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WBBM (780 kHz) – branded Newsradio 780 WBBM – is a commercial all-news AM radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois.Owned by Audacy, Inc., its studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza in the Chicago Loop, while the station's transmitter—diplexed with sister station WSCR—is in the nearby suburb of Bloomingdale.
In 1956, CBS consolidated its Chicago operations into the former Chicago Arena, a renovated 62,000-square-foot (5,760 m 2), three-story building at 633 North McClurg Court in the Streeterville neighborhood; the property was built in 1924 as a horse stable, and had operated as an ice rink and bowling alley prior to CBS' approximately $1.3 ...
Kohler resigned in late 1950 over a dispute with the Rainbow Arena's owner securing rights to promote NWA matches (Kohler had left the Rainbow in a rent dispute) but returned in 1951. He overcame an invasion from Montreal promoter Eddie Quinn who'd secured deals with WBBM-TV and Chicago Stadium owners Arthur M. Wirtz and James D. Norris from ...
Adamle was a sports anchor at other Chicago television stations, including WLS-TV from 1982 to 1989 before hosting American Gladiators, a first stint at WMAQ-TV from 1998 to 2001, and then at WBBM-TV from 2001 to 2004 before returning to WMAQ-TV until 2017, when he was diagnosed with CTE-induced dementia which eventually forced his retirement.
WBBM-FM (96.3 MHz, "B96") is a gold-based contemporary hit radio station in Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. The station has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,300 watts, transmitting from atop the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). [ 7 ]
Walter David Jacobson (born July 28, 1937) is a former Chicago television news personality and a current Chicago radio news personality. He currently provides opinion segments for WGN Radio AM 720. From 2010 until 2013, he was an anchor of the 6 p.m. news on WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he also had
John Coughlin (September 3, 1925 – February 17, 2001) was a longtime meteorologist for WBBM-TV in Chicago, during the station's No. 1 position in the television news market in Chicago in the 1970s. Early life and education
WBBM may refer to the following broadcast media outlets in the Chicago, Illinois area: WBBM-TV, a television station (digital channel 12 or virtual channel 2) licensed to Chicago and an owned-and-operated affiliate of the CBS Television Network; Any of three radio stations formerly owned by CBS Radio and currently owned by Audacy: