Received a fwd. today from my sister, Kathy Quinn of Glen Ellyn, IL, to whom you had forwarded a picture from around 1950 of our father, Chuck Ostler, who worked for WLS for 37 years, retiring in 1971. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated getting that photo. I’ve been viewing the website for the past hour or so, and thoroughly enjoying it.

Thanks for all the effort you must have put into its making. I am in possession of several copies of the old Prairie Farmer magazine, one of which features my dad on the cover. He loved his days at WLS, and all eight of us always loved his old WLS stories. He died shortly after retiring at the young age of 58. So, literally most of his life was spent working at the station. He traveled to Springfield for the old broadcasts from the stockyards and enjoyed that venture as well. Thanks so much for all your hard work. I recalled seeing previously some of the photos of the old Barn Dance…those were his favorite days, I believe and so many of the names were familiar ones. Appreciate the effort!

– Noreen (Ostler) Hyslopt

From left: Corny Peeples, Mrs. Wetzler, Larry Alexander and Rita Ascot. In control booth, Chuck Ostler, engineer and Bill Nelson, producer. (Richsamuels.com)