Born on Dec. 7, 1940, in Chicago, Carole Simpson is known for being the first broadcast journalist to hold the title of “news anchor” for a major media company. According to Simpson’s autobiography, ...

For weeks, the come-on ads for Disk Jockey Howard Miller’s new radio show reverberated over Chicago’s WCFL: “Howard Power! Howard Power! Howard Power!” Massed choruses sang God Bless America as Miller ...

If you’re my age or younger, you don’t remember a time when Bob Newhart was not famous. Bob was an ordinary Chicagoan when WCFL morning man Dan Sorkin discovered him. Dan told me that story back in ...

Jane Goldthwaite, nee Ehret, 92, of Hinsdale, died Oct. 27, 2024, after a short illness. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1932 to E. James and Nora Broderick Ehret. The family relocated to Beverly on ...

When Franklin Roosevelt died, the Patroon Broadcasting Co. in Albany, N.Y. asked the Federal Communications Commission if it might use the call letters WFDR. The FCC, deciding that the President’s ...

Famed former radio executive Scott Ginsburg has passed away at his Dallas home at the age of 71. Ginsburg served as the CEO of Chancellor Media Corporation, which he built into the largest and highest ...

Janis Kaye Moore, born April 12, 1944, died December 4, 2023. Her adopted parents were Ray and Helma Moore. They lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where Janis attended Johnson, Franklin and Washington ...

Dick Biondi, an acclaimed Chicago radio personality and Radio Hall of Fame member who was the first American DJ to play the Beatles on air, died June 26. He was 90. The Chicago Tribune confirmed his ...