I actually turned Sirott off today-dull with not much to say. Dec 2015 - Present7 years 3 months. Crazy..I will tune out and listen to bill and Wendy when they move. WGWG-LP began an interim simulcast of WGN radio at 10 p.m. on December 31, 2014. It isnt bashing to tell the facts. I am hoping that eyes are opened and things change for the better. Samuelson: It . We are also down to Roe Cohn & Dean Richards as the last portion of this radio station that is worth my time. The Rockford native was inducted in the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2016. In 1982, he became full-time meteorologist for the radio station. The new lineup also brings later start times to morning host Bob Sirott and midday host John Williams. We dont want to move on from the Cubs, its a huge part of our heritage, Boyle said. My Dad had WGN on all the time. 320 stanton rd, mobile, al 36617 . Column: No one is in custody is an unfortunately overused phrase that should be banished, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. I have to say that I am very disappointed in this move. So I offered them a little Tribune real estate here as a return favor. Radio Ink. Above: A few of the WGN Radio Newsroom reporters (I to r) Steve Bertrand, Dave Stewart, Rod Sierra and Wes Bleed. This 50 watt transmitter was built up from component parts by station engineers and was moved over to the Drake Hotel at the latter part of 1922. The city's first disc jockey was Halloween Martin, whose show, Musical Clock, was a morning staple on various stations from 1929 to 1946. It had to be somebody who was in the moment and who got the fact of what we were doing, Fabian said. Compton worked for Clear Channel Radio under Randy . If its not broke dont fix it. Not a bunch of political nonsense, but more current & interesting topics with some humor tossed in to keep it different. )[28][29][30][31][32], In November 1958, WGN became the first radio station in Chicago to broadcast helicopter traffic reports featuring Police Officer Leonard Baldy. Elliott Jenkins, left, and Thorne Donnelly, right, are the original owners of WDAP, the predecessor to WGN radio. 2 to 6 p.m. Lisa Dent and Steve Bertrand Landecker will fill in during afternoons until September 28 when he'll move permanently to a new evening show airing from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. #37 of 61. And weve done it to ourselves. Always patting himself on His back! Given Cochran had a solid track record and WGN ranked third in mornings, replacing him with Sirott doesnt make sense. His time slot announced was 10:00 A.M to 12:00 P.M, which moved then mid morning hosts Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder to the afternoon drive from 3:00-7:00p.m. Garry Meier would be moved to WGN.FM, with Steve Cochran's morning show getting expended by 1 hour, and Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano still having their 12:00-3:00p.m. WGN Radio AM 720 United States employs 59 employees. Lisa Dent, who's been a popular Chicago radio personality for two decades, will sign on as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host at WGN 720-AM in the new year. LOVE Bob and could not wait to return to WGN. [62] The station began using its new studios on Wacker Drive for news reports in May 2018,[63] with the final show originating from Tribune Tower on June 18, 2018. The studios were moved to the Drake Hotel the following July. Steve Cochrans show was the only thing making my morning drive into the city somewhat bearable. Dee Dee Myers (former White House Press Secretary; now a political commentator for MSNBC) Rob Reynolds (now a correspondent for Al Jazeera English) Al Roker (now weatherman for the Today show on NBC) Marci Rossell (was contributor for Squawk Box until she left CNBC in 2003) Carol Roth (Closing Bell, host of The Noon Show on WGN Radio) Backstory with Larry Potash. Cochrans demise started 3 years ago with Trumps election and his own self centered beliefs, really believed his own BS. Nothing against Bob Sirott but he his somewhat insipid and totally a follower, which also can mean he falls right in line with what some TIGER would tell him to do. it is broadcast in its local area of the Chicago metro, and in Northern Illinois and parts of Central Illinois, and is also broadcast in Southeast and Northeast Wisconsin, parts of Eastern Iowa, and Northwest Indiana. Goodbye to the left leaning, Hillary loving, agenda pushing fool. Sadly, this new management doesnt like duos so Bill and Wendy will not be