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75th Anniversary Special

On Sunday, July 25, 1999, at 1:00pm, WGN Radio presented a special broadcast to celebrate 75 years of broadcasting. Host/producer Kurt Vanderah traced the history of the station by introducing a series of audio segments from the past. A full run-down is below.

Show run-down:

0:00:00 Introduction audio from an old WGN Radio promotional film.
0:00:25 Welcome by Kurt Vanderah.
0:01:15 Wally Phillips talking with newsman Don Harris, including audio of Harris on the phone with a bank robber while the robbery is in progress.
0:05:50 Jimmy Fiddler entertainment/gossip report from the 1940s.
0:06:45 Kathy O'Malley & Judy Markey talking with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
0:11:45 The final pitches from Don Cardwell's no-hitter, May, 1960, as called by Jack Quinlan and Charlie Grimm plus Vince Lloyd interviewing Cardwell after the game.
0:18:10 Montage of great WGN sports moments featuring Harry Caray, Jack Brickhouse, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, Dave Eanet, Vince Lloyd, Wayne Larrivee, Dick Butkus and others.
0:22:05 Bob Collins and the Furtive Family of Fine Frogs.
0:27:50 Collins apologizes to Max Armstrong for referring to the farm market report as "hogs and frogs." Then, frogs apparently invade the studio.
0:29:30 Orion Samuelson montage.
0:31:15 Wally Phillips clip from 1964 featuring newsman Steve Schickel covering a Beatles concert.
0:33:35 Roy Leonard talks with Ray Charles.
0:36:05 The final broadcast from the Aragon Ballroom in 1964 featuring Wayne King the Waltz King.
0:39:10 "Sing For Your Money" at the Blackhawk restaurant, 1940.
0:41:35 Spike O'Dell's "Now You Know" feature, followed by a listener attempting to demonstrate the day's fun fact.
0:45:55 Segment from Bob Young's WGN song.
0:47:10 A few moments with "Sam 'n' Henry."
0:50:10 Montage of radio drama/adventure programs.
0:52:10 Segment from program marking end of World War II featuring Col. Robert R. McCormick.
0:55:20 "Top Tunes with Trendler"
0:57:25 Segment from a 1968 interview of Ronald Reagan by Jack Brickhouse.
1:01:25 Roy Leonard talking with the cast of Star Wars.
1:07:20 Segment from a 1985 conversation between Milt Rosenberg and Carl Sagan.
1:11:45 Kathy & Judy talk about how guys celebrate a sports victory with a distinctive sound.
1:17:45 Franklyn MacCormack reads "Why Do I Love You."
1:20:55 Wally Phillips reads a very simple riddle to a caller.
1:22:55 Bob Collins reads from Hamlet, with some help from Carl Greyson.
1:24:55 Collection of bloopers.
1:29:30 Kurt Vanderah wraps up the program.

 

 

 



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