Radio History of Chicago: Pehea e ulu ai mai ka makahiki 1900?

ʻO Chicago ke kolu o ka mākeke hoʻolaha nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kikowaena o ka ʻoihana ʻoliʻoli ma Midwest. I ka "makahiki gula" o nā kikowaena 40 kiʻekiʻe ma nā '60s a me' 70s, ua lanakila ka WLS o ABC i nā nalu. I ka '80s, e like me ka nui o nā kikowaena 40 AM kiʻekiʻe o ka lāhui, ua haʻalele ia i ke mele no ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ke ʻano mele i FM.

 

Kikako Radio History mahope iho o 1920s

Ua loaʻa iā Chicago nā kikowaena ma nā kelepona AM e hoʻomaka ana me ka hoʻolaha pāʻoihana i nā makahiki 1920 mua. ʻO nā leka kelepona mua loa ma ka mākeke no KYW, kahi kahua ʻo Westinghouse nona ka laikini i hoʻopuka ʻia e ke Keʻena Kalepa ma Nowemapa 9, 1921. Hoʻomaka ia ma ke ʻano opera. ʻO nā kikowaena hou aʻe ʻo WBU a me WGU. Ua laikini 'ia ka WBU o ke Kulanakauhale o Chicago ma ka la 21 o Feberuari, 1922, a ua oki ka hana ana ma ka la 7 o Novemaba, 1923. Ua laikiniia ka WGU ma Fair Department Store ma ka la 29 o Malaki, 1922, a mahope o ia makahiki hookahi, ma ka la 2 o Okatoba, ua loaa ka palapala kahea. ua hoʻololi ʻia i WMAQ.

 

ʻO nā keʻena ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kelepona AM i nā makahiki 1920, ʻo ia ʻo Ray-Di-Co's WGAS, Mid West Radio Central's WDAP (loaʻa ʻia e ka Chicago Board of Trade ma 1923), ʻo Zenith Corporation's WJAZ (ma ke ʻano he kikowaena portable ma 1924 a hoʻopau i ka makahiki aʻe. ma Mt. Prospect), a me WAAF o ka Drovers Journal of Chicago. I ka makahiki 1924, ua loaʻa i ka Chicago Tribune ka WAAF a ua hoʻololi i kāna leka kelepona iā WGN. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua loaʻa i ka Tribune ka WDAP, nona ka polokalamu a me nā mea hana i hoʻopili ʻia e WGN. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka WCFL, i kapa ʻia ma muli o kāna mea nona mua, ʻo Chicago Federation of Labor, ma 610 am i ka makahiki 1926, akā ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia i 620, a laila 970, a ma hope o 1000. Ua hoʻomau ka CFL a hiki i 1979.

 

Ua hoʻomau ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā dials i nā makahiki 30 a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā makahiki 40 ma hope o ka hoʻololi hou ʻana o FCC. Ma ka makahiki 1942, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kelepona AM WMAQ (670), WGN (720), WJBT (770), WBBM (780), WLS (890), WAAF (950), WCFL (1000), WMBI (1110), WJJD (1150) ), WSBC (1240), WGBF (1280) a me WGES (1390).

 

Ua hoʻomaka mālie nā lekiō FM ma nā kelepona i nā makahiki kanahā a me kanalima, akā ʻaʻole a hiki i nā makahiki kanaono a me kanahiku i hoʻomaka ai lākou e loaʻa ka poʻe lehulehu. I ka makahiki 1980, ua lilo ʻo FM i pūʻulu mele, a ua holomua nā kahua kamaʻilio ma AM. Mai ka 1980s a hiki i kēia manawa, ua lanakila ka hoʻohuihui ʻoihana i nā poʻomanaʻo ʻoihana.

 

Ua hele ka WLS i nā leka uila o Chicago ma 1924 me 500 watts. Na Sears & Roebuck ka mea nona ka inoa, mai ka slogan Sears "The World's Largest Store". ʻO kahi hōʻike mua i hala he mau makahiki ʻo "Country Barn Dance," kahi i hōʻike ʻia i nā mele mele a me ka ʻāina. Hoʻonohonoho ke kikowaena i ke kūlana no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka mahiʻai ma Midwest. I ka makahiki 1929, kūʻai aku ʻo Sears i ke kikowaena iā Praaire Farmer Magazine, alakaʻi ʻia e Burridge Butler. Na ka hui i ke kahua mai ka makahiki 1950.

