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Understandably, neither Randy Michaels nor Walter Sabo was available for comment yesterday. It wasn't a banner day for the two men who claimed a new format was going to take the industry by storm. Merlin Media made a big splash in the Windy City about a year ago with big investor money, a rare new radio idea, and a lot of excitement built around a staff of news gatherers hoping to be part of something transformative. Yesterday, that all came crashing down.