Description
From its early days as the farmer’s companion to over a quarter century as the nation’s premier rock-and-roll station, WLS has touched the lives of millions of listeners. Many well known celebrities, like Gene Autry, owe their careers to the Big 89, in the course of the famous Saturday night program The National Barn Dance. Local personalities such as Dick Biondi, Larry Lujack, and John Records Landecker changed into household names way to Chicago’s 50,000-watt blowtorch. The pictures in Chicago’s WLS Radio scan all the history of the station, featuring engaging hosts, the largest stars, and plenty of fun. The book also covers WLS’s move within the 1990s to transform a leader within the news and talk format.