 

ʻO Chicago Radio History ma hope o 1940s

He home mua ko WLS ma 870 AM, akā ua neʻe i ka 890 i ka manawa i hoʻihoʻi ʻia ai ka FCC i ka makahiki 1941. I nā lā mua, he mea maʻamau no nā kikowaena like ʻole e kaʻana like i nā wahi kelepona. A hiki i ka makahiki 1954, kaʻana like ʻo WLS i kona kūlana kelepona me WENR, nona ka ABC. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ABC a me ka Paramount Theatre i kahi kuleana mana ma WLS i ka makahiki 1954, ua lilo ʻo 890 AM i WLS maʻalahi, aʻo ka leka kelepona a WENR i noho ma Chicago TV Channel 7 a me 94.7 kaikuahine FM station. I ka pau ʻana o nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ABC i ka hōʻike mahiʻai i ʻike ʻia ʻo WLS mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana.

 

Ma ka lā 2 o Mei, 1960, ua hoʻololi ʻo WLS i kahi lekiō 40 kiʻekiʻe no ka manawa mua ma ka hōʻike a Sam Holman. ʻO nā mea pāʻani mua ma kēia ʻano WLS e puka mai nei ʻo ia ʻo Clark Webb, Bob Hale, Gene Taylor, Mort Crowley, Jim Dunbar, Dick Biondi, Bernie Allen a me Dex · Card. ʻElua mau mea haʻuki WLS, ʻo Ron Riley lāua ʻo Art Roberts, i ninaninau kaʻawale iā The Beatles. Ua lilo ʻo Clark Weber i mea hoʻokipa kakahiaka ma 1963, ʻelua makahiki ma hope o ke komo ʻana i ka lekiō. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi papahana mai 1966 a hiki i ka hōʻea ʻana o John Rooker i 1968. Ua neʻe ʻo Webb i ka WCFL no kekahi mau makahiki, a laila ua komo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o nā hōʻike lekiō ʻē aʻe o Chicago i nā makahiki.

 

ʻO Chicago Radio History ma hope o 1960s

Ua hoʻolele ʻia ʻo WLS i nā papahana nūhou i nā makahiki 1960 mua e hoʻokō i nā koi FCC. I loko o kēia manawa, ua neʻe ʻo WLS i luna ʻekolu me WGN a me WIND. Ua hana ʻo Biondi i ʻekolu pō ma mua o ka pau ʻana i KRLA ma Los Angeles, akā hoʻi hou i Chicago ma WCFL.

 

I ka makahiki 1965, ua hoʻololi ka WCFL mai Labor News a hiki i ka 40 kiʻekiʻe e lilo i "Super CFL," e lawe ana i ka hoʻokūkū i ka WLS, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Channel 89," a laila "Big 89." Ua lanakila ʻo WLS i ka makahiki 1967 ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a ka luna hoʻokele ʻo Gene Taylor. Ua hoʻolauna ʻia kahi laina hou o nā mea pāʻani e komo pū me Larry Lujack o Morning, Chuck Beal, Jerry Kay a me Chris Eric Stevens. Ua hoʻopaʻa paʻa ka luna o ka papahana ʻo John Rook i ke kahua, a i ka makahiki 1968, ʻo WLS ka helu ʻekahi a lanakila i ka makana "Radio of the Year" mai The Gavin Report.

 

ʻO ka manawa wale nō i lanakila ai ka CFL i ka WLS i ke kaua kiʻekiʻe-40 i ke kauwela o 1973. I ka neʻe ʻana o PD lāua ʻo Fred Winston mai ke awakea a kakahiaka, ua ʻoki ʻo Tommy Edwards, a ua alakaʻi i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka WLS. Ua lawe ʻia mai nā kālena hou, ʻo Bob Sirott, Steve King a me Yvonne Daniels. Ma ka hāʻule ʻana, ua hoʻi hou ʻo WLS i ka helu 1. Ua haʻalele ʻo WCFL i kēia ʻano ma 1976 ʻoiai ʻo WLS ka mana a hiki i nā makahiki he kanahiku.

