Happy Trails

My apologies for just getting around to these stories, but a belated happy trails to two notable Chicagoans: Jimmy P. Stagg, a discjockey who worked at the old WCFL in the 1960’s and 1970’s, who helped shape Chicago’s Top 40 wars with WLS back in the day. He passed away last week from cancer at the age of 72. He […]

WLS, WGCI big losers in book

Both down a full point since last summer, while WGN blows out the competition (like the Colorado Rockies, WGN may never lose a book again!) For the complete results, click here. Update (10-16-06): No Feder today for some reason, so the daypart breakdowns will have to wait. In the meantime, here’s a Tribune story on the numbers, which contains some […]

WLS-AM drops in the trends

We usually don’t report on the trends (the Summer book doesn’t come out until October), but this is worth noting – Citadel’s talk outlet WLS-AM dropped to fourteenth place with a 2.8 – the lowest rating in more than a decade. Let’s not read too much into this – keep in mind that WLS is still stronger now than it […]

The Big 89 Rewind

WLS-AM is rewinding back on Memorial Day for a trip back to the days when it was “The Rock of Chicago.” The Big 89 Rewind will feature former jocks Larry Lujack, Tommy Edwards, John Landecker, Fred Winston, Chris Shibel, and Jeff Davis (hey, where’s Brant Miller?) The event will start at 5a.m. and will end at midnight. WLS-AM was the […]