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“The Big 89” Returns (for Two Hours): WLS, Chicago to Pay Tribute to its Music Radio Glory Days

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Tomorrow night 7/26) listeners can hear “WLS Unwound: Personalities of the MusicRadio Years.” A gathering of air talent from the legendary days of top 40 radio will get-together in the WLS, Chicago lakefront studios to talk about the glory days of when WLS was the Midwest powerhouse for hits and known as “The Rock of Chicago!”  Scheduled to appear: Tommy Edwards, Chuck Knapp, Catherine Johns, Chuck Buell, Jim Kerr and others who may just happen to drop by. This exciting radio event will be hosted by WLS historian Scott Childers, who literally wrote the book on the legendary radio station, now a major talk outlet. Art Vuolo will be archiving the show on video, while Ted Gorden Smucker, Bill Shannon, Tim Larson, Travis Bravo, and Kipper McGee make it all work in harmony. The broadcast will take place Saturday night (tomorrow) on WLS-AM 890 at 10:00 pm CDT

WLS is also available online at wlsam.com.

Lots of great audio clips will also be included. Click below to hear one of the many great promos that WLS is featuring this week. https://app.box.com/s/zyu3elud2u11zrlqy8gxdq3zyy5g80du