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A management change at WLUP in 1997, however, led to the end of Brandmeier's 14-year run on The Loop. He hosted middays from 1998 to 2001 at WCKG in Chicago, which was replayed in Los Angeles at KLSX. After some time away from radio, he hosted mornings at KCBS-FM from 2004 to 2005. Brandmeier returned to WLUP in fall 2005, hosting mornings ...
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 .
WUSN (99.5 FM) is a country music radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Audacy, Inc. and branded as "US 99", it is based at Two Prudential Plaza in the Loop , and transmits from atop the John Hancock Center with an HD Radio signal.
Two acts who were radio show regulars, The Hoosier Hotshots and The Dinning Sisters, also had featured musical spots in the film. Paramount Pictures reportedly paid WLS $75,000 for the rights in 1943. [6] ABC Barn Dance, a filmed TV series featuring some of the radio performers, was telecast on ABC from February 21
Some music radio is broadcast by public service organizations, such as National Public Radio or the BBC. In the United States, public radio is typically confined to three formats: news/talk, classical music, or jazz, the last of which is declining rapidly as of the late 2000s. In other countries, where national broadcasters hold significantly ...
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 ...
It aired beautiful music, light classical music, recorded music and show tunes along with news reports. [7] The station had an ERP of 40,000 watts, and its transmitter was located atop Chicago's Randolph Tower. [3] WSEL was owned by Chicago Skyway Broadcasting Company. [3] A previous station in Chicago had briefly operated on 104.3 MHz in 1949.
Eugene F. McDonald Jr. was born March 11, 1886, in Syracuse, New York, the son of Frazier McDonald and Betty May Thompson McDonald.He earned his first money while a schoolboy by reading electric meters.