Chicagoans - What dj's do you remember from back in the day ?

[bearfan454]

Larry Lujack
John "records" Landecker


Was one of these the dj on am 89 WLS ?

[iconoclastic cat]

1. DJ Hyperactive, Brother Tom, Scary Lady Sarah...

Oh, you mean radio? Hmmm. I don't know.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Art Roberts, Clark Weber, Dave Baum, Ron Riley

All WLS guys from the mid-60's. (Except for Baum, who was WIND)
The Professor

[terrya]

3. Both were. AND Fred Winston. And Bob Sirott.

[bearfan454]

4. Oh yeah.

I remember Bob Sirott.

[terrya]

7. And Brant Miller...who did the news.

The memories are flooding in now. :-)

[XNASA]

8. I used to hang with Sirott.

Well, we chatted a few times. He lived on Logan Boulevard in the 80's and so did we. We would jog together sometimes. A Chicago icon, for sure.

[terrya]

13. Sirott has seemed to make a name for himself at WTTW.

For better or worse. :-)

[Gato Moteado]

5. they both worked on wls at some point i think....

but when i listened to lujack he was on wcfl (super CFL, the voice of labor).

wgn radio was great too. they had wally phillips and a bunch of other greats. it wasn't music though. it was good talk radio, before the fascists got ahold of all the microphones.

[Gato Moteado]

45. almost forgot roy leonard

on wgn

[XNASA]

6. Dick Biondi

And Lujack and Landecker too. Oh and Dex Card. And Fred Winston...it's all coming back now.....

I remember when WCFL used the motto....."Voice of Labor", since it was owned by the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL).

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. I had a thing for Dick Biondi.

When I finally saw his photo, he was so not what I expected.

[XNASA]

33. He looks like Mr. Bean.

[Gato Moteado]

9. anybody remember when steve dahl first came to chicago?

he was on wdai in the mid-70s (which later became disco). he had a strange show where he just did comedy by himself. he had other characters in his show (including popeye) and he did all the voices. it was bizarre.

[bearfan454]

10. Wasn't his wife Janet Planet ?

or something like that ?

[Gato Moteado]

15. i think so.....

remember the insane coho lips, and then his later band, teenage radiation?

with great hits like:

skylab (sung to the tune of shattered)
bomb iran (sung to the tune of barbara ann)

i also remember steve dahl publicly endorsing dukakis in 1988. he was selling stickers and buttons that said "lick bush in '88.

[bearfan454]

18. I sort of do.

I got out of the Navy in 1977 and lived in that area.

[Gato Moteado]

20. what part of chicago did you live in?

[bearfan454]

24. I lived in the greater Chicagoland area

NW Indiana actually.

[Gato Moteado]

26. ah....yeah nw indiana is a suburb of chicago

i was born and raised in the city.

[CO Liberal]

25. Do You Mean "Janet From Another Planet"??

She was on WNBC-AM in New York for a while.

[bearfan454]

31. I am not really sure.

I know that someone had that name and I thought it was Steve dahl's wife.

[LoZoccolo]

12. He just had the 25th anniversary of the Disco Demolition.

http://www.discodemolition.com

[Gato Moteado]

16. i was at comiskey that fateful day

what a scary experience it was.

[Gato Moteado]

11. oh yeah.....let's not forget studs terkel on wfmt

more fm jocks:
bobby skafish - wxrt
terry hemmert - wxrt

the loop (fm 98) had some popular ones though their names escape me now.

[terrya]

14. That was tragic about Studs Terkel at WFMT.

He was pushed out of there, wasn't he?

[Gato Moteado]

17. i didn't hear about that....

i've been out of chicago for 14 years now, though.

[bearfan454]

22. I moved to Tx in 1984.

I've only been back about 4 times since then. I used to love Gino's East and the Brassery on Michigan Avenue and Berghoffs next to the Blackstone and Bob Elfmann's sandwich shop right next to the Chicago Theater. The corned beef on rye in that place kicked ass. Are all those places still open ?

[Gato Moteado]

30. i left in 1990....

but i bet they're all still there.

berghoff's was on adams and dearborn. wasn't the blackstone farther west?

[bearfan454]

34. I'm not sure.

I do know Berghoffs was the place for German food back then.

http://www.berghoff.com/

[Gato Moteado]

36. i used to work across the street

we'd head over for lunch about once a week or so.

[NanBo]

92. when I was very young

and hated food our huge family would eat at Berghoff every year at christmas time. My Dad told the german waiter that the only thing I like is sardines and they made me a sardine sandwich on Rosen's Rye!!!! It was excellent. Very fond memory, thanks. :)

Yes, I grew up with WLS, Larry Lujack, et al. Forgot all those names.

[franmarz]

58. Berghoffs-not the same

Hey Stevo-Pat- and I went to Bergdoffs one day when we were tooting around and Dad was golfing, and it had changed so much. It was like a fast lunch crowd, still nice inside, but was more of a Yuppie setting. Another myth destroyed-Ha.

[bearfan454]

62. It figures

I guess the old saying is true - Nothing lasts forever.

[Gato Moteado]

68. nothing gold can stay

robert frost said it best. :(

[Gato Moteado]

19. remember soundstage on channel 11?

they would do the stereo simulcasts on wfmt i think.

and how about "blues before sunrise" on wnib?

[XNASA]

29. Soundstage is back!!!

http://www.wttw.com/soundstage/index.html

[Gato Moteado]

35. wow.....that's awesome

it was easily the best live music show on tv. better than austin city limits (because you didn't have all that irritating country crap).

[rsdsharp]

23. Lujack did morning drive on WLS.

Lujack started at WLS (having moved over from the overnight shift at WCFL, )doing afternoons from 1967. In 1970 he switched to mornings until he left to go back to WCFL in June 1972. Fred Winston did mornings during most of the time Lujack was gone, although others, such as Bill Bailey and Charlie Van Dyke also did the shift. Lujack returned to WLS doing mornings in late 1976, and eventually moved to afternoon drive in 1986 until he retired in 1987.

Landecker (Records truly is his middle name -- and his mother's maiden name) did nights beginning in 1972, later moving to afternoons in 1979. He left WLS in 1981 for Toronto and then Cleveland, later returning to the station, but I don't think he did mornings. He did hold down morning drive for several years at a Chicago oldies FM (WGJK?), until he was let go earlier this year.

If you want to hear airchecks, go the www.reelradio.com, and do a search for Lujack or for Landecker.

[elehhhhna]

27. Yvonne Daniels. & Svengoolie on TV. "The Magic Door" & Jubilee Showcase!

[Gato Moteado]

32. ah room zoom zoom ah room zoom zoom,,,,,

dilly dilly dilly dilly dilly ock ock ock


hey.....how about ray rayner?

[bearfan454]

37. Come through the Magic Door with me.

Hell yes Ray Rayner and also Garfield goose with Frazier Thomas. We went to go see Bozo the clown at WGN studios. The only thing was the waiting list was so long that our Mom sent off for tickets when we were kids and we ended up taking our kids.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

66. I recall those Channel 8 shows, yeah...

...pretty popular. Bozo at lunch time, and Garfield Goose after school...

..but the Magic Door..didnt that have someone called "Tiny Tov" hosting it...I think it was like some sort of religous show for Jewish kids, but I watched it too....

[Gato Moteado]

67. bozo and garfield goose were channel 9 (wgn)

i think the magic door was on channel 7 on sunday morns (yes, it was made for young jewish viewers).

no channel 8 in chicago.

[bearfan454]

39. What about Creature Features on Saturday night

Wasn't the voice Marty Mcneely ?

[Gato Moteado]

40. creature features was great!

i can hear the theme music in my head

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

75. That was on UHF...44 or 36 ?

I recall that show, too...

[Gato Moteado]

77. creature features was on VHF....

but svenghouli was on 44 or 32. was marty mcneely one of the svenghouli incarnations?

[Gato Moteado]

79. on second thought.....

it was jerry g bishop who did the original svenghouli. i dont think marty mcneely ever did that. rich koz was the other svenghouli but jerry g bishop was the best. i think bishop ran wfld tv for many years.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

80. gee, dont know..i have this confused w. a show in Lousiville..

from the early 70s...Fright Night, it was on a UHF station....

[bearfan454]

43. Romper room

with Miss Elizabeth too.

[MadcityRock]

28. Bob Elson

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[bearfan454]

41. Anybody remember Riverview Amusement Park ?

I loved that place as a kid.

[Gato Moteado]

42. i went to high school right down the street from it

[XNASA]

47. You went to Lane?

[Gato Moteado]

49. yes sir....

lane tech....class of '80.

[XNASA]

53. I lived near Roscoe and Damen in '80. 4 blocks away.

Back before it was a cool place to live. So...were you at Lane for the filming of Wildcats.....with Goldie Hawn?

Small world.

[Gato Moteado]

57. i think that was fiilmed after i graduated.....

.....but one of my friends who was a year behind me at lane had a speaking part in the movie. he was one of the football players.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

65. yeah, near the end...there where others, too..

Kiddieland, and some Xmas themed one out near Elgin, I think....

[Gato Moteado]

69. ah kiddieland on cumberland avenue (or whereever the hell it was)

way out west....like north avenue and cumberland or river road. wasn't there a big fruit and veggie store across the street?

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

74. dont recall...Emlings was nearby, always had a good haunted house

Emlings was this nursery/florist out in that area that always had this real good halloween setup, big haunted house...

[Gato Moteado]

76. oh yeah.....amlings....i remember them

itwas a cool store. they had a bunch of ducks in the parking lot if i remember.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

78. LOL..this is amazing...!

Its funny seeing we, and others here, remember these same things!

[slappypan]

44. Gigglesnort Hotel

Anybody remember this kids show with a guy and a bunch of bizarre puppets?

[Gato Moteado]

46. bj and dirty dragon!

bill jackson.

[Gato Moteado]

48. before bill jackson had the gigglesnort hotel show.....

he had a much better show on WFLD channel 32 with even more puppets. it was way more out there than the gigglesnort hotel show.

[slappypan]

50. glad you remember!

Sometimes I think I hallucinated the whole thing!

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

64. Cartoon Town, I think,....from the 60s...

..gosh, so im not the only one who recalls BJ.

[Gato Moteado]

71. yeah cartoon town!

good recall! i couldn't remember the name of the show.

but i remember bj and dirty dragon. bj was the mayor of cartoon town and dirty dragon was the post master or something. bj wore that cool red suede suit with that top hat.

some of those puppets were creepy....wally, weird, etc.

[rbnyc]

94. WAY!

I loved that crabby blob! Great show!

[Gato Moteado]

95. wow, you're from chicago too?

i never knew.

[rbnyc]

96. I grew up there...

...moved away at 17. (1986)

;-)

[Gato Moteado]

97. i moved in 1990.....

i miss the city....but not the winters

[leeman67]

51. Steve & Gary - in the 80's on WLUP

well after the Disco Demolition days, but also well before Steve lost his edge and Gary got married.

I absolutely HATE Chicago radio now. WLS is a well known travesty (Limbaugh, Hannity, Don Wade, Teri O'Brien, etc.). Mancow Muller is an idiot who doesn't have 1/1000th the talent of Howard Stern or Steve Dahl, yet thinks he's God's gift to radio and free speech (just ask him).

Side note: Despite his ignorant political views, Roe Conn can be amusing at times (along with Jim Johnson) on WLS, and that's really the only time I can stomach listening to that station.

[Gato Moteado]

52. don't forget jonathon brandenmeir.

wasn't he responsible for danny bonaduce's return to the limelight?

[leeman67]

54. yes, him too!

:)

He just kinda disappeared didn't he. He was out in LA for a while when I lived out there from '98-00, and now gone. I always liked him too, especially his supporting cast of Buzz Killman, Jimmy "Bud" Wiser, and Pirhana Man. :)

[XNASA]

55. Jonny B let the bottle get the best of him, so says the rumor.

Buzz is now on Dahl's show.

Wiser's wife writes a column in the Sun-Times...her name is Paige Weiser (sp?).

Pirhana Man is ???????

[Susang]

59. It wasn't the bottle

More like a vial, if you get my drift. I worked with him often back in the eighties, during my comedy club days. I spent a lot of time banging on bathroom doors, trying to get him to go onstage.

I have heard he is much improved in recent years. I hope that's true.

[Gato Moteado]

60. you did comedy clubs in the 80s?

were you running them or did you do stand up?

[Susang]

86. I worked in them

Managed and bartended mostly. I worked in two different clubs in Michigan (off and on) from 1984 to 1989. I'm still close friends with a few of the comics I knew back then, though it seems like a lot of them just dropped of the edge of the planet.

My husband (mkuhl, who also posts on DU) worked as a stand up during that time, though strangely enough, I never met him until I moved to Chicago in 1991. I met him when I worked across the street from Second City, where he worked at the time.

I guess I have a thing for funny guys. :shrug:

[MikeG]

83. I listened to Steve and Gary in the early 80's in school.

I still listen to Dahl's archived shows on the internet.

[69KV]

56. I miss WLS

Lujack and Landecker were both on WLS.

That slight echo sound effect on the DJs voices...am AM station playing funk and prog rock and better music than anything on FM...

Yeah, I miss WLS alright. They were the epitome of what AM radio used to be.

Live365.com had tapes of WLS from the 1960s and 1970s to listen to at one time, I don't know if they are still available. Also airchecks.com has some.

I don't even know what format they are these days since it's been years since I've been to Chicago. Let me guess, right-wing news talk format?

[leeman67]

61. Yes, WLS is now basically WGOP

it breaks down like this:

- Don Wade and "Roma" (his wife, who isn't even afforded the dignity of her full name). Wade is a right-wing hack who never deviates from the GOP-sponsored talking point of the day. His wife supposedly is the more liberal side-kick, but she's sort of like a female Alan Colmes and either agrees with him 90% of the time or just sits there and says nothing. She's an idiot.

- Jay Marvin & Eileen Byrne - Jay is a self-proclaimed "liberal" who spends more time attacking Democrats than he does being critical of Republicans (some days are better than others). He also has a weird cop fetish that causes him to defend police actions no matter what the circumstances. Eileen Byrne is the typical ultra-conservative fembot. Although they claim opposite political viewpoints, they rarely argue, and the topics they discuss are mostly meaningless (Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Lacey Petersen, reality shows, etc.)

- Rush sLimeball for 3 hours a day

- Roe Conn - a reasonably funny guy who doesn't take himself too seriously, which is good because he pretty much toes the GOP party line when it comes to Bush, Kerry, et al. His partner, Jim Johnson, is equally funny, but is also equally naive re: politics.

- Sean Hannity for 3 hours a day, AND repeats on weekends.

- Teri O'Brien - their main sub host and weekend harpy. She's the worst of them all. Even worse than Limbaugh and Hannity, because she has ZERO radio talent. She speaks in this soft, but horribly monotone voice, and her opinions are every bit as shrill and provocative as Ann Coulter. Sort of like Dr. Laura, except even meaner. She will just hang up on any caller who dares to disagree with her, but only after she personally insults them with a bit of red-bating name-calling. A real piece of work.

All said, WLS is a sad state of affairs. But I listen because there's no alternative when it comes to political discussion, and at least I can know what the latest GOP spin is. Sort of like opposition research. If only Air America would return.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

63. Alex Bennet , WIND, in the 1960s....

.....that was along time ago.

I hear Bennet is now in San Fran.

[Gato Moteado]

70. remember WJJD before it went country?

i think it was a jazz station way back in the early 70s.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

72. WJJD was "Country-Western" in the 60s already....

....there was also alot of ethnic programming in Chicago...polish, German, Serbo-Croatian...

[Gato Moteado]

87. damn....for a while i could swear they were playing big band era stuff....

maybe i'm confusing them with another am station

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

73. Daddy-O Daley...black DJ from the 60s.

did jazz and & I think soul / motown programming....

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

81. Take the "Are You a Real Chicagoan" quiz...

courtesy of the Tribune...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ericzorn/chi-realchicagoquiz,1,7930448.weightedquiz

[LWolf]

82. Charlie Tuna, Robert W. Morgan, The Real Don Steele,

and Machine Gun Kelly....

Except that I never heard them in Chicago, having been there only one time, for 2 nights, when I was 5!

[Gato Moteado]

84. anybody remember when whitesox games were on channel 44?

i was a cub fan but i loved watching harry caray and jimmy piersall call the sox games. for a while viewership of the sox must have sucked royally because they were on channel 44 (wsns?) for a while.

it was impossible to tune the channel in perfectly....it was always staticky and snowy. the coolest thing was the endless amount of falstaff commercials between innings.

[pscot]

85. Daddio Daley

The musical host you dig the most. Played jazz, soul, blues. He died 2 or 3 years ago. He taught me there were alternatives to Patty Page the Four Freshmen and the rest of the whitebread shit that was so big in the early fifties.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

88. OK - this isn't about me but - CHAVEZSPEAKSTHETRUTH!!!!!

VIVA LA DEMOCRACIA!!!!!!

[Gato Moteado]

89. hey i just remembered.....

lloyd petit on wgn radio for the blackhawk games. who did those games with him? vince lloyd?

lou boudreau did the cubbies on the radio.

[bearfan454]

90. LLoyd petit was famous for saying

A shot and a goal !

[Gato Moteado]

91. or....HE SHOOTS.....

.....AND SCOOOOOOOOOOOOORESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

kind of like jack brickhouse's "back, back, back...HEY HEY!!!" after a cub home run.

[rbnyc]

93. I won an "I survived the Blizzard of 79" T-shirt on...

...Ray Rayner's TV Pow!

I also got a birthday card from Garfield Goose.

;-)