Author: Jim Hampton
Fred Winston Takes His Place in the Radio Hall of Fame
For generations of Chicago listeners, Fred Winston’s unmistakable bari [...]
Joni Caryl: The Voice, the Laughter and a Life in Radio
When Joni Caryl remembers her years in radio, the station call letters [...]
Randy West and a Lifetime Behind the Microphone
Before Randy West called contestants to the stage or kept a television [...]
Shotgun Tom Kelly: A Lifetime of Playing the Hits—and Making Radio Fun
Before the ranger hat, the Emmy Awards, the Hollywood Walk of Fame sta [...]
Jerry Goodwin: From Keener 13 to the Duke of Madness
Before he became Detroit’s Jerry Goodwin or Boston’s “Duke of Madness, [...]
Mike Gormley: Backstage at Six Decades of Music History
At 14, Mike Gormley talked his way backstage to interview Brenda Lee. [...]
Gil Gross: A Life in Radio, One Good Story at a Time
Gil Gross has delivered the news on some of America’s best-known s [...]
When Radio Told America What Was Happening on September 11
There are moments in history when a medium becomes more than entertain [...]
Charlie O’Brien: Keeping the BIG 8 CKLW Alive
From a college dare to CKLW, Charlie O’Brien became part of one of rad [...]
Roy Rogers: From Radio’s Double R Bar to Television’s “Happy Trails”
Before Roy Rogers became one of television’s most familiar heroes, he [...]