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Tag: Chicago
Bill “Butterball” Crane on 1450 WVON Chicago | August 1967
WVON 1450 Chicago – Bill “Butterball” Crane – August 1967 This aircheck featured Chicago’s longtime R&B station, 1450 WVON. WVON was a “heritage” R&B station serving Chicago’s black community, launching in 1963. WVON featured great air personalities like Moses “Lucky” Cordell, Herb Kent “The Cool Gent”, E. Rodney Jones, Joe “Youngblood” Cobb, Pervis Spann,…
Chuck Buell on 89 WLS Chicago | April 1 1972
WLS 89 Chicago – Chuck Buell – April 1 1972 Courtesy: Robert Nicholson Chuck Buell is known for his Smooth, comfortable, & relatable style on air. He one of the youngest major market drive time radio personalities. In 1963, while in college, he landed a weekend gig at KIMN Denver. Within a…
Ron Britain, Big 10 WCFL Chicago | 1967
WCFL Big 10 Chicago – Ron Britain – 1967 “King B,” as he was known to fans around the world, Ron Britain spent over 50 years on air, working at 21 radio stations in 11 cities! Ron had his greatest success and most lasting fame in Chicago, at WCFL, the station he…
CBS News Morning Report on WBBM 78 Chicago | July 26 1967
***To Play Aircheck, Click The Video Below*** Courtesy: Alan Tolz Long gone are the days of the long 15 minute news block. There was a time when the long newscast was fairly common on many stations. The newscast would contain content from a radio network, as well as the local radio station. This aircheck…
B96 WBBM-FM Chicago Station Composite | 1983
Radio Station: WBBM-FM Chicago Frequency: 96.3MHZ Format: Contemporary Hit Radio Courtesy: Kipper McGee After his success with his Hot Hits format at WCAU-FM Philadelphia, WBBM hired Mike Joseph to bring the Hot Hits format to Chicago in 1982. By 1983, WBBM-FM was already moving away from the Hot Hits moniker, but a lot of the…
Jerry Williams discusses format change rumors for 780 WBBM Chicago | August 2 1967
Radio Station: 78 WBBM Chicago Frequency: 780 kHZ Format: Talk Jerry Williams known as “The Dean” of Talk Radio. He is one of the originators of the talk radio format. Jerry spent nearly half a century doing talk radio. He spent most of his career at several legendary Boston radio stations, including; 1510 WMEX; 1030…
Captain Whammo, WMET Chicago | April 1978
DESCRIPTION WCFL on 1000 AM was a 50,000 watt radio station owned by the Chicago Federation of Labor. WCFL aired a Top 40 format from 1962 to 1976, when the station changed formats to Beautiful Music. BM was a format featuring mainly instrumental background music and it was mainly a format heard on FM stations.…
Herb Kent on V103 WVAZ Chicago | July 17, 2016
Herb Kent, “The Cool Gent,” spent decades on air, most of that time in Chicago. His radio career started in 1940s, and went right to the day he died in 2016. In the 1940s, Kent received his first paid radio job at WGRY in Gary, for $35 dollars a week. He went on to work…