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WGN Gold
Join Production Director Todd Manley for a journey through the WGN Radio sound garden, where the past and the present collide.
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The Big Payoff Radio Show 01.20.15 – Everyday Entrepreneur: Tim Frick,...
Isn’t a digital design firm green just by being digital? Nope. Tim Frick, Founder of Mightybytes shares with us the surprising news about the un-greenness of the Internet and what he’s doing to help as...
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The Big Payoff Radio Show 01.20.15 – The Dirty Truth: Stefan Muhle, GM of...
For hotelier Stefan Muhle, 9/11 triggered his career path down greener pastures. A great conversation about how a commitment to sustainability is not just a moral imperative but a business one. Maybe...
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The Big Payoff Radio Show 01.20.15 – Full Episode
Going green is no longer a choice, it’s a business requirement. If you don’t make real headway toward cleaning up your act, your clients, and even your employees, won’t like it. In the next 5 years you...
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Day 1 Senior Bowl Observations: Safeties To Keep An Eye On
MOBILE, Ala. — Here are some quick thoughts from the first day of Senior Bowl practices: I’m not sure there’s a safety worth using the No. 7 overall pick on, so if the Bears want to wait until the...
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2010
April 5 – The WGN Radio news department moves into a new home on the 4th floor of Tribune Tower, in the center of the Chicago Tribune newsroom.. June 9 – John Wiedeman and Troy Murray bring Chicago...
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2014
June – WGN Radio celebrates its 90th anniversary with events including the dedication and induction of the inaugural ten members of the WGN Walk of Fame. February 17 – WGN returns to the FM band with...
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2013
June 24 – John Wiedeman and Troy Murray broadcast live from Boston as the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Bruins to win their second Stanley Cup in four years. September 13 – WGN.FM, “The G,” a virtual...
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2012
July 1 – Sunday Papers host Rick Kogan broadcasts the first program from WGN Radio’s new, state-of-the-art studios on the 7th floor of Tribune Tower. Though the street-level Allstate Showcase Studio...
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2011
December 9 – Chicago radio legend Jonathon Brandmeier becomes WGN Radio’s new morning show host. Earlier that morning, Steve King and Johnnie Putman end their WGN careers after 26 years and over 6,000...
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2000
February 8 – Morning show host Bob Collins, piloting his private plane just hours after the conclusion of that day’s program, dies following a midair collision. The grieving station staff holds what...
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2001
September 11 – Morning host Spike O’Dell and news anchor Tom Petersen provide descriptions of video images of smoke pouring from New York’s World Trade Center. Petersen reads one of the first...
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2003
September 22 – Inspired by a conversation on the John Williams Show, three dedicated Cub fans travel to Houston to attempt to “Reverse the Curse” by transferring the infamous Billy Goat curse from the...
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2004
April 21 – One day after a deadly tornado outbreak causes major hardship in areas including Utica, IL, WGN Radio and the McCormick Tribune Foundation set up the Utica Tornado Relief Campaign. Listeners...
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2005
September 8 – Spike O’Dell broadcasts live from the Chicago Historical Society for the first stop in the WGN Radio Hometown Voices Tour. This monthly series of remote broadcasts would take WGN’s...
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2007
July 20 – WGN Radio hosts the first 720 Day, a daylong fundraiser for the Neediest Kids Fund, a Fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation. During 24 hours, the station raised $131,156.79, including a...
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2008
April 30 – WGN Radio announces a multi-year deal to become the radio home of the Chicago Blackhawks. December 12 – During a live Hometown Voices broadcast from Arlington Heights, Spike O’Dell says...
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2009
January 1 – WGN Radio broadcasts live from Wrigley Field as the Blackhawks meet the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Winter Classic. April 3 – Chicago radio veteran Garry Meier joins WGN Radio.
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National pie day is coming up!
Bill and Wendy talk all things pie with Dane of Flavor HD, and celebrate with some great pies from Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab....
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VIDEO: WGN Radio’s Green Room – Comedian Kyle Kinane
Comedian and Chicagoan Kyle Kinane stops by the Green Room to talk about his favorite Chicago foods, Chicago comedy, and what he wants to be when he grows up. His new special “I Liked His Old Stuff...
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