Elliott Jenkins and Thorne Donnelley
Founders of WDAP

Career Highlights:

• Two socially prominent young Chicagoans and radio enthusiasts who started the experimental station that would eventually become WGN Radio.
• While driving past the Wrigley Building, Jenkins decided it would be a good location for a radio laboratory.
• About a week later, Donnelley had assembled the equipment they would need to build the station and construction began.
• Their early programming consisted of talks, weather reports, and concerts.
• Following storm damage at the Wrigley Building, they moved the operation to the Drake Hotel.