First of all, I want to thank everyone for checking out Chicago Radio Spotlight these past two years. I really enjoy talking to Chicago's radio personalities, programmers, and producers, and I hope you enjoy reading these interviews.I'm going to take off the month of December to concentrate on a couple of book projects I'm working on, but I will be back in January with at least one more year of Chicago Radio Spotlight. If there is anyone that you'd really like to see interviewed in this space next year, drop me a line and let me know. I'm always open to suggestions. If you have a way of getting in touch with the people you suggest, that's even better! Drop me a line at amishrick@yahoo.com.
In the meantime, take a look at some of the interviews I've already done to see if there are any you may have missed. (Not all of them are included below, but about a hundred of them are).
Have a great holiday season, and I'll see you in 2009!
All the best,
Rick Kaempfer
P.S. I'll still be writing my humor column for NWI Parent (Father Knows Nothing) and my Cubs website (Just One Bad Century) in December if you're interested.
Chicago Radio Spotlight interviews from 2007/2008
From the Drive, WDRV...Steve Downes, Matt Bisbee, Bob Stroud, Bobby Skafish, Kathy Voltmer, and Phil Manicki
From WLS...Roe Conn, Mancow, Bill Leff, Wendy Snyder, Paul Brian, Jerry Agar, John Records Landecker and from WLS-FM, Greg Brown
From the Big-89 WLS music days...Clark Weber, Bob Hale, Fred Winston, Catherine Johns, and Jeff Davis
From WGN...Spike O'Dell, Bob Sirott, Dean Richards, Andrea Darlas, Leslie Keiling, Brian Noonan, and Charlie Meyerson
From the Loop...Bruce Wolf, and Byrd
From ESPN Radio...Marc Silverman, Mac, Jurko, and Harry.
From WXRT...Lin Brehmer, and Ken Sumka
From News Radio WBBM...Joe Collins, and Bart Shore
From the Mix, WTMX...
Kathy Hart,Melissa McGurren, Cara Carriveau, and Koz
From WIND 560 AM...
Big John Howell, Cisco Cotto, John Calhoun, and Geoff Pinkus
From B-96...
Eddie Volkman, and Julian Nieh
From all over Chicago's radio dial...Q-101's Manno Brothers, WGCI's Bionce Foxx, Fresh-FM's Lisa Greene, Kiss-FM's DreX, The husband and wife radio team Jenniffer Weigel & Clay Champlin, WLIT's Melissa Forman, US-99's Drew Walker, and WBEZ's Steve Edwards.
Some Chicago favorites, no longer on the air here...Robert Murphy, Alan Cox, Java Joel Murphy, Ron Britain, Steve Scott, Barry Keefe, Dobie Maxwell, Karen Hand, Ian Punnett, Freak, Jennifer Keiper, Laura Witek, Jay Marvin, Mark Zander, Terry Gibson, Stan Lawrence, Eddie Schwartz, Spike Manton, Richard Cantu, and John Fisher
Some current and former Chicago radio programmers...Jeff Schwartz, Kevin Robinson, Mark Edwards, Jim Smith, Matt Dubiel, Todd Manley, Scott Dirks, and Dave Benson
Some of the best radio producers in Chicago history...
John "Swany" Swanson, Jeff Hoover, Tony Lossano, Jack Landreth, Jimmy "Mac" McInerny, The Brothers Straus, Joe Bartosch, and Roman Sawczak
And even three authors who wrote books about Chicago radio...
Clark Weber, Scott Childers, and last but not least, Rick Kaempfer (interviewed by John Records Landecker)
