Friday, September 06, 2019

Bobby Skafish in Westmont



The box of new Bobby Skafish books arrived for Saturday’s signing at Blue Village Vinyl in Westmont (2-3pm).

Your copy of the book is awaiting your purchase Saturday. Bobby will happily sign it for you.

Free Kicks--When Worlds Collide

In this week's episode I tell the story of my meeting with Premier League announcer Arlo White.

Listen to it here.

Thursday, September 05, 2019

Chicago Radio Ratings

From this morning's Robert Feder column. The new radio ratings are in. Not many surprises here...

1. WTMX 101.9-FM hot adult contemporary, 5.7 (5.2)
2. WDRV 97.1-FM classic rock, 5.4 (5.4)
3. WVAZ 102.7-FM urban adult contemporary, 5.0 (4.9)
4. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM all news, 4.8 (4.8)
5. WLIT 93.9-FM adult contemporary, 4.5 (4.3)
6. WSCR 670-AM sports talk, 4.1 (3.8)
7. (tie) WKSC 103.5-FM Top 40, 3.8 (3.3); WLS 94.7-FM classic hits, 3.8 (4.0)
9. WXRT 93.1-FM adult album alternative, 3.5 (3.8)
10. WKQX 101.1-FM alternative rock, 3.4 (3.0)
11. (tie) WBMX 104.3-FM classic hip hop, 3.1 (3.3); WSHE 100.3-FM adult contemporary, 3.1 (2.8)
13. WOJO 105.1-FM Mexican regional, 3.0 (3.1)
14. (tie) WBBM 96.3-FM Top 40, 2.9 (3.0); WRME 87.7-FM soft rock oldies, 2.9 (3.1)
16. (tie) WBEZ 91.5-FM public radio news talk, 2.8 (2.7); WGN 720-AM news talk, 2.8 (3.0);
18. WUSN 99.5-FM country, 2.6 (2.8)
19. WGCI 107.5-FM urban contemporary, 2.5 (2.8)
20. WLS 890-AM news talk, 2.1 (2.2)
21. WLEY 107.9-FM Mexican regional, 2.0 (1.9)
22. WPPN 106.7-FM Spanish adult contemporary, 1.9 (1.9)
23. WEBG 95.5-FM country, 1.6 (1.6)
24. WVIV 93.5-FM Spanish contemporary, 1.5 (1.4)
25. WMVP 1000-AM sports talk, 1.4 (1.5)
26. WERV 95.9-FM classic hits, 1.1 (1.3)
27. WCKL 97.9-FM contemporary Christian, 1.0 (1.5)
28. WMBI 90.1-FM Christian ministry, 0.9 (0.8)
29. WFMT 98.7-FM classical, 0.8 (0.8)
30. WSSR 96.7-FM adult contemporary, 0.6 (0.3)

Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Let the Hype Begin



Rick at Wrigley

Had a thrilling night at Wrigley. Beautiful weather. Cubs won. And I got to meet my all-time favorite soccer announcer, Arlo White (who threw out the first pitch and sang the seventh inning stretch)



Tuesday, September 03, 2019

New statues

It was the third of September, a day I'll always remember

Tim Virgin

The September issue of Illinois Entertainer is out and features my interview with WKQX afternoon man Tim Virgin.

You can read it here.

Staged Photo

You know that iconic photograph of the Rockefeller Center workers having lunch on a steel beam way above ground? The Washington Post has the real story behind that photo today.

I had no idea.

Family Wedding

Had a great time in Richmond Virginia over the weekend attending a family wedding. Back on the job full time this morning...