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Kathy Hart: Hall of Famer on the most popular morning...

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2023/01/13

For two decades, Kathy Hart was part of the most popular morning show in Chicago, on 101.9 WTMX The Mix. She talks about how she went from being an intern to getting on the air in Rockford at WKKN and WYFE, then driving the station van at WZOK and WROK; how she was different from the "pukers" and wanted to be authentic on the air; how her radio experience changed with the Internet and texts; advice, celebrities she met, and falling asleep in Milwaukee; having a show with Brian Pecht at G105 in

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Hannah B: having a blast in radio!

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2022/12/05

Hannah Brummer is on the air every morning with Eddie Volkman on Star 96.7. She talks about her radio career, which includes hosting afternoons on 103 WXLC, and working in promotions at US 99, 104.3 Jams, WLS, and Q101. She talks about how she got into radio, why she loves radio, what auditions are like, show prep, why she's so grateful, her podcast Monday Motivation with Hannah B, her home studio, her supportive family, what she learned from being an athlete, how to stay positive, and more. This is

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Vicki Quade: Late Nite Catechism, Bob Collins,...

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2022/11/13

Vicki Quade is best known for her popular show, Late Nite Catechism,and she talks about how she came up with the idea for that show; her journalism career, which included the News-Tribune newspaper in La Salle and the Waukegan News-Sun; her books Close Encounters of a Chicago Kind andI Remember Bob Collins;the decline of newspapers andhow the Internet affected journalism and theater; why talking to people is important; why one-woman shows were more popular in the 90s; advice for pursuing your

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John Drummond: LEGENDARY reporter

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2022/11/02

John "Bulldog" Drummond has had a long career and is best known for being a world-class reporter covering breaking news, corruption, and, most notably, the Chicago Outfit. He grew up in Wisconsin and worked in Des Moines, Iowa before coming to Chicago to cover the Illinois legislature for WIND Radio. He worked at WREX-TV, then joined CBS-TV in the late 1960s. His career started in the late 1950s in Iowa at KBIZ and KXEL radio, and he worked at WHO. He remembers when the television medium, aka "The

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Brian Pecht: music radio fun, payola, success

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2022/10/25

Brian Pecht has been a jock and programmer at music radio stations for several years, and he hosts the very popular The Catholic Word Podcast.He talks aboutwhy he enjoys doing traffic at WBBM Newsradio; his on-air work at WLS-FM; payola in the music radio business; office politics; beingon the air andProgram Director (the youngest in the country) in DetroitatWCZYZ95.5 (where radio legendDick Purtan had a successful show);how the 1996 Telecommunications Act changed the radio business and how the

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Sam Panayotovich: from Chicago sports radio to Boston TV

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2022/09/21

The last time I interviewedSam Panayotovich, he was just getting his career started in sports radio. Now Samis on NESN and Fox Sports TV. He talks about his journey from Chicago to Las Vegas to Boston, his sociability, sports betting, working hard and paying your dues, comparisons between Boston and Chicago, advice, locker rooms, covering pro teams, and more.This is from a livestream that we did in the summer (when the White Sox weren't doing so well and the football season hadn't started yet)

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Charlie Meyerson - from radio to digital domination

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2022/08/19

Charlie Meyerson is publisher of Chicago Public Square. He talks about how he's become successful in digital media, what he thinks of the news business, his belief in independent pursuits, his podcast, and more. If you want to know more about his radio and newspaper career, listen to the interviewthat we did ten years ago. This is from a livestream that we did; watch the full interview here.Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and

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Adam Wade: Pro Stage and Audio Storyteller, writer,...

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2022/07/21

Adam Wade is from New Hampshire and has lived in New York for almost 25 years. He has won The Moth 20 times, and has appeared on Conan O'Brien's show, "Inside Amy Schumer," and Lena Dunham’s "Girls." He created the popular album The Human Comedyand was featured in The New Yorker. He teaches storytelling at the Magnet Theater and has popular content on Audible called You Ought to Know Adam Wade. He talks about all of those accomplishments, how making connections and being good to people are

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Neil Fiorito: from radio to movies!

Radiogirl ·

2022/06/28

I firstinterviewed Neil five years ago,and his work situation has changed since then. He is no longer at the hotel (where I interviewed him early in the morning), and now teaches broadcasting and radio, in addition to doing traffic at WBBM Newsradio. This interview includes breaking news: Neil is going to be in the movie,Never Stop Talking, which will be released at the end of the year.He also talks about his partying parents, his wonderful wife, Chicago, and more. This is from a livestream that we

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Bart Shore: from Chicago to North Carolina

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2022/06/07

Bart Shore was one of the early guests on this podcast 12 years ago, and he was my first livestreaming guest last week. He is still doing traffic in Chicagoin the morningwith Melissa Forman and hosts weekendsat WLIT. Lately, he's also been on various music stations throughout the country.Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG180.mp3Iinterviewed Bart in 2010,so if you want to know

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Pat Cassidy: retired from WBBM Newsradio after more...

