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Award winning Chicago broadcasters. Inducted into WGN's Walk of Fame. Authors of the Les Paul memoir, "A Little More Les."

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October 11th Game Plan! Tonight our WGN Radio show starts just a tad later, around 9:30PM (Central), right after the Blackhawks game. Among our ports of call will be a visit with Joe Berton who is the President of the Mil…

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11.10.2025 10:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Paul Cebar Videos! When we posted our September 7th WGN Radio podcast, which included our conversation with Paul Cebar, we promised there would be videos to follow. And so there are. Paul Cebar is a very special tale…

As promised, thanks to our talented producer/videographer, Julian Genaro Saldierna, some terrific videos from the night Paul Cebar joined us on @wgnradio.bsky.social are now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/p...

10.10.2025 00:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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October 4th WGN Radio Podcast! The incredible Tommy Emmanuel, Consumer Guide’s Publisher, Tom Appel, a scary story to welcome in the month of October, Sports Between The Sheets and a whole lot more are included in the podc…

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07.10.2025 09:47 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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October 4th Game Plan! Well, 10-4, good buddy, we’ve got a little ole’ game plan truckin’ through the night! Assuming the planets align, our first show for the month of October is scheduled to start at …

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04.10.2025 07:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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September 27th WGN Radio Podcast! Our Panhandle Producer, Becca Starke picked a good time to spend a few days with us here in Chicago. Our Chicago producer, Julian Saldierna and our Panhandle Producer, Becca Starke. Becca was here …

The podcast of this past Saturday's @wgnradio.bsky.social show is now posted. Paul Cebar and Dr. @crispen.bsky.social are just two of the highlights. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/s...

03.10.2025 02:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Terry White Videos! A few weeks ago, when we reconnected with singer/songwriter Terry White, we promised we would share some videos from the night he joined us on WGN Radio. We first met Terry years ago with his roots…

As promised, some terrific videos from the night Terry White joined us on @wgnradio.bsky.social are now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/t...

01.10.2025 06:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Patrick Crispen’s September 27th Technology Show Notes Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our September 27th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Michelle Di…

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29.09.2025 00:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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September 27th Game Plan! We’ll be jumping back into your speakers on WGN Radio tonight starting at 9PM (Central)! One of the many fun stops we have planned for tonight’s journey is an in-studio performance from singer/song…

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27.09.2025 18:24 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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September 20th WGN Radio Podcast! We welcomed in Fall with a wide ranging show that included reconnecting with two long-time friends we hadn’t seen in too long a time. The first was retired ABC7 Chicago traffic reporter, Roz …

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24.09.2025 23:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Carl Giammarese Videos! In a previous post we promised to share some videos from the night Carl Giammarese, one of the founding members of The Buckinghams, joined us for an in-studio performance to celebrate his new album…

As promised, some terrific videos from the night Carl Giammarese, of The Buckinghams, joined us on @wgnradio.bsky.social are now posted on our blog.
Just click the link, crank up the volume and enjoy! steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/c...

22.09.2025 23:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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September 20th Game Plan! We have a really full WGN Radio show tonight (Sept. 20th) starting at 9PM (Central)! It’s been much too long since we had the chance to spend some time with retired ABC7 Chicago traffic reporter, R…

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20.09.2025 08:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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REPLAY! Just a quick reminder that, since we’re inducting Suzy Bogguss into the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 Hall of Fame this weekend, tonight (Sept. 13th) our WGN Radio show will be …

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14.09.2025 01:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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September 6th WGN Radio Podcast! We always enjoy making a new friend and that was the case when we welcomed author Robert Loerzel in to our first WGN Radio show for the month of September. Robert has written a terrific new book ab…

The podcast of this past Saturday's @wgnradio.bsky.social show is now posted. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/s...

09.09.2025 05:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Patrick Crispen’s September 6th Technology Show Notes Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our September 6th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Vitaly Ustim…

Dr. @crispen.bsky.social's technology show notes from our September 6th @wgnradio.bsky.social show are now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/p...

