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What are Chicago Radio's Biggest Successes?
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Howard Miller on WIND.
To name but a few.....
Paul Harvey on WENR/WLS
Jack Brickhouse on WGN
Herb Kent on WVON
Dick Buckley on WBEZ
Dave Garroway on WMAQ
Larry Lujack on WLS
Bob Collins on WGN
Dan Sorkin on WCFL
Terri Hemmert on WXRT
Franklyn MacCormack on WGN
Daddy-O Daylie on WAAF
Mike Wallace on WBBM
Don McNeill on WLS/WENR
John Doremus on WMAQ (and others)
Steve Dahl/Garry Meier on WLUP (and others)
......apologies to the dozens I'm overlooking
Paul Harvey on WENR/WLS
Jack Brickhouse on WGN
Herb Kent on WVON
Dick Buckley on WBEZ
Dave Garroway on WMAQ
Larry Lujack on WLS
Bob Collins on WGN
Dan Sorkin on WCFL
Terri Hemmert on WXRT
Franklyn MacCormack on WGN
Daddy-O Daylie on WAAF
Mike Wallace on WBBM
Don McNeill on WLS/WENR
John Doremus on WMAQ (and others)
Steve Dahl/Garry Meier on WLUP (and others)
......apologies to the dozens I'm overlooking
Thank you for mentioning Dan Sorkin. What a great talent and he went on to have a great career in San Francisco after he left Chicago.
Dan had an accountant who had quite a sense of humor on his WCFL morning show often in the late 50s. The guy went on to have a pretty good career after Dan showcased his talents.
The accountant's name was Bob Newhart.
Dan had an accountant who had quite a sense of humor on his WCFL morning show often in the late 50s. The guy went on to have a pretty good career after Dan showcased his talents.
The accountant's name was Bob Newhart.
Roy Leonard on WGN.
Bob Elson on WCFL (and others that carried the Sox).
Harry Caray on WTAQ/WEAW, WMAQ, WBBM, and WGN.
Vince Lloyd on WGN.
Lou Boudreau on WGN.
Don and Roma on WLS.
Bob Sirrott on WLS.
John Records Landecker on WLS.
Steve King on WBBM-FM, WIND, and WGN.
Steve Cushing on WBEZ.
Irv Kupcinet on WGN.
Jonathon Brandmeier on WLUP and WGN.
Fred Winston on WLS.
Bob Stroud on WMET, WLUP, & WDRV
Bob Elson on WCFL (and others that carried the Sox).
Harry Caray on WTAQ/WEAW, WMAQ, WBBM, and WGN.
Vince Lloyd on WGN.
Lou Boudreau on WGN.
Don and Roma on WLS.
Bob Sirrott on WLS.
John Records Landecker on WLS.
Steve King on WBBM-FM, WIND, and WGN.
Steve Cushing on WBEZ.
Irv Kupcinet on WGN.
Jonathon Brandmeier on WLUP and WGN.
Fred Winston on WLS.
Bob Stroud on WMET, WLUP, & WDRV
KeithE4 said:
After my post, I thought of all of this with one exception. Steve Cushing....who absolutely belongs on any list. Then I thought of a bunch of others....
From WLS top 40 days....Clark Weber, absolutely. Along with his "fueding partner" Ron Riley. Art Roberts, too...along with Bob Hale who went on to a long and successful Chicago career. Then from WCFL, Joel Sebastian who also went on to success with WLS and WMAQ, Jerry G Bishop, and Jim Stagg. Perhaps most notable of all, production and voiceover geniuses Dick Orkin and Bert Berdis.
WGN Mainstays Eddie Hubbard, Spike O'Dell, Ed Schwartz and Carl Grayson. And, of course, Milt Rosenberg.
Pioneering Female Jocks: Yvonne Daniels and Merri Dee who broke down racial as well as gender barrers at WYNR, WCFL, WLS. and WGN respectiively. Along with Connie Sczerzen, Nancy Turner, Kitty Loewi, and Patti Haze.
Sportscasters: Red Motlow, Red Rush, Jack Quinlan. From News. Lyle Dean, Pat Cassidy (and sidekick Felicia Middlebrooks), Dave Baum, Bud Miller, and another pioneer, Carole Simpson.
Plus we have the two greatest ag broadcasters on the planet....WGN's Orion Samuelson and Max
Armstrong.
And finally, if we're talking about radio stations collectively, we have to include WJJD....Chicago's first pure top 40s rock station in the 50s, and then the station that introduced us to the contemporary country format in the 60s.
And I'm sure that once again, I've forgotten as much as I've listed!
I agree with Jim Runyan and Ron Britain "King B". I had thought about Runyan when I did my posts....but sadly, he left us much too soon. Thus, his tenure at WCFL and in Chicago wasn't as long as the others. However, that said, his body of work in that brief period includes Chickenman, which continues to be heard to this day.
Gary Gears? I'd have to say I could argue either way. I personally liked him. I thought he was an excellent and entertaining top 40 jock. He's another whose tenure was unfortunately short. But those pipes and his body of voiceover work means "if you put a gun to my head", I'd have to say I'd put him on the list.
As for Larry Lujack, he's obviously a no-brainer. I thought someone had already included "Uncle Lar".
Gary Gears? I'd have to say I could argue either way. I personally liked him. I thought he was an excellent and entertaining top 40 jock. He's another whose tenure was unfortunately short. But those pipes and his body of voiceover work means "if you put a gun to my head", I'd have to say I'd put him on the list.
As for Larry Lujack, he's obviously a no-brainer. I thought someone had already included "Uncle Lar".
Dick Biondi & Larry Lujack were mentioned and rightfully so.
nuffsaid said:
Let's not forget "The Bluesman," Pervis Spann. He was doing overnights at the old WYEN when I was there. I never got to know him, unfortunately.
But in addition to being a great businessman and broadcaster, he's the only guy I know of who could run the board, sell spots, write them, and broadcast them (and enter them correctly into the log) all during his overnight airshift!! We'd sometimes come in in the morning and find some of the notes he had jotted down!
Amazing!
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