard Branson.”
“I am not the progressive Koch brother.”
“I am a basic social activist with small-business experience, and you go where you need to go.”
“I'm a retired media executive.”
“I don't put my name on stuff.”
“Part of our history includes the long struggle to pass the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance.”
“I'm not a billionaire, and I'm not a mogul.”
“Living in Chicago as a country boy, basically, and going to college made a very big impact on me.”
“I just like my independence and freedom to come and go and not have an entourage.”
“I would go on the record with my respect for Mike Madigan, which will probably upset a lot of friends. He's enormously skillful at what he does. The only speakers of any House who survive are the ones who can keep their majority and keep everyone going largely in the same direction. Mike Madigan is superb at that.”
“The process of coming out was critical to getting where we are today: coming out to our friends, our family, our co-workers, God forbid, to our clients.”