1.31.2013

Steve Dale: Beyond Pets

Steve Dale is known all around the media for his advice and passion for pets, but he's had a lot of other experience in radio, including WCFL, WLS, WCLR, WGN, WYCA, and WLTD (now WCGO) with Fred Winston, Larry Lujack, John Landecker, Wally Phillips, Roy Leonard, Bob and Betty Sanders, Dean Richards, and even was part of a "secret project" to change WCFL's format and got fired in an elevator. Plus, he's been a restaurant critic for Crain's Chicago Business, a syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services, followed Oprah and entertainment for People magazine and USA Today, and has written books and many other articles.

Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).

http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG92.mp3

1.24.2013

Sherman Kaplan: living well in radio

Sherman Kaplan talks about his long radio career, which
started in Ohio: as a music disc jockey at WAEF in Cincinnati, as "Mike Sherman the Night Creature" at WSAI in Cincinnati, then in Columbus, Charlotte, and WBBM Newsradio in Chicago, where he's been for over 40 years. He talks about job security, culture, travel, being a restaurant critic, his favorite restaurants, getting hired by Drew Hayes to do the Noon Business Hour on WBBM, and more.

Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).

http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG91.mp3

1.15.2013

Mitch Rosen: Sports Radio Boss

Mitch Rosen is the program director of WSCR "The Score" in Chicago, and has worked in Chicago radio for several years, including at WGN and WLUP "The Loop" with Eddie Schwartz and Kevin Matthews, and as a program director at WMVP-AM 1000. He talks about what it takes to work in Chicago sports radio, why he thinks sports radio will remain popular, his experience with Ozzie Guillen and the White Sox, hosts at The Score, and more.

Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).

http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG90.mp3

1.07.2013

Hector Soriano: Brandmeier Audio and Bike Guy

You can hear Hector Soriano on Jonathan Brandmeier's show on WGN Radio in Chicago, where he is also in charge of audio. He also worked with Brandmeier in Los Angeles at "Arrow", aka KCBS, and at "The Loop" WLUP in Chicago. He talks about how he started working for Brandmeier, why he likes Chicago more than LA, his bicycle repair gig, what he thinks of Spanish radio, and more.

Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).

http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG89.mp3