WLS Radio History

80+ years of serving Chicago in under minutes.

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[vinylcollector89]

@patterthom I noticed the same thing also. The beginning focuses on the 1920s and 30s and then they spend little time talking about the 60's and 70;s and then the rest of the film is them talking bout how great their present day talk format is. I am assuming most of the people watching this video dont care about that anymore than I do. Someone should make a better documentary on this station if it hasnt been done already and the station should go back to a good music format.

[LincolnKat]

It is a shame that WLS has gone the way it has since 1989.

[Jayhare]

A good talk radio station today but not as listened too or influential as Music Radio WLS in the 60's.

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

Dear WLS, get those horrible talk radio hosts the hell out and break back out the record collection.

[Bodie007]

Talk radio sucks. Rock and Roll rules.

[OrangeSatan]

What happened to the best radio station of all time? In the sixties and seventies, WLS ruled the national air waves at night. Dick Biondi had something like a sixty national share of the audience in his time slot. Ron Riley, Dex Card, Bob Hale, Larry Lujack Gene Taylor, and Bob Hale were some of the best DJs of all time and they were all at one station in the sixties. Now we have right wing morons like Hannity and Limbaugh infesting this once great station.

[A1MaxJones]

Phony populist ranting claptrap by paid flacks who mix in a little classic rock. How insulting to rock and roll. It happened in Germany too...These jerks can screw off.

[kicnbac]

WLS has a libtard talk host. People may not know that because libtards lie about everything. Hence, no audience.

[DrakeGrad]

What has happened to this grand lady is a shame and sham. WLS used to mean something. Now itis "canned" with Righ twingers and complainers and local hosts who are just terrible. I used to love the "Local" WLS the BIG 89. May she rest in peace

[DaveWollenberg]

Anybody else besides me think that the 'Big 89' could turn a profit again, as a classic hits music station? Nobody, but nobody, gives a rip about talk radio, right, gang? God bless! P.S. Only comment if you agree with me.

[patterthom]

Boo! This video only spends about 10 seconds on the BEST part of the history of WLS: The JOCKS. Puh-leese. Lujack, Fred Winston, Jeff Davis, John Records... they deserve MUCH more time and attention in this INCOMPLETE retrospective.

[groovymom67]

anyone remember a female jockey who said "stickin' it in your ear, 24 hours a day"

[groovymom67]

was dick biondi ever on wabc new york?

[dblup157]

I listened to this station back in the seventies!

[NcicHit]

@TheDikasaurus I used to listen to KAAY back in high school but KLEO and WLS ruled in those days along with KOMA.

[greenfrog775]

How good of a video loved it

[DaveWollenberg]

musicollector1975, you're absolutely right. They absolutely could come back and be a '70's&'80s top 40 station. I'll just bet they could still make a profit with it. God bless!

[TheDikasaurus]

i grew up in nw arkansas and listened to Beondi,Weber, Lujack and the rest,,,listened to Beondi on my channel

master transistor radio in orange county ca, in the early

60's,,,went in the air force and the guys from chicago listened to KAAY out of Little Rock,,,ain't it a hoot???

[BudWiser999]

Too bad the signal in Wisconsin is so crummy compared to WGN, WBBM, and WSCR. And their bragging about Hannity, Limpjaw, and Levin is laughable.

[musicollector1975]

WOW! Did you place that clip of the great Ed McMahon at the end on purpose? If so, well done! Great ending! Great memories!

[musicollector1975]

Dick Biondi, J.J.Jeffrey, Jon Landecker, Fred Winston. Larry Lujack...the list of legends goes on and on. Joy, pure, sheer joy was I experienced listening to it during the early 70's. Oh, how I wish The Big 89, The Rock of Chicago, could come back with a vengeance!

[yitzchok1000]

it's called internet you BUGWOMP

check ur facts before u post

[zackman86]

I forgot to mention Jerry Agar isin't at WLS anymore...he's at WGN because of Mancow and Cassidy Jerry Agar was fired from WLS

[zackman86]

Now the only thing WLS has that's not even close to Steve and Garry is Mancow and Cassidy...and all it is is just an AM version of Mancow's syndicated show with Pat Cassidy

[Surfborg]

One of the only things I miss about Illinois... WLS ... esp. the Roe Conn Show