Lisa Dent. WGN Radio has changed up their Saturday night and early Sunday morning line up, while ending the Best of Jim Brohannon Show, and bringing the husband and wife team of Steve King and Johnnie Putman from 9 pm to 2 am, and expanded and moved The Sinatra Hours from 2 to 5 am, and a few more shows. [2] WGN has a news/talk format, along with broadcasts of Chicago Blackhawks hockey and Northwestern University football and basketball. True talent of Bill Leff & Steve Cochrane will lead them to better oportunities, respect, and appreciation. How long can you hear about Ross, Abigail, and the same ol s Nobody cares. TV Schedule. Required fields are marked *. Dont need the negativity heading into work. They are a mixture of WGN-TV and WGN Radio personalities. Looking at how Sirotts ratings were the last time he was at WGN or WLS, dont look for him to even come close to matching Cochrans numbers. He also provided the original voice of the cartoon bird. Did the Blackhawks get enough for Patrick Kane? Following the 2014 season, Cubs radio broadcasts moved to 780 AM WBBM.[69]. The numbers for Cochran have been great and this station is looking to shut itself down. Above: (front Ito r) Bob Collins, Kathy O'Malley, Dean . On August 13, 2010, the station's branding changed again to "News 720 WGN." Its schedule was primarily a simulcast of the AM station, with some FM-only music shows broadcast as well. WGN-TV and WGN Radio would remain with the original entity, which was renamed Tribune Media and was restructured to focus on the company's broadcasting, digital and real estate properties; the newspaper division which, in addition to the Chicago Tribune, included publications such as the Los Angeles Times, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Baltimore Sun was spun off into the standalone entity Tribune Publishing (known as Tronc from June 2016 until the company reverted to its former name in October 2018). (Phil Greer / Chicago Tribune). I actually turned Sirott off today-dull with not much to say. She's best known for her long run as morning host at WUSN 99.5-FM, the Audacy country music station, and her later run as midday host at WEBG, the former iHeartMedia country station. For many Chicagoans, the history of WGN Radio runs much deeper than a commemorative 12-ounce can of beer. We have stood in front of microphones and spoken our minds. Phillips, Collins and Leonard have all moved on to that radio booth in the sky, and the Cubs pulled up stakes for CBS Radio and their new home at the Score nearly a decade ago. Overnight hosts Steve King and Johnnie Putman left WGN on December 9 after a week-long series of live "Farewell Celebration" shows. [65], Tribune Media was acquired by Nexstar Media Group for $4.1 billion in September 2019, marking the first time since 1924 that WGN radio would not be owned by any iteration of the Tribune Company. Too many replacements with less than par talent. Steve was open and honest, refreshing and absolutely transparent. The loss of the Cubs, however, still stings for listeners and WGN staffers alike, hanging on like a phantom limb to the station where Chicago play-by-play broadcasts were born. Reports surfaced Cochran had personality conflicts with WGN boss Sean Compton, who was appointed the stations GM shortly after Nexstar took over the legendary AM station as part of the companys $4.1 billion takeover of Tribune Media, WGNs former owner. Morning drive host and longtime Chicago on-air personality Bob Sirott at the WGN-AM 720 studio on May 17, 2022. . Sirott said he is happy to fill the coveted morning drive seat at WGN Radio, despite not being an early riser at heart. I didnt think Cochran was that bad, but I had to turn the station off 2 years ago because I could stand listening to the two that followed Cochran in the morning and the idiot who does the over night show. WGWG-LP began an interim simulcast of WGN radio at 10 p.m. on December 31, 2014. After a dispute with the station in 1927, Gosden and Correll took the program's concept and announcer Bill Hay across town to WMAQ and created the first syndicated radio show, Amos 'n' Andy. #37 of 61. September 6, 2020. Thats just my opinion. First Lt. Elmer McKesson, Capt. Weekend hosts Jerry Agar and the "News Junkie" Sean Wasson left the station, in a shift towards more general and less controversial talk programming. Sirott hosted The Noon Show from 2007-10 and was previously at WLS-AM with Murciano in 2017 before they were let go as the station shifted away from general interest talk. Dee Dee Myers (former White House Press Secretary; now a political commentator for MSNBC) Rob Reynolds (now a correspondent for Al Jazeera English) Al Roker (now weatherman for the Today show on NBC) Marci Rossell (was contributor for Squawk Box until she left CNBC in 2003) Carol Roth (Closing Bell, host of The Noon Show on WGN Radio) [17], In May 1940, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the establishment, effective January 1, 1941, of an FM radio band operating on 40 channels spanning 4250MHz. Like you said the ratings were great. Whats more interesting here is the recently retired Joyner who is the same age as Sirott (70) said about the state of radio recently in Billboard: When I came along, you didnt have a lot of listening choices. