WLS Chicago: Big 89 Rewind ‘08: 1-2PM Fred Winston

Hour two of the Fred Winston show is much like the first hour (12-1Pm) and features Catherine Johns with news, and by this time we’re all starting to get irritated with Les Grobstein’s sportscasts. What is it about this guy that grates on our nerves? There was a bit of negative reaction (based upon what we’ve read on the message boards) to Les’ sportscasts, which ran longer in many cases than the actual news itself.

Listen for the first appearance of Lyle Dean and a promo for “Choose your news” – a longtime feature of the old Fred Winston morning show back in the 70s and 80s.

WLS Chicago: Big 89 Rewind ‘08: 12 – 1PM – Fred Winston

And now, the real fun begins! Rewind, for the first 7 hours, was (IMHO), kinda boring unless you really loved hearing jocks just talk. Winston here is STILL funny, and able to quip a one-liner over a song intro just as good as the old days. And that voice is still as deep as ever, if not a bit gravely these days.

We still get hourly news, clips of the old WLS, and of course, steady reminders that this IS TODAY, Chicago’s Talk Station – 890 AM WLS!

WLS Chicago: Big 89 Rewind ‘08: 10:30 – 12 Noon Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards

Here’s the final part of the Larry Lujack / Tommy Edwards show… more sarcasm wrapping up with another installment of “Animal Stories”. Oh, and more of Les Grobstein’s incredibly long sports reports injected and infused with enough editorial to fill a full newspaper page!

What we haven’t described for you is Jeff Davis’ incredible production efforts in putting together sweepers, intros, outros, Top of Hour IDs and pulling in all the great jingles from the musicradio era. They are heard all throughout Big 89 Rewind and this certainly would be far less an event without Jeff’s undying efforts.

In the next segment, it’s Fred Winston’s turn to sit in the big air chair. Trust me, the formatics alone are good enough to spend another hour with your computer!