Among the Chicagoans on the list are my old bosses Steve Dahl (#44) and Garry Meier (#77), plus Tom Joyner (#14), Mancow (#62), Don & Roma (#91), and Bob Collins (#33).
Larz correctly points out that the list is very East-Coast centric, and I'll agree with that, but I think it's also ridiculously tilted to recent history. Radio was much much bigger in the first half of last century than it has been the last twenty years.
The fact that Don McNeil, who hosted the national Breakfast Club for more than 50 years, and really invented the concept of the morning chat show, only comes in at #84 is ridiculous. Arthur Godfrey was the biggest radio star of all time and he's only #6, behind Rush, Howard Stern, Larry King, Sean Hannity and Don Imus?
Behind Sean Hannity? You've got to be kidding me. I don't like to criticize radio performers because I really do admire what they do, but Sean Hannity is a hack. He takes the daily Republican talking points and parrots them back to the listeners without any angle, without any creativity, without any imagination. A robot could do that show. (I hesitate to point that out, by the way. Don't try to create that robot, Clear Channel.)
