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Music radio has several possible arrangements. Originally, it had blocks of sponsored airtime that played music from a live orchestra. In the 1930s, phonograph records, especially the single, let a disc jockey introduce individual songs, or introduce blocks of songs. Since then, the program has been arranged so that commercials are followed by ...
In 1973 he invented the Heil Talk Box, which was used by musicians such as Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh and Richie Sambora. [4] In 2007, he was invited to exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [1] [5] Heil was also an innovator in the field of amateur radio, and manufactured microphones and satellite dishes for broadcasters and live sound ...
Jack Leroy Cooper (September 18, 1888 – January 12, 1970) was the first African-American radio disc jockey, [1] [2] [3] described as "the undisputed patriarch of black radio in the United States." [ 4 ] In 2012, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame .
The station's initial country music competitors in Chicago were 670 WMAQ, 104.3 WJEZ, and 1160 WJJD, which switched to the adult standards Music of Your Life format within weeks of "US-99"'s debut. [38] In years when the station lacked major local competition, it has ranked as the nation's most-listened-to country station. [44] [45]
WIND airs two local shows on weekdays, Chicago's Morning Answer with Amy Jacobson and Dan Proft, and Shaun Thompson in afternoons. Most hours begin with an update from Townhall News . Much of the weekend is devoted to specialty talk shows on money, health and real estate, some of which is paid brokered programming .
In 1983, KDAY-AM became the first radio station to play wall-to-wall rap music, thanks to an ambitious new music director and some soon-to-be famous DJs.
WKSC-FM (103.5 MHz) – branded "103.5 Kiss FM" – is a commercial contemporary hit radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois.Owned by iHeartMedia, its studios are located at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago, and its transmitter is located at Willis Tower.
Dick Biondi, an acclaimed Chicago radio personality and Radio Hall of Fame member who was the first American DJ to play the Beatles on air, died June 26. He was 90. The Chicago Tribune confirmed ...