He passed away from esophageal cancer at the age of 73 in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Wednesday night. When he hit the Chicago airwaves, rock and roll radio was never the same. That voice, that sarcastic ...
Cumulus Media Chicago’s WLS-AM 890 marked its 100th anniversary this month. Launched on April 12, 1924, as “The Sears-Roebuck Station,” WLS-AM has transitioned from a farming station to a rock ‘n’ ...
Bernard “Bud” Miller spent 27 years at WLS-AM as a news reporter and news director during the 50,000-watt station’s pop music heyday, working alonside well-known on-air personalities such as Larry ...
A reader’s question sent me down a J. Mark Powell-type rabbit hole. But first: this week’s Quiz Question. When you combine the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart ...