Les was a true media icon of the last 50-plus years, whose knowledge of Chicago sports history was unparalleled. host of the WLS Fan Talk was hired and he would get a nightly show when sunset . The Chicago native graduated from Von Steuben High School and Columbia College and began his broadcasting career as a commentator for Northwestern basketball in 1970. @seanrsears will remain the producer on the board. WMAQ carried original local and network programming. For a long while, theres been quite a bit of discussion about the relatively few women in prominent sports media roles, whether thats with game broadcasts, various studio shows, or other sports media roles. 670 The Score is Chicago's most listened-to sports radio station and home of Chicago Cubs, Bulls and White Sox. The XFL has returned, and with it rules innovations have followed, much to the delight of many viewers. pic.twitter.com/2w03L6qP0L. Weekends outside of play-by-play constitute of local shows by Mike Esposito, Steve Rosenbloom and Mark Grote. Clear-channel sports radio station in Chicago, The end of WMAQ and launch of "The Score". You can be wrong about stuff like this, you can report it, you can report it poorly, and there are no consequences for it. The Spice Channel! Mitch Rosen, The Scores program director, expressed his gratitude for taking the Score Overnights gig, a challenge some hosts may have preferred to avoid. Address: 180 N. Stetson Avenue, Suite 1250, Chicago, IL 60601: Phone: +1 . [77][78], Edgar Bergen was initially turned down for a radio spot at WMAQ. I really love the transparency. There are questions as to whether anyone actually heard the station's initial half-hour broadcast, as technical problems forced WGU to shut down the following day. I never look at her pertaining to gender. As part of the update, the station is pairing longtime station. Les was always gonna be at every single news conference, every locker room scrum, every major event.. 1 ranking for business relocations, expansion. He previously also hosted a weekend show on CBS Sports Radio and has worked at multiple Chicago television stations. Austin Harvest officially reopened for its second season on Monday June 21. Our audience lost a great friend overnight," said Mitch Rosen, The Score's operations director. Lance also advises stations, talent and brands on digital content strategies, programming integrations, and brand extensions. [68][71] The station launched a new main antenna tower at Bloomingdale in 1951, which was considered to be one of the tallest tower structures in the U.S. at the time. [173] All three iterations of WSCR utilized the same studios at 4949 West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Cragin neighborhoodshared with WXRTfrom 1992 until moving to the NBC Tower in 2001,[174][175] using the facilities that WMAQ had vacated a year earlier. The chemistry and vibe they have shown has been great, he said. Ned Locke is known best to Chicagoans as "Ringmaster Ned." Their first appearance on Chicago radio is said to have been on WLS in the late 1920s. Not just because of replacing Grobstein, but the demands of that overnight shift. Ill just get frustrated and say You know what? I am so proud that we will always be joined at the hip as the only two guys to get Lee Elias rant on tape, Giangreco said. Jordan Bondurant is a features reporter for Barrett Sports Media. He works as a sports talk host correspondent. One of Grobsteins claims to fame is having the only recording of then-Cubs manager Lee Elias infamous profanity-laced tirade on April 29, 1983, at Wrigley Field. Mike "Mad Bugler" Murphy was a founding member of the Left Field Bleacher Bums, a group of dedicated Chicago Cubs fans who sat in . Copyright 2022 RadioInsight / RadioBB Networks. The station distributed 200 receivers in the city and suburbs. But certain things Id be like, Nah, Im gonna pass on this.'. A sale to Westinghouse Broadcasting in 1988 resulted in WMAQ becoming an all-news radio station throughout the 1990s. He knew all the lines, because thats who he was, Ofman said. The traditional NBC chimes were played with a late 50s-mid 60s historic ID that, although inaccurate with the current network association and sister station, was appropriate as it spoke, "This is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company. So I really like that part of it.. The WSCR studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza in the Chicago Loop, while the station transmitter resides in nearby Bloomingdale, diplexed with co-owned WBBM. [126], On May 4, 1964, WMAQ switched from a beautiful music format to a MOR-pop standard format, featuring music by artists such as Andy Williams, Nat King Cole, and Jack Jones. [6][8][9] At the time, the station was broadcasting on 833 kilocycles with a transmitter power of about 100 watts.[7]. The Chicago Wolves sponsor the studio used for the updates. He was everybodys friend for those people who listened., I used to ask him, How can you do an overnight shift and be at all these games? former Chicago TV sports anchor Mark Giangreco said. [87][88] Garroway was also responsible for organizing a series of local jazz concerts and establishing a Chicago lounge "Jazz Circuit" in 1947 which revived interest in the music genre. Leila Rahimi, who currently teams with Bernstein, will join the pair on Wednesdays while moving to a full-time role at WMAQ-TV. The studios for both stations had been designed by NBC before the sale. He watched the film Rookie of the Year on the fire escape. The station moved to the new NBC Tower in 1990 with television station WMAQ-TV despite their being owned by different companies. Dannys served in finance and early on they resided in a Lake Shore Drive high-rise. Grobstein had interviewed McMahon, but the Punky QB never uttered the slur. Yet Grote and the audience will surely feel a sense of togetherness about moving forward. [184][185], On January 31, 2018, Entercom announced that WSCR would become the new flagship station for the Chicago Bulls on February 3, 2018, after Cumulus Media nullified its contract with the team to carry games on WLS after Cumulus filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[186][187]. NBC Sports and 670 The Score will call the . [26][27][28][9] With a new location and new frequency of 670 kilohertz, WMAQ went on the air July 2, 1923. [32] It was one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927. Starting in 2005, WSCR started airing Sporting News Radio programming overnights. For many years due to union constraints, all music broadcast on the network was live. Our relationship with the Pirates hasnt changed. Danny and his wife Stephanie have a son named Owen Daniel. He earns his income as a sports talk host of The Drive from 2-6 PM CT on 610 Sports Radio since April 2011. At that point she became the director of public affairs programming for NBC's central division, holding that title until her retirement in 1957. For the home stretch? 670 The Score host Dan Bernstein was absent from Bernstein & Holmes earlier this week. I think sometimes people just tune you out when you do that.. Im out, but when you go back to what I think was I cant prove it, and Ill be upfront about that but what I think was from a one-source report from Jason La Canfora can then turn into all of us using it as programming, but people who might be better equipped to debunk the story, like an Adam Schefter or an Ian Rapoport, saying I guess that makes senseso then it gets into the bloodstream., This is my public service announcement: I dont have answers for you.. Clark Weber, Jim Stagg (19352007), Joel Sebastian, Tom Murphy, and Howard Miller all spent some time working at WMAQ and previously at WCFL. Strong knew a young woman with some ad agency experience named Judith C. Waller. Giangreco was in the room that day with Grobstein and a few newspaper reporters. Herb Kent, a Chicago radio pioneer, first came to work in the mailroom at WMAQ as a young high school graduate in the late 1940s. While the main antenna was out of service, NBC found a solution with some history to it to get WMAQ back broadcasting at full power. Chicagos 670 The Score has announced its choice to fill the overnight shift previously manned for 25 years by Les Grobstein, who passed away in January. He was always a pleasure to chat with on game days, and anyone who had a conversation with Les walked away knowing more. Sports Canada and Black Press. Although the station never shifted completely to Top 40, by the early 1970s, WMAQ's playlist had become comparable to today's hot adult contemporary format. [6][7] A joint venture between The Fair Department Store and the Chicago Daily News, WGU's first transmitter sat atop the department store. Reporters include Zach Zaidman, David Schuster, Nick Shepkowski and Jay Zawaski. [66], Amid stagnant ratings, WMAQ added more long-form news programming and some assorted call-in shows in 1998 and 1999. [100][101][102] After getting some announcing experience, Kent returned to WMAQ, this time on the air as a radio actor.[103]. 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Grobstein became a major event himself before the Bears appearance in Super Bowl XX in New Orleans. He was a best friend to so many that knew him that he never knew. 670 The Score/Entercom. For the companies that did purchase ads, they could be bought for as little as $60. The Grobber, who had been off the air lately because of an illness, began working overnights at The Score in 2009, but his history in Chicago sports media goes back much further. Strong replied neither do I, but come down and well find out.[10] Waller was hired in February 1922. Jeff Agrest ofThe Chicago Sun-Times has some quotes from everyone involved on what this means: Leila is a terrific sports personality, a knowledgeable sports fan and an opinionist, program director Mitch Rosen said. The PM Team host then joked that Netflix could be an option for the dispatched franchises. Always live on. It was one of Chicago's top night spots, as many popular celebrities could be found there, either as performers or as patrons. The popularity of the radio soap operas which began in Chicago made it necessary for NBC to construct six more radio studios on the 19th floor. [36][37] Beginning in the fall of 1925, college football games from the University of Chicago were also broadcast. [46][47][48] Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden broke with WGN over syndication rights. [122] It was WMAQ's Dave Garroway who discovered Daddy-O tending bar in 1947 and suggested he train for work in radio. His cameraman recorded Elias rant, as well, but the videos whereabouts are unknown. He credits WMAQ and Hugh Downs, who was then a WMAQ staff announcer, with providing him with the tools and encouragement he needed. Only one studio, Studio F, was on the 20th. 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