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  • Remembering Harry Teinowitz

    Remembering Harry Teinowitz
    Jul 16 2025
    Harry Teinowitz, one of Chicago’s most popular sports radio hosts, has died at age 64. In addition to a number of appearances on WGN Radio through the years, in 2014 Harry was part of our sister station, 87.7 FM The Game. In 2021, Harry along with frequent on-air partner Spike Manton visited with Dave Plier […]
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  • Chicago radio legend Garry Meier with Tom Skilling and Dave Plier

    Chicago radio legend Garry Meier with Tom Skilling and Dave Plier
    Jul 12 2025
    Chicago radio legend Garry Meier joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier in studio along with Tom Skilling from Hawaii to talk about Garry’s adventures in the suburbs. Tom jumped in with Garry and Dave to reminisce about his time on air with Garry, volcanoes erupting in Hawaii, weather and too many laughs to count.
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  • Celebrating WGN Radio icon Wally Phillips’ 100th

    Celebrating WGN Radio icon Wally Phillips’ 100th
    Jul 12 2025
    WGN Radio’s Dave Plier celebrates Wally Phillips on the 100th anniversary of his birth, sharing a little bit of Wally on the WGN Radio airwaves, including a portion of Bob Sirott’s 2004 interview with Wally and Wally’s acceptance speech in 1993 for the Radio Hall of Fame.
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  • Music legend Chubby Checker: Class of 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Famer coming to The Des Plaines Theatre

    Music legend Chubby Checker: Class of 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Famer coming to The Des Plaines Theatre
    Jul 12 2025
    Class of 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chubby Checker joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about his 60 years in music, the origins of his name, ‘The Twist,’ and his upcoming appearance at Ron Onesti’s Des Plaines Theatre on Sunday, 7/27/25. For tickets, visit arcadalive.com.
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  • The Fabulous Fifties: Music legends Pat Boone, Frankie Avalon, The legacy of Desi Arnaz, The definitive story of the drive-in theater

    The Fabulous Fifties: Music legends Pat Boone, Frankie Avalon, The legacy of Desi Arnaz, The definitive story of the drive-in theater
    Jun 28 2025
    WGN Radio’s Dave Plier celebrates the ‘Fabulous Fifties’ with 91 year old music legend Pat Boone; author Todd Purdum on his book ‘Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television’; 50’s teen idol Frankie Avalon; the definitive story of the drive-in theater; Keith Thibodeaux ‘Little Ricky’, the last living cast member from ‘I Love Lucy’. Plus, […]
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  • Country music icon Wynonna Judd: Greatest Hits Summer Tour, 4 decades of chart toppers

    Country music icon Wynonna Judd: Greatest Hits Summer Tour, 4 decades of chart toppers
    Jun 21 2025
    WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Country Music Icon Wynonna Judd about her summer tour, her level of gratitude right now in her life, missing her mom Naomi Judd, and her peaceful life on the farm. Wynonna will be playing at The Hard Rock Casino on Thursday, July 26th. For more, visit wynonna.com.
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  • ‘Jaws’ at 50 and other summer sun-drenched films

    ‘Jaws’ at 50 and other summer sun-drenched films
    Jun 21 2025
    WGN Radio’s Dave Plier shares his conversation with author John Malahy about the movies that reflect the full range of how summer has been depicted on screen, including Jaws, National Lampoon’s Vacation, The Endless Summer, Caddyshack, and more.
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  • TV’s Top Dads: Father’s Day Edition

    TV’s Top Dads: Father’s Day Edition
    Jun 14 2025
    WGN’s Dave Plier and Wally Podrazik, television historian and author of ‘Watching TV’, break down top TV dads by decade including Howard Cunningham (‘Happy Days’), Andy Taylor (‘The Andy Griffith Show’), Jim Anderson (‘Father Knows Best’), Mike Brady (‘The Brady Bunch’), Archie Bunker (‘Archie Bunker’s Place’), Cliff Huxtable (‘The Cosby Show’), Phil Dunphy (‘Modern Family’) and […]
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