Legendary Radio Programmer Ken Draper passed away this week at age 89. Jim Hampton, who partnered with Draper throughout the 80’s to produce syndicated programs for ABC, CBS and RKO Networks, plus ...

WCFL-AM, a religious music radio station in Chicago, was converted Wednesday into adult rock station WLUP-AM as part of a merger completed between two broadcasting concerns. Heftel Broadcasting, owned ...

The voice conjures up memories of another era, a time when comedy and jazz lived side-by-side on a 50,000-watt radio station in Chicago. That AM-1000 outlet has had many lives since its halcyon days ...

“I’ve always wanted to be the PD of WCFL … and now I ARE one!” So says programmer J.R. Russ. You can do that kind of thing with the Internet. Russ, a voiceover talent and consultant with various radio ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WLS) -- The end of an era comes crashing down in the suburbs on Monday. Chopper 7 was over the planned demolition of three giant radio towers in Downers Grove. Many considered ...

Conflicts between broadcasters over reported interference from translator operations continue to surface. WCFL, a contemporary Christian FM in Morris, Ill., licensed to the parent of the Illinois ...

Introduction : labor and the mass media to 1925 -- The creation of WCFL, 1925-26 -- The promise of labor radio, 1927-28 -- Clear channel and other battles, 1929-32 -- "Something different into our ...

In 1983, he first gained national recognition for his purchase of WCFL-AM 1000 in Chicago. The $8 million acquisition from Mutual by Statewide Broadcasting brought a big-market property to a group of ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dick Biondi, Chicago’s AM radio “King of the ...