back, nor any other pairings. Clarence Dittman, and WGN radio announcer Jack Brickhouse broadcast from the Chicago airport tarmac in 1942. Get bill and Wendy back and 6-12 noon will be great! Thats why I decided to retire. General manager Mary Sandberg Boyle at the WGN-AM 720 Radio studio in downtown Chicago on May 17, 2022. Chicago media message boards exploded with traffic and posts, many excited over a possible permanent Meier presence on the station. I always listened to the business lunch with Steve Bertran. WGN Radio picks up White Sox", "New Owner Close At Hand For Chicago's WGN Radio", "Nexstar CEO expects WGN will team with other Illinois stations", "ABC News Pres. Im more happy than ever to pay the small Sirius XM monthly fee. He would have been fabulous.. In 1961, the WGN radio and television stations moved to a studio facility on West Bradley Place in the North Center neighborhood, a move undertaken for civil defense concerns in order to provide the station a safe base to broadcast in case of a hostile attack targeting downtown Chicago. Floyd Brown, who was known to be one of the few Black radio personalities to appear on WGN Radio, passed away Friday at 92. Were not relevant anymore. Good that Bob Sirott is back yes he is more laid back than Steve Cochran but Bob will be respectful to the listeners that call in. The Chicago Tribune reported that the simulcast would continue through January 2015, after which Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting was expected to assume operation of 87.7 FM; Weigel eventually began programming what is now WRME-LD on February 23, 2015. In black-appeal radio, the disc jockey role was pioneered both locally and nationally by Jack L. Cooper, who began playing . I believe Pete had the evening slot for a while on WGN about maybe 5 or 7 years ago(?) [2] WGN has a news/talk format, along with broadcasts of Chicago Blackhawks hockey and Northwestern University football and basketball. One major issue was Cochran not coming to work on time and starting late for his show. This 50 watt transmitter was built up from component parts by station engineers and was moved over to the Drake Hotel at the latter part of 1922. Personalities needed to be looked at and tamed. I have a disease (Parkinsons) which often ikeeps me up at night. : Bateman, Bob - On air personality at WMIL-FM in Milwaukee. 9, while former on-air personalities including Lyle Dean, Spike ODell, Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong will make guest appearances on the radio station during the day. B96 - WBBM 96.3 FM . [26] The next year another Chicago station, WFMT, moved to the vacated 98.7 assignment.[27]. Jenkins and Donnelly are at their transmitter in the Wrigley Building in 1922. The only radio station in the Nexstar portfolio, WGN weathered the economic downturn of the pandemic without furloughs or layoffs, thanks to the support of its new owner, Boyle said. To not even have a chance to say goodbye to long-time listeners was just cruel. So I wonder if WGN felt burned by Pete leaving them back then and thats why WGN wont offer Pete a full time gig? First Bill Leff, (never cared for Wendy Snyder)! I agree with you completely AND your mother! Wont be listening. Menu. 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The Bill and Wendy Show airs Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon, then streaming from noon to 1 p.m. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. On Sundays it runs Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham from WLW Cincinnati. Glad Cochran is goneso self aggrandizing and self centered the world did NOT center on him and his opinions!! If they get rid of Roe Conn Im done. You can find Bill and Wendy on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. We are fortunate to have her expertise at WGN Radio.. Feder flashback: So you think you know Chicago television. WGN's former owner. [68] On September 1, 2020, WGN Radio dropped ABC News Radio in favor of being an "audio news hub" for the co-owned NewsNation TV channel. How long can you hear about Ross, Abigail, and the same ol s Nobody cares. I never could understand why WGN put him on the air so he could promote his mortgage business disguised as giving advice to people. The original WGN began operating on the evening of March 29, 1924, after the newspaper took over programming of the former WJAZ. -. 