[robeth]

OK, now I remember WLS. Chicken man, what a hoot.

Chicken Man, Chickem Man, He's everwhere, he's everwhere.......

You can hear the adventures of the Winged Warrior every day on XM channel 6. Ms. Helfigger is still quite the cynic, but does manage to keep the Caped Crusader and the Commissioner in line! Benton Harbor could really sell those shoes!


Bob E.

 

[grumpy one]

lujack is still on a oldies station here semi retired
so is dick biondi
also one of the ads was smoking us 30 where the great ones run

 

[Yellow Vette]

WLS, I listened to all the time. Larry Lujack, Ron Reilly, Chicken Man, there were other names or characters I can't think of now. Brings back memories of the outdooor theaters and the '61 Galaxy 500, '65 SS Impala and '66 Mustang I owned. Great times and great music back then.

Listened to Art Roberts just about every night. Man they had a heck of a transmitter when they went to full power about 7pm. Much clearer than the local station a few miles away. Have to agree with the memories, even if it does date me

 

[Shumanrog]

I listened to oldies on WLS on Sunday nights................in Pittsubrgh.
WOWO out of Fort Wayne Indiana used to send out a signal so strong that farmers could hear it in their steel fencing in northern IN.

I remember in the early 1960's when I was growing up in Spartanburg, SC, listening to WOWO out of Fort Wayne , IN , as I went to sleep at night. Considering that was AM radio they were putting out quite a signal.

 

[treeguy]

Yeah, I remember WLS. We could only pick it up at night.Do you remember the Doctor Demento Show, it came on at 11:00 Saturday night I think.

 

[Jan Kokochak]

Other "Blow torch" rock and roll biggy stations

KDKA Pittsburgh
WLS Chicago
WCFL Chicago
WBZ Boston
WOWO Fort Wayne
WHO Des Moines
WWVA Wheeling W.VA (Country)
WTIC Hartford
WRNL Richmond
WFIL Philadelphia
WA "BEATLE" C New York
KFI Los Angeles
KSFO San Fransisco
KWY Cleveland "Then Philadelphia"
WJR Detroit
WKNR Detroit
CKLW Windsor, Ontario
CHUM Toronto
KSL Salt Lake City
KIMN Denver
WLW Cincinatti (Also WSAI)
WHB Kansas City
WOW Omaha
WWL New Orleans (Also WNOE)
WHEN Syracuse
WTOP Washington
WRAL Raleigh
WGR Buffalo (also WBEN)

Want any more?

 

[loren]

oh my garsh all the old farts here

yes i remember mr norms garnd spaulding dodge adds

al you need to blow the doors off the rest of the kids, is a license plate


my favorite wls stuff

was animal stories

with uncle lar and little snot nose tommy

they even had record albums of their stuff in the stores



how about

smoking us 30 dragway in gary

where the big ones run run run



empire carpet adds

588-2300 empire

 

[Jim MC8]

WLS was the radio station to listen to in the 60's if you were anyplace close to Chicago. I woke up to that radio station, and listened to it every time the radio was on. I think someone said something in an earlier post about listening to the "Oldies" on WLS. At the time they were playing on that station they weren't oldies.

They also had pretty good power. We could still listen to it when I was in basic training at Ft. Campbell, KY in 1970

 

[Redneck Dave]

8)

Flashbacks of the late 60's and thru the 70's WLS out of Chicago and CKLW out of Detroit & Windsor (the Canuck side of the house). :wink:

The Big "8"

I remember a few of the mentioned WLS jocks but really remember the CKLW fellas, Byron McGregor seemed like he was always on the news desk, Chuck Miller was later 71 or 72 and now he's here in the TideWater area on the Oldies station. 8)
Some of the other guys, Grant Hudson, Tom Shannon, Pat St. John, Charlie Van **** and later even JJ Jackson one of the first VJs on MTV was on there, wow this has stirred up some stuff. :wink: :lol:
Luckily I threw out all the old rollin' papers before I left for Navy BootCamp. :shock: :lol:

Great!!

 

[Dive Master]

For the WLS fans fill in the blank.

Sundaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay at __________ Drag Raceway.

