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Bob Stroud( WMET, WLUP, CD 94.7, WXRT, WDRV)
“ They knew I loved that’ 60s era and told me to pick out songs from that time we could get away with on a kick-ass rock and roll station like WMET. The first few times, I got calls from people saying stuff like,‘ Did your mother teach you how to pick music?’ That’ s the way it started, and now I’ ve been doing Rock and Roll Roots over 40 years.”
Fred Winston( WLS-AM, WCFL, WMAQ, WFYR, WJMK, WPNT, WXXY, WLS-FM)
“ I’ m a lucky guy. I was on the air in the heyday of radio when creativity was at its highest. At WFYR in the late 70s, I would start the show with Monty Python’ s‘ Sit on my Face March.’ Can you imagine being allowed to do such a thing now? It was unbridled freedom, and the social mores were different then. The timing was perfect for a Fred Winston.”
Sports-Radio Candidate
Bob Stroud, Circa 1980
Pat Hughes( WGN, WSCR, Cubs announcer)“ I’ m not obsessed with baseball or talking like most broadcasters are. Most of them are natural yakkers, and talking about the game itself is just a natural extension of how they are the rest of the day. I’ m not that way. For me, it’ s a performance. There’ s an element of acting involved.”
This is a murderers ' row of radio greats. C’ mon Chicago. Let’ s get these people where they really belong, in the National Radio Hall of Fame.
You have until April 1st to nominate them. https:// www. radiohalloffame. com /
* In a previous column, I wrote that the Museum of Broadcast Communications would only remain in its current location until January 2026. That was incorrect. They currently plan to remain in this location until at least January 2027.
MARCH STUDIO REPORT
Evann McIntosh at Sonic Palace Studios
At SONIC PALACE STUDIOS, Chicago, Evann McIntosh’ s new album, Fantasy Fuel, was produced by Abe Rounds( Meshell Ndegeocello, Joni Mitchell, Seal, Lizzo) with all vocals recorded by Matt Mercado( SoIL, Famous Dex, The Outfit) drops 3 / 6, followed by an album release show on 3 / 8 at Subterranean. 2025 Latin Grammy Nominee Mustang Medina released his latest single,“ Billionario.” Spectrum Zinc is wrapping up a 7-song Alt EDM album, Spectrum Seven.
At GRAVITY STUDIOS, the debut single from Midnight Blue was released, produced by Marlon St. John and Doug McBride, and engineered by Astrid Smith. It was also mastered by Doug McBride at Gravity Studios. Midnight Blue is Asher Buttice( drums), James Hertz( guitars & vocals), Marvin Salinas( bass), and Ella St. John( vocals & guitar)
At THE MUSIC BUILDING, Socially Acceptable Band, a 5-piece band, has new music coming(" SH2BA( she hates to be alone)" on 3 / 6 to Apple Music and Spotify. REDD VLVT is an independent hip-hop artist in the Chicagoland area known for her cinematic / unique lyricism, distinctive flow, and authentic storytelling is performing on 3 / 4 at 7 PM at Breaking Sound Chicago at Broken Shaker.
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