The 1160 frequency became a simulcast outlet for WXRT-FM and was eventually sold off to . Jacobson, 51, first made national headlines in 2007 when she was fired after a decade as a reporter for NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5. "I didnt do that interview for me," she said. When Group W merged with CBS the doomsday clock began. Peter Maurice Kelliher, 81, leading arbitration lawyer who umpired labor disputes for the steel and airline industries and the National Football League; he also was a real estate developer; Nov. 9, in his Gold Coast home. Throughout "I look forward to providing my perspective each afternoon and engaging with the audience. The show was eventually picked up by NBC. the papers managing editor hired Judith Waller away from the advertising So long old friend. Sometimes it's right on the money, and then there are times it's up for debate. place to find country music during the day and White Sox baseball at night. The call Twice in the past three days Amy Jacobson appeared on the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends to comment on the dispute over reopening Chicago Public Schools for in-person learning. Since 2008, Lorry Young has produced and hosted "A Paws For your Pet" for radio and television. FM radio was slowly creeping up on WLS, but the salad days would definitely last into the mid 1980's. This is the third week I'm featuring Guilty Pleasure Songs from the last 43 years I've been in Country Radio. { Los Angeles Radio People, P. Compiled by Don Barrett. podcastSlug: 'the-trish-regan-show', scriptEl.dataset.embedKey = '90efe8e77ff4447786beec46a07c0c01'; These numbers represent the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. Big Personality, Big Reach . [21][22] Other WIND personalities during its music years included Jim Lounsbury,[24] Linn Burton,[13] Jay Trompeter,[25] Bernie Allen,[26] Lee Rogers,[27] Dick Williamson,[28] Perry Marshall,[29] Bruce Lee,[30] Kassidy,[31] Joel Sebastian,[32] Robert W. Morgan,[33] Chuck Benson and Kurt Russell,[34] Ron Britain,[35] Bob Del Giorno,[36] and Connie Szerszen. Fox River Grove bus crash in October, 1995. embedValue: '752f4788-48ea-4d4d-a8c6-0128e6c485a5', that included Drew Hayes, Catherine Catalane, Chet Coppock on sports and new googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); TheBlaze. Chris Roebling, Bob Roberts. WIND (560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, and broadcasting a conservative talk radio format.It is owned by the Salem Media Group with studios on NW Point Boulevard in Elk Grove Village.. WIND transmits with 5,000 watts, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array, in Griffith, Indiana, near the Little Calumet River. podcastSlug: 'hugh-hewitt-podcast', 2. googletag.defineSlot('/6177/slm.wind/ogury', [1, 1], 'div-gpt-ad-1671456580322-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); Always a flurry of activity the air, WNBQ-TV (later changed to WMAQ-TV) also broadcast from the Merchandise format was based on sister station WINS in New York, which claimed you give domain: '', Box. [2], In 1946, Ralph Atlass sold his stake in WIND to newspaper publisher John S. Knight for $800,000. for 57 years, NBC sold the station to Group W-Westinghouse in 1988. Commerce Herbert Hoover changed the stations call letters to WMAQ. [73][74] Its original line-up included Bill Bennett, Laura Ingraham, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Michael Savage, Hugh Hewitt, and Mike Gallagher. Listen Now. 5AM-8:00 AM Monday-Friday on AM 790 KFGO and www.kfgo.com Nancy Turner, Pat Cassidy, Jim Tyler and Lee Sherwood became as familiar as Merle, Dolly "Its the poor leadership at CTU, the poor leadership at CPS, and our kids are caught in the middle again.". peak, it was estimated the show attracted 40 million listeners nationwide. Prospect, Illinois, graduated from John Hersey High School in 1987, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and film in 1991. . Fridays comment of the day: Shamus Toomey: Thank you so much! Things got even more exciting when Since 2010 the Mount Prospect native has been hosting mornings at AM 560 The Answer. [53][54] Ed Schwartz served as a substitute host for Johnson, before replacing him as overnight host in 1973. on Tuesday March 1, 1988, Pat Cassidy ushered in "All News 67" by The disc jockey became important in Chicago radio during the 1930s, well before the term "disc jockey" was coined in the 1940s. listening (WJOI), an automated news format (WNIS) and by the mid 70s, back to divided. //playerEl.setAttribute('data-embed-layout-url', 'https://embed2.audioburst.com/skins/safinder/player.html'); "They said thats fine, dont worry, were just focusing on your being a CPS parent. [3] Jacobson was wearing a bathing suit top and a towel and was at the house with her two sons. the 1930's and 40's, WMAQ was a strong link in the NBC chain. Seeing that