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Hi Scott, Just wanted you to know that we've been checking out your site and you've done a terrific job. It was a very strange trip to hear the old aircheck. Johnnie and I laughed a lot! Take care, -Steve King
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Scott, Great web page. It brought back alot of memories. In the early 1970's, my friend Scott Rader and I worked at WCOS AM & FM in Columbia, South Carolina while we were attending the University. We would drive to Chicago on weekends and vacations just to listen to WLS. Our friends thought we were nuts, but we just loved great radio. You mentioned the war between WLS and WCFL. That was one of the great radio battles of all time. We would arrive in the city on Friday night. I remember barreling down the interstate, switching between Landecker and a high energy guy on CFL (can't remember his name), taping the whole thing on a portable tape recorder. God, that was good radio. Most (sane?) people switched stations when the jock came on. We would switch when the music came on. We spent all day knocking around Chicago, listening and taping. The guys at both stations was very gracious to us when we came by. Even Lujack didn't run out of the Marina Towers. Sunday, we would head for home. I think I still have the Musicradio Lips. I remember Gil Gross doing a news story about the County or State using helicopters to lift wrecked vehicles off the highway after accidents. "Imagine," he said, "getting wrecked and then getting high." Those newscasts were as entertaining as the shows themselves. Eventually, I went off to Law School and then Graduate School. Scott went off to Salt Lake and eventually, Cleveland (he was a much better jock than I was). He then left radio for the world of computers and recently passed away. Anyway, great Web page. Thanks for memories. -Tom Leath
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Scott, Please allow me to take a few minutes to applaud your terrific website. I grew up listening to WLS. There were many nights that I fell asleep with my headphones on listening to the "Big 89." Thanks to people like you, Jeff Davis, Tommy Edwards and all who contributed to make sure that this great radio station isn't forgotten. Obviously, the station influenced many people across America to try their hand at a career in radio (I'm in my 21st year in broadcasting!) From your website I've enjoyed remembering things I, as a listener, was a part of. Experiencing things, for the first time, I wasn't around for. Looking forward to what's ahead for the station and your website. Thank you for your hard work! Speaking for myself, it hasn't gone unappreciated! -Doug Miller
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Dear Scott, Thank you for such a wonderful piece of work. I thought that you did the real audio spots very well, they are just about the right length. When listening to some of the longer pieces from Uncle Ricky's Reel Repository, I found that sometimes I got tired. You have them at just about the right length. Thank you also for referring to Stew Salowitz's fine book on WLS. I snapped up a couple of copies when it came out in 1993 and have lent them to friends ever since. As you add to the web site, it occurs to me that there are two people you might consider talking to, if you haven't done so, already. One is Gary Deeb, the former radio and tv critic for the Sun-Times and Tribune and media critic on Channel 7; he wrote about radio for several years in the 70s and 80s. Another person would be "Chicago" Eddie Schwartz, the former overnight host at WGN. I have heard Ed several times talk about how he worked at WLS for a period of time in the 1960s. I have often thought that it would be great if someone decided to put together a similar history for the old WCFL and WIND, particularly since CFL had a relatively short stint as a rock n' roll radio station. Again, many thanks for the site. It rekindled many memories. All good wishes. -Jim Anderson Jim, Ed was a great help in telling some stories of his time at WLS. As you might know, he's been a bit under the weather and we wish him all the best. Also, check out William Schenold's great tribute to WCFL at www.manteno.com/wcfl. -Scott
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Scott... Your site brought back a ton of great memories and I have to commend you and thank you for that. I am a 32 year old male from NW Indiana who also grew up with WLS. All those great personalities in one place, a monster of a station. I also pursued radio at Columbia College Chicago (1988-1990) and went on to being a program / music director as well as host of my own shows. Mostly in my area, but I also interned at WLUP AM 1000 when it was the Loop! I give you credit for staying in and being patient. I miss it dearly but could not live off of those wages. Hell if I could make $50,000 a year at my other gig, I would go back into it and work for FREE, that's how much I miss it. You really did a terrific job and you got my radio juices flowing again. Best Regards, -Brian Pearson
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Scott, I really enjoyed listening to all the clips and jingles in your website. Recently at an estate auction I bought a stack of Wilcox-Gay Recordio Discs. The original owner loved to record off the radio. There was one disc with WENR at 890. This confused me since I grew up on WLS at 890. I was born in 1950 and remember Don McNeill marching around the breakfast table but mostly listened from 1960 on. (Dick Biondi, Clark Weber etc.) Thank you for clearing that up. -William R. Rauwolf William,
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Scott, I was very excited to find your site on the history of WLS. -Brad Fackler bfackler@skyenet.net
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Scott- Just checked out your WLS site...it's the best WLS history site I've seen on the 'Net...and there are several of them! Nice job....great memories of the station I grew up with....appreciate your work to preserve broadcast history! Regards, -Randal J. "Randy" Miller, Randy also tells us that his radio group was once owned by Chicago
radio legend Howard Miller!
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