Chicago’s WLS-AM 890 is bringing back the voices that helped define Top 40 radio in the Midwest with a special two-hour program this Saturday, July 26. WLS Unwound: Personalities of the MusicRadio ...

A reader’s question sent me down a J. Mark Powell-type rabbit hole. But first: this week’s Quiz Question. When you combine the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart ...

CHICAGO — For 33 years, he was associated with “B96,” the rhythmic Top 40 station serving the Windy City that Audacy Inc. acquired through its tax-free merger with CBS Radio. In October 2024, this ...

Chicago’s WLS-AM made significant changes to its programming lineup on Friday to further lean into heavily Conservative talk programming. The Cumulus Media station has ended The Steve Cochran Show ...

WLS 890-AM has cut ties with its star morning radio personality Steve Cochran and canceled much of its programming, including "The Steve Cochran Show," "The Closing Bell" and "PM Chicago," according ...

“I am told you like to publish photos of radio towers,” writes Ed Glab. “Here is a photo of the WLS tower in Tinley Park, Ill. It is my first try with my new iPhone 15 Pro. I think it turned out ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Washington Local Schools started the process to buy property that could eventually house athletic fields and a STEAM learning center, among other things. A news release from an ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Radio veteran Big John Howell will no longer be a part of ...

Rob Hughes is joining WLS Chicago as a weekend anchor and weekday reporter. He comes from WANF Atlanta and starts in Chicago August 21. ABC owns WLS, known as ABC 7. “Rob is a skilled and experienced ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. — Anthony Alfano has done it again. The 13-year-old boy’s Halloween costume for 2022 marks another feather in his cap for creative, wheelchair-accessible costumes that have wowed ...

If there was a moment when fortunes at WLS-Ch. 7 began to change, it was in January, 1984. That was the month Floyd Kalber came back to local news in Chicago, and the month a syndicated game show ...