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WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media , through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format . WLS studios are in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood.
WLS-FM (94.7 MHz) is a commercial classic hits radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area, and is the radio home of Dave Fogel. The WLS-FM studios are located at the NBC Tower in the city's Streeterville neighborhood, while its transmitter is located at Willis ...
By 1973, WLS' Eyewitness News broadcasts surpassed NBC-owned WMAQ-TV (channel 5)'s newscasts to become Chicago's top-rated news operation, a lead it held until WBBM-TV surpassed channel 7 for the top spot in 1979. For much of the 1970s and 1980s, it waged a spirited battle for second place in the Chicago news ratings between its two main ...
Sirott began his career in radio as a summer vacation fill-in disc jockey for WBBM-FM in 1971 before moving to WLS (AM) in 1973. [1] He was a top disc jockey at WLS from 1973 until December 1979. Sirott shifted to television in 1980, taking a job at WBBM-TV.
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Dave Fogel was immediately picked up by WJMK-FM in Chicago where he eventually moved into the morning slot, superseding longtime market veterans Eddie and Jobo. [6] After five years at "K-Hits", CBS Radio sold the station and the format flipped to Hip-hop. Dave was released in November 2017 and was quickly signed by WLS-FM once again. [7]
On October 7, 2014, media blogger Robert Feder reported that veteran Chicago broadcaster Steve Dahl would being joining WLS-AM as the afternoon personality, thus replacing Roe & Roeper. [15] On October 8, 2014, Roe Conn announced on the WLS-TV morning program "Windy City Live" that, indeed, he and Roper would not be returning to WLS and that ...
Bruce Wolf (born September 11, 1953) is a veteran Chicago broadcaster and sports anchor who has been on both TV and radio for more than 20 years. He formerly hosted a politics-themed talk show weekday mornings on WLS (AM) radio in Chicago. [1] He also fills in as a sportscaster on WMAQ-TV in Chicago and works part-time as a divorce attorney.