 

ʻO WLS-FM (94.7) ʻo WENR FM ma mua. I ka makahiki 1965 ua lilo ia i WLS-FM, e hoʻolaha ana i "mele maikaʻi" a me nā haʻuki. I ka makahiki 1968, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā hōʻike kakahiaka WLS-AM iā Clark Weber (6a-8a) a me Don McNeill's Breakfast Club (8a-9a). I Kepakemapa 1969, ma hope o kahi hōʻike hoʻokolohua hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo "Spoke", ua hoʻoholo ʻo ABC e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o FM i ka pōhaku holomua. Ua lilo ʻo WLS-FM i WDAI i ka makahiki 1971 me ka mālama ʻana i ka holomua. I ka makahiki aʻe, hoʻomaka ke kahua e neʻe i ke ala o ka pōhaku palupalu. A laila i ka makahiki 1978 ua hoʻololi loa ka ʻano i ka disco. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Steve Dahl, no laila ua huakaʻi ʻo ia me kāna hoa ʻo Garry Meier ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kaona i WLUP me ka lanakila nui.

 

ʻO Chicago Radio History ma hope o 1980s

I kēia manawa, ua mau ka disco craze i kekahi mau makahiki, a ma ka 1980 WDAI-FM i ke ahi, no laila ua hoʻololi iki i ka format i oldies WRCK i ka makahiki 1980, a laila hoʻololi hou i kona inoa i WLS-FM a hoʻomaka i ka simulcasting i ka hōʻike ahiahi AM. I ka makahiki 1986, lilo ʻo WLS-FM i WYTZ (Z-95), he 40 mea hoʻokūkū kiʻekiʻe loa iā B96 (WBBM 96.3). Ua hoʻololi hou ʻia ka hōʻailona kelepona i WLS-FM i ka makahiki 1992 a ua lilo ia i mea hoʻokani piha manawa piha o AM, ma mua o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano kamaʻilio ma 1989. Mai 1995 a i 1997 ʻo ia ka lekiō aupuni WKXK (Kicks Country), me ka hoʻokūkū WUSN . A laila, lilo hou ia i pōhaku kahiko i ka makahiki 1997, me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka Q101 ma ke ʻano he kikowaena ʻē aʻe me CD 94.7 ma lalo o ka papahana a Bill Gamble. I ka makahiki 2000, lilo ʻo CD 94.7 i The Zone," e hilinaʻi nui ana i nā mele ʻē aʻe.

 

ʻO WXRT (93.1) kahi kahua pōhaku lōʻihi i hoʻololi ʻia mai ka pōhaku holomua i ka pōhaku o kēia manawa a i kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe, a ua lilo ia i mea koho makua mai ka makahiki 1994. Ua hoʻomaka mua ke kahua i ka pōhaku holomua ma 1972. ʻO ka hōʻailona kelepona mua ʻo WSBC. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā leka kelepona WXRT ma 101.9 FM ma Chicago i ka makahiki 40 a me ka 50 mua. Ua hoʻolālā mua ʻia ʻo Norm Winer no WBCN ma Bosetona a ua lilo i kakahiaka ma KSAN ma Kapalakiko ma mua o ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi papahana no WXRT. I ka makahiki 1991, ua lilo ka kuleana mai Daniel Lee i Diamond Broadcasting. I ka makahiki 1995, ua loaʻa ke kikowaena e CBS Radio, i hui pū ʻia me Infinity Broadcasting.

 