1st they dump Bill & Wendy and now Steve? Bring back Cochran and Wendy. Read; Edit; View history . joel king actor obituary Curtiu o contedo? The initial call sign policy for commercial FM stations included an initial "W" for stations east of the Mississippi River, followed by the last two digits of a station's assigned frequency, "59" for "45.9 MHz" in this case, and closing with a one or two letter regional identifier, which for Chicago area stations was "C". Anchor and reporter for WGN Radio, where I host "The Opening Bell" business hour from 5-6am weekdays and then anchor . "Davlantes will continue to be heard frequently across the stations dayparts," according to WGN's announcement. Jerald McNair: We dont want to incarcerate youth. Steve Bertrand has always been committed to reporting the news in a fair and thoughtful way. [33][34][35] Eleven years later, WGN suffered another helicopter-related tragedy when Flying Officer Irv Hayden and his pilot were killed on August 10, 1971, after their helicopter struck a utility pole in the Chicago suburb of Bellwood.[36][37][38]. The station also left behind its Walk of Fame, where former WGN air personalities were enshrined in sidewalk plaques in Pioneer Court. Will definitely tune into their show. I absolutely loved Biff left and Wendy Snyder..both so very smart, informative and clever.funny so I dont get at all Anna devlontes(boring because tries to hard and missing the clever funny and synicale flare) getting in with less of these qualities!!? 27 de fevereiro de 2023 | celebrities with short upper lip. Its not a talk station, in my opinion, and people who listen to that station in the morning probably want to listen to MUSIC. Required fields are marked *. Meier hosted four shows, which is believed to have caused a surge in interest among younger people, who traditionally rarely listened to WGN. In 1934, WGN became a founding member of the Mutual Broadcasting System. Dent has been filling in on various shifts at WGN since January. During the music days, it was . Like you said the ratings were great. Chicago, Illinois USA. And boy, it took a tumble.. Phillips, whose people helping people mantra personified the station, rose to the top of the ratings after camping out at the station during the blizzard of 67, and hitting the airwaves the next morning while all of Chicago including his competition was snowed in, Fabian said. Jalen Carter, a top NFL draft prospect and potential target for Chicago Bears, charged with reckless driving and racing in fatal accident. Trailblazer at WMAQ and WGN radio dies at 92. I listened recently to Sirott and found the program so boring!!!! This move caps off several weeks of major moves in Chicago radio, with WGN dropping Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder from middays and WXRT moving Lin Brehmers morning show to middays. : Station Deletions", "Col. Robert McCormick Dies; WGN-AM-TV Among Holdings", "McCormick Will Names Five To Head 'Tribune,' Stations", "Patrolman Leonard F. 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[43] In 2005, Tom Langmyer was appointed as vice president and general manager of WGN. During daytime hours, near-perfect ground conductivity gives WGN at least secondary coverage to almost two-thirds of Illinois (as far south as Springfield) as well as large slices of Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa. Maybe he did some good things but good grief who needed it when you had to listen to him! Late in the game for a response but I still miss Spike and Judi and Kathy! Compton worked for Clear Channel Radio under Randy Michaels and made the transition with him to Tribune when Sam Zell bought the company in 2007. 32 news at 9 p.m. A Chicago native, Sirott launched his media career in the 1970s as a rock jock at WBBM-FM 96.3 and WLS-AM 890. Nexstar also dropped their affiliation with ABC News Radio and instead is supplying national news updates for WGN America's national newscast, NewsNation with WGN newscasters and audio from Nexstar-owned television stations. He is to mellow for morning radio and boring..I would rather hear Pete McMurray.he is awesome Love Dave, Mary with the news and the camaraderie. I agree. Late-night hosts over the years have included Franklyn MacCormack, Ed "Chicago Eddie" Schwartz, Don Vogel and the husband-and-wife team of Steve King and Johnnie Putman. [6] The call letters came from "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan used since 1911.