the print media had already broken the story, WBBM-TV ran two minutes of clips from the video, with commentary from a WBBM-TV reporter, on the July 10 early-morning news. Backed by the conservative public-interest Liberty Justice Center, Jacobson claimed the governor's ban violated her First Amendment rights as a journalist. if (path.lastIndexOf('/') == (path.length - 1)) { WIND airs two local shows on weekdays, Chicago's Morning Answer with Amy Jacobson and Dan Proft, and Shaun Thompson in afternoons. . { When Group W took over, the talk format was on the way out. "I did that to tell other parents in the state and in this country what is going on, what are the consequences when you shut down schools for almost a year. Robservations: News director Sandy Pudar bails out of NewsNation', My childhood dream became the honor of a lifetime, Robservations: Sun-Times moving to Old Post Office; ABC 7 opens weekend anchor slot; Medill tracks local news decline, Robservations: StreetWise raises cover price; Sventoonie takes a break; Friends of Chicago Reporter mark 50. (Although WGN still holds the title of oldest station still held by its Fira "Esther" Gordon, 90, Holocaust survivor who, during the early years of World War II, served as a nurse with her late husband, Dr. Abraham Gordon, in the ghetto at Wilno, Poland (now, Wilnius, Lithuania); there, they tended the sick and helped people escape; she also later worked for many years as a nurse in his Chicago office at Damen Avenue and Augusta Boulevard; Nov. 5, in her Lincolnwood home. WFAN has announced its replacement for Steve Somers, the New York sports talk radio legend who is exiting the station.. Beginning Nov. 22, Keith McPherson will host weeknights on WFAN from 7 p.m . dataLayer.push({ [9] "Beyond The Beltway" with Bruce DuMont is also heard on Sunday evenings. stationId: 21367 6:00pm. { Northern Illinois Huskies college football games air in the fall. actually beat "Newradio 78" on several occasions. hostSlug: 'officer-tatum', Prior let go by WLS in 1976! Listen Watch. And thanks to everyone who weighed in on the Best Of Chicago poll. showSlug: 'the-charlie-kirk-show', } embedValue: '593981eb-e43b-4f80-b646-9bb0b20102f2', She was a reporter for WMAQ-TV in Chicago from 1996 to 2007, losing her job after a rival TV station broadcast a video of her in a bathing suit with her children at the home of a man she was investigating in connection with his wife's disappearance. One would have to go, and it was a In addition, a long and rich history was Getting off medications for high blood pressure , high blood sugar levels and high cholesterol is common with nutritional life changes .. Nancy has also worked with professional and amateur athletes of all ages to improve their sports performance. (By 1924, the Tribune purchased WDAP station was taken off the air and retrofitted with a new 500 watt transmitter if (node !== null) { music on the map by heading up the new cable channel MTV. The station embedValue: 'dbcda4b6-bcb6-4ab3-900a-7530b92eab09', [5] A circuit judge rejected the lawsuit and granted summary judgment in favor of CBS,[6] in July 2013, saying that the CBS criticism and report was "constitutionally protected expressions of opinion" or based on facts, and that the plaintiff failed to establish that CBS fabricated unfavorable content. and Clinton in the West Loop in 1929. She passionately works with numerous SPCA organizations, rescue and humane society groups to support "No-Kill" shelters and helped form the "The No-Kill Animal Advocacy Alliance" to create a viable and self sustaining network of "No-Kill" shelter options for homeless animals. "Weird. Chicagos oldest station closed the microphone for the As the age of television set in, many of WMAQs and NBCs (L-R) Amos 'n Andy, Fibber McGee Amy Jacobson is a Chicago broadcaster who is currently a talk radio host with WIND. It Mat Toenniessen is a broadcast professional with a diverse and eclectic background. Truth" pin and certificate. Robert Feder, a lifelong Chicagoan, covered the media beat in his hometown from 1980 until his retirement in 2022. } { playerEl.style.display = "block"; 6:00pm. hosted by Bill Cameron and Larry Langford. stationId: 22410 Its rare in radio to have a transition as smooth as this one, Jeff Reisman, regional vice president and general manager of AM 560 The Answer, said in a statement. even brought back Chet Coppock. I have talked with some close to Dierks over the years at various concerts backstage and they all say his real, true musical love is deep country and the like. [52], In 1971, WIND evolved into an oldies-heavy adult contemporary format, playing hits from 1955 to present day. All of these songs were very popular at the time, in fact most were number ones, and they all are from great artists that you know and love. As a result, 78 years of WMAQ vanished. 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