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Bob
Collins
Host
Career
Highlights:
- Joined
WGN Radio in April, 1974 hosting weekdays 2-4pm and Saturdays
6:30-9:30pm. A year later, he added a 7-9pm weekday shift (the
Saturday show would soon end).
- In June,
1981, became the afternoon drive host, working 2-6pm.
- On July 7,
1986, Bob switched shifts with Wally
Phillips and became the new morning drive host.
- Died February
8, 2000, after a mid-air collision.
(L-R) Music Director John Tondelli with Bob Collins in the studio,
March 5, 1986.
Bob
Collins' web pages: Click
to visit the web pages of The Bob Collins Show,
which remain much as they were in February, 2000. The pages feature
many photos, audio archive segments, listener thoughts and other
items from the days following his death, and more memories. Because
these pages have been left mostly intact, some links may no longer
be active.
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