WCFL-AM, a religious music radio station in Chicago, was converted Wednesday into adult rock station WLUP-AM as part of a merger completed between two broadcasting concerns. Heftel Broadcasting, owned ...

Legendary Radio Programmer Ken Draper passed away this week at age 89. Jim Hampton, who partnered with Draper throughout the 80’s to produce syndicated programs for ABC, CBS and RKO Networks, plus ...

“I’ve always wanted to be the PD of WCFL … and now I ARE one!” So says programmer J.R. Russ. You can do that kind of thing with the Internet. Russ, a voiceover talent and consultant with various radio ...

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Introduction : labor and the mass media to 1925 -- The creation of WCFL, 1925-26 -- The promise of labor radio, 1927-28 -- Clear channel and other battles, 1929-32 -- "Something different into our ...