[7]. Its kind of in short supply, especially these days.. by: Dan Sugrue. Terms of Dents agreement, negotiated by attorney Steve Mandell, were not disclosed. Not only did the station have all of the front-line talent that was really world class, we had the Cubs and the Bears and two helicopters and an in-house weather guy, and on and on and on, said Fabian. Yes there is no replacement for Bob Colins (whom I now believe you would wish to fire). We belong to the listeners, Boyle said. Id go to sleep with the transistor radio under my pillow listening to the West Coast games that started late.. What a loudmouth he is! Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. You would have never seen Collins or ODell in this venue The disc jockey became important in Chicago radio during the 1930s, well before the term "disc jockey" was coined in the 1940s. List of old-time American radio people. And then replace him with the also-was used to be Sirrot? I was happy for Pete that he would get a morning show, but I had this bad feeling it was a bad move/risk/ Mornings as we know are a very competitive and no offense to 97.1 The Drive or its listeners, but its a music station for people that like type/genre of music. Some former well-known personalities on WGN include longtime morning hosts Wally Phillips, Bob Collins, Spike O'Dell, Paul Harvey and Roy Leonard. [45][46][47] On December 8, 2008, Tribune filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing a debt load of around $13 billion making it the largest media bankruptcy in American corporate history that it accrued from the Zell buyout and related privatization costs as well as a sharp downturn in revenue from newspaper advertising. The way WGN fired both Nick and Steve was a travesty. Glad Steve C is gone. I really miss,Nkck Digilio. 7 traffic and transportation anchor Roz Varon and former WGN-AM news anchor and current "Garry Meier . [13], On November 1, 1931, WGN's network affiliation changed from NBC to CBS as a result of NBC's purchase of a half-interest in WMAQ, which then became Chicago's NBC station. RADIO / BROADCAST HISTORY LIBRARY: Thousands of magazines . We talked today about the sad decline of WGN. Im thrilled to have Bob Sirott back on!! WGN (720 AM) is a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a talk radio format. Other initiatives that did not fare well included The Game, WGNs short-lived foray into FM sports talk radio, which lasted less than a year in 2014. Glad to see pompous, arrogant, argumentative Cochran gone. [65], Tribune Media was acquired by Nexstar Media Group for $4.1 billion in September 2019, marking the first time since 1924 that WGN radio would not be owned by any iteration of the Tribune Company. No Cochran = Happy 2020. Bill Leff took over the midnight to 5:30a.m. slot on December 12. OMG hope its Bob & Marianne Jonathan Brandmeier and Garry Meier were released and their programs canceled immediately, with repeat shows airing through the end of December. Cochran becomes the highest-rated host to be canned in Chicago radio in years; in 2007, Howard McGee was released from WGCI despite finishing first in adults 18-34 in morning drive and was replaced by Steve Harveys syndicated morning show (McGee has since returned to Chicago radio in a weekend/fill-in role at WVAZ-FM, WGCIs sister station.). Youd hate it even more now, the entire schedule is repetitive! After a dispute with the station in 1927, Gosden and Correll took the program's concept and announcer Bill Hay across town to WMAQ and created the first syndicated radio show, Amos 'n' Andy. This afternoon news-oriented program led by Steve is a welcome addition to our WGN Radio weekday lineup.. Loved Wally, Bob, Spike and Steve. [17], In May 1940, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the establishment, effective January 1, 1941, of an FM radio band operating on 40 channels spanning 4250MHz. The station used ABC News Radio for national news reports as the network's Chicago affiliate. Glad Steve C is gone. He got what he deserved! I wish them well and perhaps they are better off not working for WGN EVER AGAIN!! Adam Carolla (; born May 27, 1964) is an American comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director. Nick D and The Final Broadcast From The Tribune Tower", "Play ball! [11] WTAS was deleted,[12] and the other two stations were merged with a dual call letter assignment of WGN-WLIB, although the latter call sign would be rarely if ever used. He joined WGN-AM and WGN-TV Channel 9 in 1965. 9, while former on-air personalities including Lyle Dean, Spike O'Dell, Orion . This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. WGN-TV Podcasts. 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