The competition was incredible, and so was the air talent heard every morning in Chicagoland during this, the heyday of FM CHR! Courtesy of Robyn Watts' fabulously wonderful collection, we…
Who woulda thought Dick Biondi would still be doing Top 40 some 20+ years after his first gig at WLS? This is Chicago's BIG CHR B96! Biondi is... well all…
And now, what finished off WLS' personality rock format for good! By 1984, WLUP was THE king of rock stations in Chicago (and by 1986 the grand experiment to turn…
This one will take you way back, way before Jammin' Oldies, way before Classic Rock, AOR and Active Rock and back when RKO General still owned "Fire"! It's Monday morning…
This, apparently, is an edited demo tape probably done by HD himself. How these things get into the pipeline of airchecks floating around is anyone's guess, but this surely was…
An original recording from Webmaster Steve West, here's John O'Brien (WCCC, Bax & O'Brien WAQY Morning Show) counting down the biggest songs of the Classic Rock era. Packaged as the…
Well... Look what we found lurking on the back of a KLIF tape... Dueling Top 40 stations 56 WHBQ (RKO General) and 68 WMPS (Plough)! Imagine the surprise hearing this…
KNUS 99 - 98.7 to be exact, was McLendon's FM powerhouse. Originally slated to be an all-news station, and almost never to be because Gordon McLendon almost sold it in…