In my opinion The Rock of Chicago jingles were the best set of jingles ever made for a radio station! And of course, one of the best stations during the 70's!
Wow! This brought back memories. I used to lay in bed at night when I was a kid, living on a farm in rural South Tennesse back in the 1970,s listening. I could only get it at night. I was always so amazed when they gave the weather which the winters were brutal back then, they would announce. " currently in Chicago, we have light snow and minus 5 degrees." Good days!
Not so rural SW Tn here, used to lay in bed at night also tuning in. Imagine to my surprise being 13 and the jingle kicking off the opening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and actually knowing the station.
In 1977 when I was 13 We drove to Chicago for a vacation from MPHS TN. I listened to wls all the way home to Memphis, amazed I could pick it up. I listened to the station every night. A big city radio station. Wls played a better mix of the hits than our local stations. I liked the big city sound. I used to do my homework in my room listening to it and I LOVED THE JINGLES, especially when Chicago was part of the jingle. The station helped me survive that part of my youth. I new In my heart I’d move to a bigger city when I grew up. I moved to San Diego in 1987.
I used to listen to them as I was doing my homework in Baltimore. They came in like thunder in those days, not so much anymore but they're a newstalker now.
Back in the 60's and 70's when all the local radio stations signed off at dark, WLS would turn up the power to 100,000 watts and I would go to sleep with my one ear phone plugged in to my transistor radio. I live in South Carolina. AM travels.
A similar radio format existed in the Philippines from 1992-2007 under the moniker Campus Radio in the Philippines from a radio station Owned by the GMA network under the FM frequency 97.1 with the call sign DWLS, hence it blended with the station branding when it existed. On-air it was branded as “Campus Radio WLS-FM”
@@radiogroupie2397MA Network, owner of 97.1 WLS in Manila, is a former ABC-affiliate in the Philippines from way back. They were also a client of JAM Productions. So, they also used the WLS jingle template in the late 80s. BTW, I'm a Filipino from Chicagoland. ☺️
@@radiogroupie2397 Some are from the 60's, some are form the early 70's. I listened from day 1 but gave up in the 80's. The fun was gone. How many of you can name the original Jocks? After all these years, I don't think I can anymore. I have a personally signed copy of Clark Webers book. I heard he recently passe away. RIP Clark, the memories live on.
@@dbeaus The original DJs when WLS became a Top 40 station were Sam Holman, Mort Crowley, Jim Dunbar, Dick Biondi, Gene Taylor, Art Roberts & Bob Hale. That was when it was fun! :)
@@radiogroupie2397 Sam Holman had the Silver Dollar Survey and Bob Hale had the East of Midnight show. As a young teenager I spent many a night when people thought I was asleep, dreaming and listening to Bob Hale. For some reason, Dunbar is the one I can never remember. Great memories, and yeah it was fun. Jokes, Light hearted, stunts, you wanted to listen. Now, it's all serious and controlled. How long do you think Biondi would last now?
