92 Kiss FM - The First Year (Part 2)

Big City Radio brought Top 40 radio back to Chicago on November 14, 1998. 92.7 WCBR-FM/Arlington Heights and WBRO/Kankakee became 92.7 Kiss-FM. Eventually, the call letters flipped to WKIE and WKIF. WDEK/DeKalb joined the simulcast in February, 1999.

Program Director Chris Shebel produced this video of the station's first year. It actually starts in October, BEFORE the station is even launched. This is Part 2 of 2. Included:

Jeffrey T. Mason (Nights)
Paul Strater (Engineer)
Chris Shebel (PD)
Harry Legg (APD/MD)
Luis Lopez (Overnights)
Doug Stieg (Morning Producer)
Ruby Leal (Receptionist)
Ed Stimac (Chief Engineer)
David Perlmutter (Marketing Director)
Rich Marston (GM)
Dan Turpin (GSM)
Martha Daniel (Pee Queen #1)
Mary Beth Connor (Pee Queen #2)
George McFly (Mornings)
Shark (Afternoons)
Jim Gronemann (Mornings)
Bill LaTour (Production Director)


ALSO INCLUDED: The launch of The Eighties Channel - 103.1 WXXY, featuring:

Robert Murphy (Mornings)
JoAnn Genette (Mornings)
Scott Straus (Mornings)
Tony K. (Mornings)
Fred Winston (Afternoons)
Dave "Tomato Face" Gilbert (Afternoons)

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