… Gosh, I’m doing good, I haven’t made a mistake, yet …
Repository contributor Tim Benko passed away in 1998. A (short) ‘scoped portion of this contribution was originally published by REELRADIO on January 10, 1999.
This WLS aircheck begins just after 5:30 AM on September 16, 1976. It was the Thursday Larry Lujack returned to The Big 89 after completing his contractual obligations to WCFL.
We join the Three Million Dollar Moment as Lyle Dean reports that former morning man Fred Winston has sued Lujack for “conspiring to deprive him of his job”. What were the first words of Mr. Lujack? “Oh well, easy come, easy go.”
This era of WLS pays homage to sister WABC with heavy program reverb and jingles between and before commercial elements. But, there is no ABC Network News.