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2021 T Dog Media, Inc.. All rights reserved. After a protracted four-year process, on December 31, 2012, Tribune formally exited from bankruptcy under the control of its senior debt holders, Oaktree Capital Management, JPMorgan Chase and Angelo, Gordon & Co.[48][49][50], On July 10, 2013, Tribune announced plans to split off its broadcasting and newspaper interests into two separate companies. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune). Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Article; Talk; English. And unfortunately it didnt work out. Jonathan Brandmeier and Garry Meier were released and their programs canceled immediately, with repeat shows airing through the end of December. Boyle said the decision was out of our hands and predated her tenure at the top, but she bears no ill will toward the team or WSCR-AM 670, the successor play-by-play station. WGN Morning News (TV Series 1994- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jenkins and Donnelly are at their transmitter in the Wrigley Building in 1922. (By the way, STILL waiting for the promised Lou Malnattis $25 coupon-I won from WGN years ago)-Obviously, WGN doesnt care at all that their words & deeds are aligned. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, WGN tied for 21st place in afternoons with a 2.0 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 124,300. Giving a squeaky little voice a one person afternoon show is not the way to attract or keep listeners. After listening to WGN radio for many decades (even with my father as a child) Im done. In black-appeal radio, the disc jockey role was pioneered both locally and nationally by Jack L. Cooper, who began playing . Thank you WGN!!! 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The Bill and Wendy Show airs Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon, then streaming from noon to 1 p.m. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. He called the long-running WGN news/talk format news plus, adding conversation to topical issues to engage rather than enrage listeners. Crazy..I will tune out and listen to bill and Wendy when they move. [2] The corporation was headed by Thorne Donnelley and Elliott Jenkins. Backstory with Larry Potash. WGN also features broadcasts of Chicago Blackhawks hockey and Northwestern University football and basketball. But the golden voice came on the air at 11pm. So it's a betrayal of the listeners when management severs those connections without notice. Movies. Were not relevant anymore. He and his team were terrific morning entertainers. WGN serves as the flagship radio outlet for Chicago Blackhawks hockey and Northwestern University football and men's basketball. Fabian, who tried to hire Sirott at least six times over the years to work at WGN Radio, said the versatile Chicago air personality is the rightful heir to the morning chair. This afternoon news-oriented program led by Steve is a welcome addition to our WGN Radio weekday lineup.. WGN Radio is just another radio station. This 50 watt transmitter was built up from component parts by station engineers and was moved over to the Drake Hotel at the latter part of 1922. WGN still conducts itself as if it were the Voice of Chicago, as if it were the station of record. Ill never listen to either one. . Top. Nothing against Bob Sirott but he his somewhat insipid and totally a follower, which also can mean he falls right in line with what some TIGER would tell him to do. I get not stand Landdecker. She has been in Chicago radio since 2002 when she began a fourteen year run co-hosting . Glad Cochran is goneso self aggrandizing and self centered the world did NOT center on him and his opinions!! But lets have sensible, sane conversations, have some fun along the way. There is a need for a radio station that caters to the seniors; though Ive been listening to GN since I was in high school. Loved Wally, Bob, Spike and Steve. Steve made me think and laugh, while stuck in traffic on the Kennedy each morning. The station also streams its programming on its website and supplies podcasts as well. This new identity was implemented in all station promos, and used by all on-air talent. Going back to another station NO more wgn. Still like Roes insanity on the drive home. On November 20, 2014, Chicago media blogger Robert Feder reported that WGN management planned to end operation of both WGWG-LP and internet station WGN.FM on December 31, 2014. 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