Tag: Rick Kaempfer
Media – January 2020
When Brad Edwards was asked to be the co-anchor of the 5, 6, and 10 pm newscasts on CBS-2 Chicago in March of 2019, he was a little taken aback. Edwards had been a big part of the award-winning CBS investigative team since 2012, and “anchor” was a whole different ballgame. He knew what […]
Media – December 2019
The Chicago media community lost several greats this year. Among them, WLS Channel 7ās long-time reporter Russ Ewing, WLS disc jockey Jim Dunbar, and WGN-TVās Marshall Brodine. All of them were giants in this town that left lasting legacies, but two others passed away in 2019 that were personal friends of mine, and I wanted […]
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: September 2019
Tim Virgin first hit the airwaves in Chicago over twenty years ago. ā(Loop program director) Greg Solk hired me in 1996. At that time, they were thinking of turning the Loop into an XRT-ish type format, the best music on the planet, and he needed an alternative guy, and that was me. When they went […]
Media: August 2019
Twenty years ago this summer Phil Manicki started working for the radio company Bonneville International. At the time they also owned The Loop (WLUP), and just a few years later would create a brand new radio station called The Drive (WDRV). Manicki became part of the on-air lineup on that very first day and has […]
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: March 2019
When WDRVās Sherman and Tingle were first put together as a team more than a decade ago, it wasnāt exactly considered a long term plan. āI came here from Phoenix to be a part of a show called The Morning Fix which is the show that replaced Mancow on Q-101,ā Steve Tingle explains. āAfter […]
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: December 2018
As 2018 comes to an end and a new year begins, itās time once again to pay tribute to the people who passed away this year. Once again, we lost some of the all-time Chicago greats. Among them, the long-time anchor and reporter Warner Saunders. Saundersā award-winning 29-year stint at NBC-5 in Chicago touched countless […]
Media: November 2018
When Eric Ferguson started working at WTMX (The Mix), the studios had just moved from Skokie to downtown, and they were considered state of the art for their time. That time, unfortunately, was the 90s. Now, he is working in state of the art facilities again–brand new studios that are still under semi-construction. āLike anything […]
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: June 2018
WSCR (The Score) Morning host Mike Mulligan has the background that Chicago sports fans seem to require. He is one of us. āI grew up on the South Side, and went to school at Quigley, and college at Loyola.ā He also grew up listening to the radio, and he understands our unique market history. āI […]
Media: May 2018
If youāre a big fan of WFLD-TV News (Fox 32) in Chicago, you might have noticed that their ace investigative reporter Dane Placko hasnāt been on the air for about a month. Donāt worry. He isnāt the victim of budget cuts. He hasnāt been demoted. He didnāt get hired away by the networks. He just […]
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