Tag: Chicago Radio Hosts
Media: September 2021 ā¢ “The Big ’89 to Hollywood”
Kris Erik Stevens’s arrival in Chicago in the late ’60s involved a bit of serendipity. āI was on my way from San Francisco to a gig I had just taken in Pittsburgh, and I stopped in Chicago along the way to see an old buddy of mine, Lyle Dean, who I had worked with […]
Media: March 2021
Bob Sirott has been part of the Chicago media landscape now for a half-century. āGeez, donāt remind me,ā he says. āYeah, thatās true. 1971 was the first year on the air at WBBM-FM. First, it was just doing weekends, and fill-ins, and summer stuff, and at the end of the summer, they either rewarded […]
Media: November 2019
For seven months, Jenniffer Weigel occupied a co-host chair in Mancowās studio at WLS. She already knew him socially but was impressed by seeing Mancow work firsthand. āHe works very hard on his show,ā she says. āHeās the first one there every morning. Watching him run the board is like watching someone with ADD fly […]
Media: July 2019
On July 12th the Chicago White Sox will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of the most famous stunts in radio history. On that day in 1979, WLUP radio morning personalities Steve Dahl & Garry Meier went onto the field of Comiskey Park between games of a White Sox doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers […]
Media: June 2019
No one in this town has been a part of the Chicago media scene longer than WGN-Radioās (and The Chicago Tribuneās) Rick Kogan. He was literally born into it. His parents, Herman and Marilew, were both fixtures in the heyday of Chicagoās print media. They lived the life. They hung out with Chicagoās glitterati. […]
Media: February 2019
Bill Turckās road to his current location, co-hosting Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall on Sunday afternoons (1-3pm) on WGCO is one of the most interesting non-traditional radio roads ever traveled. Twenty plus years ago, he was literally in the most dangerous place in the world. āI arrived in Sarajevo just after Susan Sontag […]
Media: August 2018
WDRV disc jockey Byrd is a rock jock out of central casting. He looks and sounds the part so much that you get the feeling if there was ever an injury to a band member of any group he was introducing on stage any given night, Byrd could fill in at the drop of a […]
Media: July 2018
WBMX midday host Diana Steele may be a new voice on the Chicago radio dial, but she isnāt new to radio, and she isnāt new to Chicago. Itās just that her two worlds had never collided like this before, and sheās really enjoying the ride. āIt is the coolest thing on the planet for a […]
Media: January 2018
If youāve listened to rock and roll radio for the last three decades, youāve undoubtedly run across the work of Steve Seaver. Heās been rocking Chicago since 1991 at stations like The Blaze, The Loop, and currently The Drive (97.1 FM). Heās one of those rare personalities who can be identified by one name, […]
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