I grew up in a small town in Northern Ontario up here in Canada and there was no such thing as a local radio station. As a young lad of 12, my parents bought me this cool radio that introduced me to WLS. One night I was just kinda “cruisin the dial” and there you were, and I never left.
I can still remember listening to John Records Landecker at night and thinking, man, that’s what I want to do. Well, I’m doing it and I have WLS Radio to thank for it. Thanks for being there!
-Wade Blair
Scott,
Like lots of kids who grew up in the Chicago area in the 60’s, some of my fondest memories have WLS playing in the background. One of my favorites though was when I went into the service and while stationed in Texas and Oklahoma, before being shipped off to Vietnam, I was able to listen to WLS at night when the signal was the clearest.
It brought a little bit of home to me and lots of other “kids” who were in the military and away from home for the first time. I thank WLS for that and you for preserving a lot of those great memories with this website.
-Dan Roche
Scott:
My daughter came up with this site. The Johnson sisters were my 2nd cousins. Ruth Johnson married Dolph Hewitt. When one of the sisters passed away, Mary Jane and Ruth wanted my sister to fill in, but she was too shy. In some of your letters – one from Terri – talked about her Uncle Dolph, and about her two aunts still living in Florida, which indeed they do.
Very interesting indeed.
-Tom Hawkins
