larry lujack

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any larry lujack fans out there
i have seen some videos on you tube with lujack and remember recent air checks.i am a big fan of larry lujack and i am from indianapolis not chicago but i was able to pick up his wls and wcfl signals often.

i miss good personality music djs .not talk marathon people like howard stern and bob and tom.i mean people like lujack who put great comments with the music they played.

will we ever get back to that?

 

[radioman148]

I'm a Lujack fan also, but with economics in radio being the way they are today, I doubt that we will hear him do a regular show again.

 

[flashback]

I'm a Lujack fan also, but with economics in radio being the way they are today, I doubt that we will hear him do a regular show again.

i didn`t mean lujack coming back.i meant a show with a personality that is allowed to stand out playing music.

i can`t speak for other places but it is pretty much dead here.

 

[radioman148]

I'm a Lujack fan also, but with economics in radio being the way they are today, I doubt that we will hear him do a regular show again.

i didn`t mean lujack coming back.i meant a show with a personality that is allowed to stand out playing music.

i can`t speak for other places but it is pretty much dead here.

Yeah that's going to be difficult if not impossible to find. Personalities who entertain like Lujack did pretty much don't exist anymore.

 

[KeithE4]

I'm a Lujack fan also, but with economics in radio being the way they are today, I doubt that we will hear him do a regular show again.

i didn`t mean lujack coming back.i meant a show with a personality that is allowed to stand out playing music.

i can`t speak for other places but it is pretty much dead here.

Yeah that's going to be difficult if not impossible to find. Personalities who entertain like Lujack did pretty much don't exist anymore.

They're doing talk radio or TV.

Many people who want music don't want a disk jockey interrupting it, either one who was as talented as Lujack, or a mediocre one like most of those today. And folks who want to listen to a real radio personality aren't tuning in for music. The era of the disk jockey is over.

 

[flashback]

I'm a Lujack fan also, but with economics in radio being the way they are today, I doubt that we will hear him do a regular show again.

i didn`t mean lujack coming back.i meant a show with a personality that is allowed to stand out playing music.

i can`t speak for other places but it is pretty much dead here.

Yeah that's going to be difficult if not impossible to find. Personalities who entertain like Lujack did pretty much don't exist anymore.

They're doing talk radio or TV.

Many people who want music don't want a disk jockey interrupting it, either one who was as talented as Lujack, or a mediocre one like most of those today. And folks who want to listen to a real radio personality aren't tuning in for music. The era of the disk jockey is over.

yeah i know. it`s a shame.

are there other lujak fans there with good lujak stories?

 

[RADIO TRUTH]

I didn't mean Lujack coming back. I meant a show with a personality that is allowed to stand out playing music.

There is a show that is a big personality show that recreated 1960s top forty radio with the personality, jingles,
commercials, music and 60s audio processing that was on that is soon going back into production. If you are interested, here are some links that will give you updated news about the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8XT8UnIzBo
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ricky-The-Ks-Solid-Gold-Time-Machine/121675337862592?ref=ts
http://www.twitter.com/rickythek
http://www.youtube.com/60sradio
http://www.youtube.com/jinglesandairchecks

 

[Tom Wells]

I loved it when Larry Lujack interrupted records. That's often when the best and funniest stuff happened.

 

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one time a listener called and complained about djs talking durring the instrumental opening part of records and lujack played the tape on the opening insturmental part of santana`s black magic woman.

 

[radiotower40]

I loved it when Larry Lujack interrupted records. That's often when the best and funniest stuff happened.

I totally agree, Larry talking over, or just breaking into a song, I found that to be entertaining.

Pervis Spann did this all the time when he played Blues and Dusties after midnight before WVON
moved to AM 1690. I loved his show. He just broke into the middle of the song and just started
talking about the artist, or he just put a caller on the air. He also did it sometimes and just started
talking about what ever was on his mind at that moment in time.

To most people this would sound like a high school station, but that is what made the show
so damn entertaining, I miss that show. It was so Chicago, if you know what I mean.

I don't think we'll ever see radio like that again outside of part 15 or pirate stations.

Spann and Lujack and non music guys like Wally Phillips and Chicago Ed made you feel
like family, not a listener.

