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John Rook - The Big 89 of 1969 Interview, December 30, 2009 (0:24:36)

The John Rook Collection
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Description by Uncle Ricky On December 30, 2009, REELRADIO charter contributor John Rook graciously agreed to spend a few minutes talking about his time at WLS/Chicago. The conversation was streamed as the opening segment of the 40th Anniversary presentation of The Big 89 of 1969 on January 1, 2010. John discussed how things in radio have changed, and his current project, Hit Parade Radio.

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