Also can anyone tell me the name of one of the largest volume Honda dealers that advertised on there. Several people on this board have bought their wings there and still in business.

 

[1800wannabee]

I listened to WLS in 1958-1959 in southwest Arkansas. I could pick it up at night on my transitor radio.

Dick Beondi was the main man at night. He suddenly disappeared from the air about 1959. I ran into a guy in the mid-70s who was from Illinois who used to listen to him and also wondered what had happened to him. Does anybody know?

 

[Crow-Wing]

Not only do I remember WLS, but I remember that Dick Biondi reported the submarine races on Lake Michigan on Friday and Saturday nights. My fiance (now my wife of 41 years) is from Texas and had never seen them. She became an avid fan after I took her to the lake shore and parked at a great spot to see the action.

BTW, I'm from Chicago and have picked up WLS from time to time all over the midwest. I even picked it up while stationed at Fairchild AFB, near Spokane, WA. Had to be late at night, and the weather had to be just right to receive the signal skip.

 

[grumpy one]

I listened to WLS in 1958-1959 in southwest Arkansas. I could pick it up at night on my transitor radio.

Dick Beondi was the main man at night. He suddenly disappeared from the air about 1959. I ran into a guy in the mid-70s who was from Illinois who used to listen to him and also wondered what had happened to him. Does anybody know?

He was blacklisted for something till about the mid 60s since then he has been on several oldies stations here in chicago i seen him doing several county fairs http://www.radiohof.org/discjockey/dickbiondi.html

 

[Hoosier Wing]

WOWO out of Ft Wayne In. I grew up just a few miles west of thier transmitter towers and the rumor war that the farmer across the highway, (us 24) could hear the station in his pole barn because of the metal siding.
I can remember being on vacation and getting wowo on the radio in Tennesee and Florida and then in Pennsylvania and New York if the weather was just right. I used to think it was neat to be all that way from home and hearing the radio talk about places that I actually knew.
The radio station was at AM 1190 and was 50, 000 watts. It was sold to a competitor on the east coast and the power was cut back because it would trample thier broadcasts.
Now I hear some of the old djs on some other stations and it is kind of a shame. There was a tribute to wowo on a local tv station a while back. It was really neat hearing some of the old broadcasts and voices.
WE always had to listen to wowo on the school buses beacuse that was the only staion that would come in.
ahhhh memories !!

 

[Rich & Becky]

I listened to oldies on WLS on Sunday nights................in Pittsubrgh.
WOWO out of Fort Wayne Indiana used to send out a signal so strong that farmers could hear it in their steel fencing in northern IN.

I remember in the early 1960's when I was growing up in Spartanburg, SC, listening to WOWO out of Fort Wayne , IN , as I went to sleep at night. Considering that was AM radio they were putting out quite a signal.

When Rich and I were dating, he was in the Marines, stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC, and I was finishing high school in Michigan. Sometimes he could pick up WOWO on his drive to the base in the mornings, and often knew when my school was cancelled due to snow.

"WOWO, the big 50,000-watt voice of the big business of farming!"

"In a little red barn on a farm down in Indianaaaaa...."

Becky

 

[murf]

Used to listen and fall asleep to WLS at night in the 60's. Listened to it on my very first transistor radio my Dad bought me.

 

[hansong]

Thanks for the memories.

In the early Seventies I worked the graveyard shift at WFOX in Gainesville, GA. I listened to the big market guys on WCFL and WLS (not as good a signal in my '69 Bug) on the drive over from Athens.

It's been several decades since I thought about those days, and trying to stay awake all night, do my homework and get back to Athens for my first period class.

GH

 

[OzarksF6]

WLS

I can remember Double Uuuuu Elllll Ssss in Chicaaago very well
My sister and I would fall asleep listening to the top hits, now oldies, every night.

During the day we'd listen to KICK out of Springfield MO and sometimes at night would listen to a station out of Little Rock that had the King Biscuit Flour Hour with live recordings. Some of that you can hear on Wolfgangs Vault now at www.wolfgangsvault.com

 

[Lone Ranger]

I just remebered the other DJ, Clark Weber.

 

[grumpy one]

http://www.seniormoment.soundtargeting.com/clark.htm