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On today’s very special episode, we celebrate 100 years of WLS radio. Bret Gogoel is joined by voices who have been on our airwaves, in our newsroom, and even in the production booth.   First up, Scott Childers, News Anchor and WLS Historian, walks us through the first 50 years of the station. Tom Johnson, former WLS News Anchor and Producer, tells us all about his time working during the rock years with Fred Winston and during the transition to talk. Jeff Davis, Former Host and the Current Voice of the Big 89, joins the show to tell the tale of the second 50 years of WLS. In the second half of the show, John Dempsey, former WLS News Director, talks about his time in the news room…and a bit about the Masters golf tournament. Then, Cisco Cotto, former WLS News Anchor and Host, tells us all about the shenanigans that took place during his time at the station and the lessons he learned along the way. Finally, Bill Cameron, WLS City Hall Reporter Emeritus and Host of Take 1, takes us home talking about his many years reporting in the windy city. 

On today’s very special episode, we celebrate 100 years of WLS radio. Bret Gogoel is joined by voices who have been on our airwaves, in our newsroom, and even in the production booth.   First up, Scott Childers, News Anchor and WLS Historian, walks us through the first 50 years of the station. Tom Johnson, former WLS News Anchor and Producer, tells us all about his time working during the rock years with Fred Winston and during the transition to talk. Jeff Davis, Former Host and the Current Voice of the Big 89, joins the show to tell the tale of the second 50 years of WLS. In the second half of the show, John Dempsey, former WLS News Director, talks about his time in the news room…and a bit about the Masters golf tournament. Then, Cisco Cotto, former WLS News Anchor and Host, tells us all about the shenanigans that took place during his time at the station and the lessons he learned along the way. Finally, Bill Cameron, WLS City Hall Reporter Emeritus and Host of Take 1, takes us home talking about his many years reporting in the windy city.

Host Bret Gogoel and the WLS Newsroom team share Chicago's local news that matters on your drive home. From politics and education to crime and health, PM Chicago shines the spotlight on local stories that are important to with reports from Kim Gordon, Nick Gale, and Annie Krall. 

Host Bret Gogoel and the WLS Newsroom team share Chicago's local news that matters on your drive home. From politics and education to crime and health, PM Chicago shines the spotlight on local stories that are important to with reports from Kim Gordon, Nick Gale, and Annie Krall.

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