07.09.2025 23:55 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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September 6th Game Plan! Due to the Michigan at Oklahoma college football game, our Saturday night WGN Radio show starts a little later tonight, probably around 10PM-ish (Central)! When we kick off, we’re happy to welcome …

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06.09.2025 18:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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September 5th Is A VERY Special Day! If it seems like the star at the center of the Solar System is shining a little brighter today it’s because September 5th marks the advent of another turn around The Sun for the most beautifu…

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05.09.2025 06:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our Labor Day Weekend Podcast! We were happy to welcome Grammy and Emmy award winning country artist, John Berry to our last Saturday night party for the month of August. John Dudley, writer of “Big Shoulders,” gave us a preview…

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04.09.2025 05:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Our Labor Day Weekend Radio Game Plan! We kick off our Labor Day weekend festivities with a jam packed WGN Radio show tonight (August 30th) starting at 9PM (Central)! We are very happy to welcome Grammy and Emmy award winning country ar…

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30.08.2025 12:35 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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August 23rd WGN Radio Podcast! Welcoming Carl Giammarese, one of the founding members of The Buckinghams, for an in-studio performance to celebrate his new album, “Let The Music Play” was an absolute treat and one of the real hi…

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28.08.2025 22:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Patrick Crispen’s August 23rd Technology Show Notes Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our August 23rd WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Sameer on Unsp…

Dr. @crispen.bsky.social's technology show notes from our August 23rd @wgnradio.bsky.social show are now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/p...

24.08.2025 21:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Our August 23rd Game Plan It’s another fully loaded, WGN Radio show tonight, starting at 9PM (Central)! We’re very excited to welcome Carl Giammarese, one of the founding members of The Buckinghams, for an in-studio perform…

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23.08.2025 15:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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August 16th WGN Radio Podcast! WGN-TV’s Meteorologist Mike Janssen was just one of the stormy night surprises included on our August 16th WGN Radio show. We also did our best to remove some of the confusion about estate planning…

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23.08.2025 00:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Doyle Dykes & Tommy Emmanuel!! Two of the most treasured gifts of our time spent in your speakers are the friendships we have with two of the world’s greatest guitarists and, more importantly, really good humans, Doyle Dyk…

We had to share this incredible video of Doyle Dykes and Tommy Emmanuel and a, partly personal, "REST of the story" addition to it on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/d...

18.08.2025 00:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trusts, Tractors, “Model Ts” & More Tonight! We’ve got a really wide-ranging and VERY full, WGN Radio show planned for tonight (August 16th), starting at 9PM (Central)! Although we all need to think about it, many people (including us) glaze …

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16.08.2025 18:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Head in the sand All my adult life, I’ve made a serious effort to keep abreast of the news, domestic and international. Well before that, I was reading the daily papers. Our bungalow was full of them, The Tri…

Sadly, brother Lee is probably not alone in adopting a new image.
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14.08.2025 10:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Patrick Crispen’s August 9th Technology Show Notes Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our August 9th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Rahul Singh Bha…

Dr. @crispen.bsky.social's technology show notes from our August 9th @wgnradio.bsky.social show are now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/p...

10.08.2025 16:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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The Big Beat, The Beatles, Bits, Bytes & A Bunch More! We’ve got another more than full WGN Radio show planned for tonight (August 9th), starting at 9PM (Central)! We’ll get a preview of next month’s Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 Hall of …

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09.08.2025 09:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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August 2nd WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of our August 2nd WGN Radio show is now posted. Our resident computer guru, Dr. Patrick Crispen and Consumer Guide’s Publisher, Tom Appel, were just two of the star performers on …

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06.08.2025 10:38 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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Patrick Crispen’s August 2nd Technology Show Notes Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our August 2nd WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Pramod Tiwari o…

Dr. @crispen.bsky.social's technology show notes from our August 2nd @wgnradio.bsky.social show are now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/p...

05.08.2025 10:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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A Lollapalooza of a Show! After an unplanned week off, we’re back with a Lollapalooza of a WGN Radio show planned for tonight (August 2nd), starting at 9PM (Central)! WGN Radio’s Studio A … the calm before…

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02.08.2025 08:52 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

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