ʻO Chicago Radio History ma hope o 1990s

I nā makahiki 90, i ka wā i loaʻa ai nā helu kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻano ʻokoʻa, ʻo Q101 (WKQX) kekahi o nā kikowaena ʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe loa ma Midwest. He kahua 40 kiʻekiʻe loa ia e NBC i nā makahiki 80, a kūʻai aku iā Emmis i ka makahiki 1988. Ua mālama ke kahua i ka leka kelepona akā ua hoʻololi ʻia i kahi kikowaena ʻē aʻe i ka makahiki 1992 ma lalo o ka papahana a Bill Gamble, nāna i lele i ke kūlanakauhale ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope. Ua lilo ʻo Alex Luke, nāna i kākau i ke KPNT ma Stl Louis, i luna hoʻomalu o ka papahana a hiki i ka makahiki 1998 i ka hiki ʻana mai o Dave Richards no ʻekolu makahiki. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Richards i ke kahua pōhaku WRCX (103.5), nāna i hoʻohuli i ke ʻano a hoʻololi i ka leka kelepona iā WUBT. Ua hana ʻo Mary Shuminas no ke kahua no 20 mau makahiki, akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka makahiki 2004 ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kōkua papahana. Ua alakaʻi ʻo WXRT i ka Q101 i nā helu mai ka 2000s mua, e hōʻike ana i ka makemake o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kahi papa inoa ākea ma mua o ka hoʻololi paʻa ʻana e like me ka top 40. Halekuai Mele iTunes.

 

Mai ka waena o '90s a hiki i ka makahiki 2000, ʻo Mancow Muller ka hōʻike kakahiaka nui o Chicago. No ia mai ke kahua 40 Z95 kiʻekiʻe o Kapalakiko, kahi i hana ai ʻo ia i ka nūhou aupuni no kona hopu ʻia ʻana no ke keakea ʻana i ke kaʻa ma ke alahaka ʻo Bay -- no kona ʻoki lauoho. He hana hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ia i nā hanana e pili ana iā Pelekikena Clinton. Ua hele mua ʻo Mueller i Chicago i Iulai 1994 ma ke kahua pōhaku WRCX. Ua kapa ʻia ka hōʻike ʻo "Mancow's Morning Madhouse." Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hōʻike i nā hui aupuni ma 1997. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo Mancow i kāna hōʻike kakahiaka i Q101. I ka makahiki 2001, ua nānā nui ʻia ka hōʻike a Mancow e ka FCC, a ua loaʻa i kekahi mau hoʻopaʻi no ka ʻike o ka hōʻike.

 

ʻO ka neʻe ʻana o WLS-AM e kamaʻilio lekiō i ka makahiki 1989 i hōʻike ʻia e nā makahiki '80 ua huli nā mea hoʻokani i FM. ʻO nā keʻena kamaʻilio AM ʻē aʻe i kēlā manawa me WLUP (1000), WVON (1450) a me WJJD (1160). Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻo WIND (560) ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana a hele i Sepania. ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻoiai ua huli ka poʻe aloha mele i FM i ka makahiki 80, ʻo ka lekiō kiʻekiʻe ma ke kaona ma ka hopena o ke kenekulia 10, ʻo ia ka Tribune nona ka hale kiʻekiʻe o WGN-AM (720). Ua piʻi pū ʻo WBBM-AM (780) i ka poʻokela ʻekolu ma ke ʻano he hale nūhou i ka hopena o ke kanawalu. ʻO nā ʻano kaona o WGCI (107.5) a me WVAZ (102.7) ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā helu, ʻoiai ʻo kona kaikuahine ʻo FM B96 ke alakaʻi i nā hits hou. Ua hana maikaʻi ʻo Evergreen's WLUP (97.9) ma ke ʻano he kahua pōhaku. A laila kūʻai aku iā Bonneville,

 

I nā makahiki he kanaiwa, ua hoʻomau ʻo WGN-AM i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka mākeke, ʻoiai ua hoʻololi ke ʻano i ka nūhou a me ke mele, i ʻike ʻia he ʻano "full-service". Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo WGCI i nā mea nona mai Gannett i Chancellor Media, nāna i kūʻai aku i ka WVAZ hoʻokūkū a hoʻololi i kona ʻano i ke kūlanakauhale makua. Ua lilo ʻo Chancellor i AMFM ma mua o ka hui ʻana me Clear Channel. I loko o ka hoʻololi a pau, ua noho ke alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale i ke alakaʻi mākeke. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Chancellor iā WGCI-AM (1390) a hoʻolilo iā ia i palapala kahiko o ke kūlanakauhale. Ma ka makahiki 1997, he ʻehiku mau keena ʻo Chancellor ma ka mākeke, mahalo i ke kānāwai Telecommunications 1996, i hōʻoluʻolu i nā mea paʻa. Ua hana maikaʻi ʻia ʻo WBBM AM (news) a me WBBM FM (hits) i nā makahiki 90, a me WLS Radio (890).

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