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2022/02/28

Pat Cassidy spent more than 50 years on the air in news radio. Just before he retired from WBBM Newsradio, he talked about what he's learned over the years, why news is important, how he's maintained a good attitude, how he thinks news reporting and the media have changed, advice he has for broadcasters, and more.Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG179.mp3I interviewed Pat in

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Lin Brehmer: Successful Radio Fun

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2022/01/12

Lin Brehmer, who has a fantastic reputation for being a super-friendly, interesting, talented radio guy, is well-known in Chicago via his on-air work at WXRT, where he was previously Music Director. He talks about his baseball and music nerdiness; interviewing Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and The Replacements; creating the always-entertaining Lin's Bin; his professional writing and his mom; backstage adventures; meeting the Go-Go's, Aimee Mann, and Robert Randolph; why WXRT is different from other

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Jill Urchak: radio fun forever!

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2021/11/03

I have known Jill Urchak for many years, but I did not know that she was married before (though now I know, not just because she told me, but because I searched online after we did the interview; I should have searched before). She is probably the only person on this podcast who has discussed personal topics on the record, such as marriage and work. Of course, she also discusses her radio career, which has included talk and traffic on WGN, WBBM, and other stations that she didn't name because she

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Steve Dale: still passionate about radio

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2021/08/08

For several years, Steve Dale has been hosting Steve Dale's Pet World and more recently Steve Dale's Other World on WGN Radio, in addition to writing and lecturing all over the world. He talks about his extensive radio experience, advice he's followed, how he got into the radio biz and why people shouldn't work in it, working with the grand masters of radio and what he learned from them, how being an expert is beneficial, dealing with setbacks and how he stays motivated, how TV and radio are

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John Siuntres: Happy Sweet Sixteen, Word Balloon!

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2021/07/15

Everyone seems to have a podcast now, but John Siuntres is one of the very early podcasters, and has been going strong since 2005 with his very popular Word Balloon podcast.He talks about how he started podcasting, how he built his audience, boxing, what he thinks of the proliferation of podcasts, how he’s been able to podcast for so long, comics and animation, nerd culture, Star Trek, his hosting style, the North Shore and New Trier, how he gets guests, why he’s into comics, what he thinks of

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Hannah Stanley and Fred Weintraub: Hannah and Fred Show

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2021/05/09

TV pro FredWeintraub and radio proHannahStanley host the Hannah and Fred show on WCGO and WIMS Radio, and they talk abouthow they host live while Fred is in London and Hannah is in Chicagoland; how he got interested in the British Royal Family and discussed them on Hannah's WGN Radio show; how they are different yet use their strengths; working in TV and radio; how Fred and Hannah created their show and are able to work together easily; their TV and radio careers; why Fred lives abroad; advice for

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Gary Wordlaw: Black News Channel exec and incredible...

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2021/03/31

Gary Wordlawis a very experienced TV pro, and is now the Vice President of News and Programming at the Black News Channel, which can be viewed throughout the country, including Chicago. He talks about how he got into TV; what the South and Chattanooga, Tennessee were like when he was growing up; working in TV in the 1960s as the first African American hired at the Chattanooga TV station (after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed); how his family, the community, and God helped him get through

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Brent Payne: Bald SEO a Decade Later!

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2020/09/18

Brent Payne,the "Bald SEO" whoI interviewed ten years agowhen he was doing SEO (search engine optimization) at the Tribune Company, gives an update about his company,Loud Interactive,moving out of the city into the North Shore with his family, why he likes working from home instead of having an office downtown, being intense and motivated, why a plan is important, spending half a million dollars on a mistake and how he deals with mistakes and setbacks, working with solopreneurs in his Loud

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Jennifer Keiper: more reporting and anchoring

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2020/08/18

Jennifer Keiper now works at WBBM Newsradio in Chicago, where she is an anchor and reporter. She talks about working during the pandemic, how she came back to WBBM, working at WLS in Chicago (where I interviewed her before) and WKRS/XLC in Waukegan, being a traffic reporter in the Sears Tower, working at B96 with News Director Karen Hand, traveling around the country and the world as a Midwest Bureau Correspondent for Fox News Radio, dealing with being fired or laid off, the media business, how she

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