WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS studios are in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood.

Sam Holman, WLS' first program director of the "rock era" brought a new package of jingles to WLS, sung by the Anita Kerr singers ("...wonderful double-youuu elllll esssssss, in Chicago!") and a band of young disc jockeys ready to take the Windy City by storm.

Larry Lujack (born Larry Lee Blankenburg; June 6, 1940 – December 18, 2013), also called Superjock, Lawrence of Chicago, Charming and Delightful Ol' Uncle Lar, and King of the Corn Belt, was a Top 40 music radio disc jockey who was …

WLS Musicradio The Big 89. The 1970's were an odd time for music radio. The decade started with the underground rock of The Doors, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. Then it moved completely in the other direction with soft sounds from Bread, Jim Croce and The Carpenters.

Feb 7, 2012 · When WLS, which for its first thirty years was a radio station geared for farm news, changed their format in 1960 to Rock and Roll, they hired Biondi.

Jan 16, 2021 · Over the years WLS was the home for many of the biggest names in radio. From North Michigan Avenue to 38 states and Canada, WLS dj's played Chicago's Best Music from the Silver Dollar Survey, The Hit Parade and the Musicradio Survey.

WLS-FM (94.7 MHz) is a commercial classic hits radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area, and is the radio home of Dave Fogel. The WLS-FM studios are located at the NBC Tower in the city's Streeterville neighborhood, while its transmitter is located at Willis ...

WLS also broadcast the group Chicago benefit concert live from the Park West in 1982. It was the first live show to be heard in both FM stereo and AM stereo. The station earned the name "the station for the concerts." The big WLS shows included The …

May 3, 2020 · So I started tuning into WLS-AM after sunset, listening to Art Roberts. He had a “teenage guest disc jockey” feature where you would send in a postcard and he would select one card per week and put that lucky teen on the radio for an hour with Art on a Sunday night.

WLS introduced Chicago in 1960 to Dick Biondi, one of America's most famous rock'n' roll disc jockeys, whose frantic screaming style epitomized the era. Another notable WLS deejay was Larry Lujack, whose low-key sarcastic delivery attracted an immense following in the 1970s.