 

[radioman148]

I loved it when Larry Lujack interrupted records. That's often when the best and funniest stuff happened.

I totally agree, Larry talking over, or just breaking into a song, I found that to be entertaining.

Pervis Spann did this all the time when he played Blues and Dusties after midnight before WVON
moved to AM 1690. I loved his show. He just broke into the middle of the song and just started
talking about the artist, or he just put a caller on the air. He also did it sometimes and just started
talking about what ever was on his mind at that moment in time.

To most people this would sound like a high school station, but that is what made the show
so damn entertaining, I miss that show. It was so Chicago, if you know what I mean.

I don't think we'll ever see radio like that again outside of part 15 or pirate stations.

Spann and Lujack and non music guys like Wally Phillips and Chicago Ed made you feel
like family, not a listener.

On one of the hottest days of the summer when Lujack was on WCFL & everybody was complaining about the heat & pavement was buckling on all the Chicago expressways, Lujack played "Sleigh Ride".

 

[radiotower40]

I loved it when Larry Lujack interrupted records. That's often when the best and funniest stuff happened.

I totally agree, Larry talking over, or just breaking into a song, I found that to be entertaining.

Pervis Spann did this all the time when he played Blues and Dusties after midnight before WVON
moved to AM 1690. I loved his show. He just broke into the middle of the song and just started
talking about the artist, or he just put a caller on the air. He also did it sometimes and just started
talking about what ever was on his mind at that moment in time.

To most people this would sound like a high school station, but that is what made the show
so damn entertaining, I miss that show. It was so Chicago, if you know what I mean.

I don't think we'll ever see radio like that again outside of part 15 or pirate stations.

Spann and Lujack and non music guys like Wally Phillips and Chicago Ed made you feel
like family, not a listener.

On one of the hottest days of the summer when Lujack was on WCFL & everybody was complaining about the heat & pavement was buckling on all the Chicago expressways, Lujack played "Sleigh Ride".

That is a great example of what I mean radioman. He was so spontaneous, you never really
knew what to expect, that's why radio was so fun back then! Most things on the radio now are so vanilla,
lets get some spice back into the mix. If he would have been so micro-managed like hosts are now, those
type of moments probably would have never happened.

 

[radioman148]

I loved it when Larry Lujack interrupted records. That's often when the best and funniest stuff happened.

I totally agree, Larry talking over, or just breaking into a song, I found that to be entertaining.

Pervis Spann did this all the time when he played Blues and Dusties after midnight before WVON
moved to AM 1690. I loved his show. He just broke into the middle of the song and just started
talking about the artist, or he just put a caller on the air. He also did it sometimes and just started
talking about what ever was on his mind at that moment in time.

To most people this would sound like a high school station, but that is what made the show
so damn entertaining, I miss that show. It was so Chicago, if you know what I mean.

I don't think we'll ever see radio like that again outside of part 15 or pirate stations.

Spann and Lujack and non music guys like Wally Phillips and Chicago Ed made you feel
like family, not a listener.

On one of the hottest days of the summer when Lujack was on WCFL & everybody was complaining about the heat & pavement was buckling on all the Chicago expressways, Lujack played "Sleigh Ride".

That is a great example of what I mean radioman. He was so spontaneous, you never really
knew what to expect, that's why radio was so fun back then! Most things on the radio now are so vanilla,
lets get some spice back into the mix. If he would have been so micro-managed like hosts are now, those
type of moments probably would have never happened.

Your point is well taken Nashville. I agree completely.

 

[Dusty Dale Brooks]

Spann and Lujack and non music guys like Wally Phillips and Chicago Ed made you feel
like family, not a listener.

Thinking back some of the most listened to guys all over the country were non-music types. From Drake forward, and concurrent with the rise of FM, the music was the product and unless a guy like that had a bankable audience he was out-of-step with the culture and content.

Today, the only time you hear a jock is when they're selling. The culture now is we only stop the music to sell; either ourselves, the station, or the advertiser.

 

[superjj]

I miss the old days of Lujack...classic radio

 

[radioman148]

I miss the old days of Lujack...classic radio

Sadly, we'll never hear the personality driven DJs again. They are becoming extinct.