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Jim Johnson was a news anchor and reporter at WLS-AM 890 in Chicago for 45 years during which he became known for providing ...
One Saturday night in 1928, a WLS announcer thanked a Texas rancher for sending an old cowbell to the Chicago radio station. It wasn’t unusual to give a shoutout to a listener, and the gift was ...
After getting his master’s in radio and TV, he went to work at WLS. He arrived back in Chicago just in time for the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and all the surrounding unrest.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Friday morning on "Windy City Weekend," Val Warner was off. So Ryan Chiaverini welcomed ABC7 Chicago meteorologist Tracy Butler as the show's co-host. Chiaverini and Butler were ...
Jim Johnson was, for many years, the news anchor for Roe Conn on WLS Radio. In April, 2016, Jim and Roe reunited on Roe’s WGN Radio show to discuss Jim’s 40-plus years in radio, revisit some old ...