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June 5 2009 :: 9:41 pm
Filiaggi Back on the Air

Just weeks after she wrapped up her most recent run at WLS-AM 890, longtime traffic reporter Christina Filiaggi will be popping up on Geoff Pinkus’ “Living Large” show on WIND-AM 560 starting this Sunday evening starting at 5p.

Filiaggi was booted from WLS to make way for Amy Jacobson, who took over the sidekick duties on the show. For months before joining WLS, Jacobson sat-in with Pinkus. In essence, Pinkus and Conn pulled off a trade of Jacobson for…

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June 5 2009 :: 9:20 pm
Danny Mac Returns as The Score Re-Shuffles

It’s been almost a decade since Dan McNeil called WSCR-AM The Score his home. He’s spent most of the last nine years as part of Mac, Jurko, and Harry’s “Afternoon Saloon” on cross-town rival ESPN’s WMVP-AM 1000, until January of this year when he was yanked off the station. Since then, he’s been sitting out the remainder of his contract. On June 15, Danny Mac will return to his roots at The Score.

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May 30 2009 :: 3:53 pm
Mancow Faked Waterboarding

In what was clearly a radio stunt, Erich “Mancow” Muller allowed himself to be waterboarded last Friday morning during his show on WLS-AM. With his partner Pat Cassidy providing play-by-play commentary, Mancow appeared to undergo the same procedure that CIA interrogators used against a handful of detainees, a technique recently banned by the Obama administration and critiszied by Democrats in Congress.

Aside from getting attention, Mancow intended on making a point about the seriousness of the technique. After lasting less…

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May 30 2009 :: 3:33 pm
Bill Leff Exits WLS-AM

More than three years after he joined WLS-AM and the Roe Conn Show, veteran comedian and broadcast personality exited the station on Friday. According to reports, his contract was up, and the station decided not to renew his deal.

When he joined WLS in 2005, critics immediately compared Leff to Garry Meier. A year earlier, Meier walked away from a reported seven-figure deal to stay with the station and longtime partner Roe Conn.

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April 2 2009 :: 1:11 pm
Deal Done: Garry Meier Joins WGN

The Garry Meier of 1979 would probably find it amusing that the Garry Meier of 2009 has just been named the afternoon host on WGN-AM. For so many years, Meier and partner Steve Dahl mocked WGN, its personalities, and all that it represented in Chicago broadcasting. Now, after so many years, Meier will be holding court each afternoon from 1-4pm when the Cubs aren’t playing.