The History of WLS-Memorial Day Special

Racine Radio Head · May 24, 2009

From the Prairie Farmer Days all the way to the "Talk of Chicago". The history of WLS in 7 hours from 11am to 6pm this Memorial day.

radioman148 · May 24, 2009

Racine Radio Head said:
From the Prairie Farmer Days all the way to the "Talk of Chicago". The history of WLS in 7 hours from 11am to 6pm this Memorial day.

I liked it better when they brought back the "Rock of Chicago" the last 2 years.

HadYourPhil · May 28, 2009

That was a treat before Citadel decided to kill off creativity...
Who did the history? Jeff Davis?

radioman148 · May 28, 2009

HadYourPhil said:
That was a treat before Citadel decided to kill off creativity...
Who did the history? Jeff Davis?

Yeah Jeff Davis did it. It was all stuff we've heard before--nothing new. Cheap programming.

audioguy · May 28, 2009

I listened for a bit. I thought it was somewhat interesting, but I wondered whether this type of programming would have general appeal on a holiday. Perhaps it would be more appropriate for a late night time slot, when the old time radio shows are on. If it were my choice, I would have have programmed oldies from the "Musicradio" era. Even if they didn't have the old DJ's, it would still have been nice to hear them again.

I did notice that the program had an awfully heavy spot load. I waited and waited... and waited for the spots to finish... I guess that's the price of having a 50 kW signal... ya gotta feed the squirrels!

radioman148 · May 28, 2009

audioguy said:
I listened for a bit. I thought it was somewhat interesting, but I wondered whether this type of programming would have general appeal on a holiday. Perhaps it would be more appropriate for a late night time slot, when the old time radio shows are on. If it were my choice, I would have have programmed oldies from the "Musicradio" era. Even if they didn't have the old DJ's, it would still have been nice to hear them again.

I did notice that the program had an awfully heavy spot load. I waited and waited... and waited for the spots to finish... I guess that's the price of having a 50 kW signal... ya gotta feed the squirrels!

I'm sure they'll air it again since they've aired it before.

Racine Radio Head · May 28, 2009

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I did hear a bit of "MusicRadio" on the way home from Garry Meier's Blab~a~Que I tuned into a bit of the history of WLS and Jeff Davis played Phil "The Doc" Duncan playing the last song on WLS's MusicRadio format. Chicago's Just you and me.

radioman148 · May 28, 2009

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Racine Radio Head said:
I did hear a bit of "MusicRadio" on the way home from Garry Meier's Blab~a~Que I tuned into a bit of the history of WLS and Jeff Davis played Phil "The Doc" Duncan playing the last song on WLS's MusicRadio format. Chicago's Just you and me.

They spent alot of time on the prairie farmer days--over 4 hours.

dxer720 · May 31, 2009

I thoroughly enjoyed the history of WLS. For others complaining about the Prairie Farmer segments taking up too much of the program...Rementer Musicradio only lasted about 28 years versus the 36 years for the Prairie Farmer. The Talk of Chicago has been here for about 21. I loved last year's Big 89 Rewind. That's what I grew up with. I've always been interested in radio history anyway. Why doesn't WMAQ/SSCR, WGN & WBBM do something like that?

radioman148 · Jun 1, 2009

dxer720 said:
I thoroughly enjoyed the history of WLS. For others complaining about the Prairie Farmer segments taking up too much of the program...Rementer Musicradio only lasted about 28 years versus the 36 years for the Prairie Farmer. The Talk of Chicago has been here for about 21. I loved last year's Big 89 Rewind. That's what I grew up with. I've always been interested in radio history anyway. Why doesn't WMAQ/SSCR, WGN & WBBM do something like that?

I have no problem with the prairie farmer days I just wish they had brought back WLS Rewind.