pers and magazines (including this one).
Do you ever get sick of it?
Steve: I’m working on a laser show.
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Rick: You signed off WLS radio at the
for a while.
Rick: A lot of people have taken credit
for Disco Demolition over the years, but
you have always been clear that you did-
n’t deserve the credit for planning it and
executing it. If you had to name the most
crucial planners/developers of that night,
who would you mention?
Steve: (White Sox owner Bill Veeck’s son)
Mike and (WLUP’s promotional guru) Jeff
Schwartz.
Rick: You've now had a book (Disco
Demolition: The Night Disco Died by
Dave Hoekstra & Steve Dahl), a docu-
mentary, a television special for drunk
history, a museum exhibit in Elmhurst,
the White Sox special anniversary cele-
bration, and countless articles in newspa-
end of last year. Do you have any plans
on returning to terrestrial radio?
Steve: I’m happy doing the podcast.
Radio doesn’t seem like a place for cre-
ativity anymore. It’s too bad, but they
kind of brought it upon themselves. Most
of these companies have 400+ stations,
and they don’t really even know what to
do with ten of them.
Steve regularly features some of his
classic material on The Steve Dahl Show
podcast, including the broadcast the day
after Disco Demolition. If you’d like to
hear Steve’s current show or the classic
bits from the past, check out Steve Dahl
Network at www.dahl.com.
Appearing 7/17 at Evanston Rocks,
Evanston.
116 N. Broad St. Griffith, IN 46319
(219) 924-7868 www.dynamite-music.com
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