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Garry Meier (born December 2, 1949) is a Chicago-based radio personality who has been active in Chicago radio since 1973. Meier is well known for being part of the highly successful radio duos "Steve & Garry" and "Roe and Garry", but he also hosted shows on WYEN, WFYR, WLUP, WCKG, WGN and WGN.FM at various times in his career.
With Brandmeier's addition to WGN radio's weekday lineup, the morning drive timeslot shifted to 5:30-9 a.m., followed by Mike McConnell from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., John Williams from 12-3 p.m., and Garry Meier from 3-7 p.m. News anchor Steve Bertrand moved to mornings with Brandmeier and Jim Gudas shifted to the midday/afternoon slot.
After 9 years, Meier's contract expired and he left in 2004. The show was renamed The Roe Conn Show and it was restructured around Conn, with Johnson and Filiaggi as supporting cast. In late 2005, Bill Leff was added. He proved to be funnier and quicker than Meier, but he often disappeared into the background when Conn began talking.
His last show on WGN was September 4, 2020 after management decided not to renew his contract than ran through the end of 2020. [9] He is also a frequent guest and co-host of the Chicago daytime talk-show Windy City Live as of 2017. After leaving WGN, Conn began working for the Cook County Sheriff, specializing in carjackings.
In 1984, Steve Dahl and Garry Meier's program was moved to WLS from WLS-FM, over the objections of the duo, who attempted to have their contract declared invalid. [73] [47] Nevertheless, Dahl and Meier drew higher ratings on WLS than they had on WLS-FM. [74] [47] Dahl and Meier left WLS in 1986, returning to WLUP. [75] [76]
He is also known in Chicago for his longstanding former role as one half of the Steve & Garry team (with Garry Meier), [6] and the two are members of the National Radio Hall of Fame. Dahl is considered an influential shock jock in talk radio. [7] [8] [9] In addition to his radio career, Dahl is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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[34] [37] Garry Meier, known over the air at the time as "Matthew Meier", was an overnight DJ, and was later teamed with Dahl as the morning newsman. [38] Soon thereafter, Meier became Steve's full-time sidekick, and used his real name, Garry Meier. [38] [39] [40] In 1979, Jeff Schwartz became head of sales and Mitch Michaels was hired as ...