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Date (YYYY/MM/DD) Start Time Disk Jockey Duration (min) Scoped/Unscoped Location
Pre-1960
1945/06/21   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 15 Unscoped 1521/HD
1945/06/22   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 14 Unscoped 1521/HD
1945/06/23   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 14 Unscoped 1521/HD
1945/06/24   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 11 Unscoped 1521/HD

1960

1960/06/07 01:00 Bob Hale 29 Unscoped 2286/HD
1960/06/07 20:00 Gene Taylor 29 Unscoped 2286/HD
1960/06/07 23:00 Dick Biondi 29 Unscoped 588/HD
1961
1961-1963 ------ various clips (Ron Riley, Gene Taylor, Stan the Record Man) 19 Scoped 1677/HD

1962

1962/03/09 23:00 Dick Biondi 58 Unscoped 2116/HD
1962/03/10 21:00 Dick Biondi 56 Unscoped 2115/HD
1962/05/02 21:00 Dick Biondi (Second anniversary of WLS's rock format.) 57 Unscoped CD367/HD
1962/05/29 08:16 Mort Crowley 29 Unscoped 2281HD
1962/07/10 08:14 Mort Crowley 29 Unscoped 2281HD
1962/09/02 22:05 Dick Biondi 51 Unscoped 2114/CD457/HD
1963
1963/04/06 19:05 Bob Hale 61 Unscoped 589/HD
1963/05/02   Dick Biondi (Third anniversary of WLS's rock format) 41 Partly 591/HD
1964
1964/07/24 22:03 Ron Riley (substituting for Art Roberts) 31 Unscoped 2038/HD
1965
1965/01/24 20:00 Ron Riley (British Billboard Program) 30 Unscoped 1891/HD
1965/01/28 16:00 Dex Card 29 Unscoped CD1208/HD
1965/02/21 20:00 Ron Riley (British Billboard Program) 30 Unscoped 290/1891/HD
1966
1966/01/01 19:00 Ron Riley 102 Unscoped (except for newscasts) 1867-1868/HD
1966/01/01 21:00 Art Roberts 108 Unscoped (except for newscasts) 1869-1870/HD
1966/08/02 22:00 Art Roberts (some dx) 58 Unscoped 1866/HD
1966/11/06 ------ Ron Riley (some dx, fair quality, but listenable) 55 Commercials only 2225/HD

1967

1967/04/16 13:18 Bernie Allen 30 Unscoped 1954/HD
1967/04/16 14:10 Dex Card 45 Unscoped 1965/HD
1967/04/16 22:07 Art Roberts 62 Unscoped CD1209/HD
1967/04/23 03:10 Bernie Allen 42 Unscoped 1966/HD
1967/04/29 03:11 Bernie Allen 45 Unscoped 1966/HD
1967/05/01 00:56 Bernie Allen 30 Unscoped 1954/HD
1967/05/01 14:19 Dex Card 45 Unscoped 1965/HD
1967/08/18 21:00 Art Roberts 121 Unscoped 1863-1864/HD
1967/08/23 ------ Larry Lujack 3 Scoped 2061/HD
1967/08/24-25 23:45 Don Phillips 119 Unscoped 1892-1893/HD
1967/08/25 19:17 Ron Riley 31 Unscoped 2288/HD
1967/08/25 22:35 Art Roberts 56 Unscoped 1988/HD
1967/12/30 12:37 Bernie Allen 37 Unscoped 1955/HD
1967/12/30 14:08 Larry Lujack 39 Unscoped 1955/HD
1968
1968/01/22 19:31 Ron Riley 61 Unscoped 1805/HD
1968/08/-- 11:27 Art Roberts 90 Unscoped 1871/HD
1968/08/13 13:03 Art Roberts 58 Unscoped 1803/HD
1968/08/22 13:11 Art Roberts 54 Unscoped 1872/HD
1968/12/29 16:00 Larry Lujack-Chuck Buell 185 Unscoped 1717-1718/HD
1968/12/31 23:56 Chuck Buell 91 Unscoped 1666/HD
1969
1969/01/02 19:17 Ron Riley 47 Unscoped CD1208/HD
1969/01/03 08:56 Clark Weber 47 Unscoped CD1207/HD
1969/01/04 10:43 Art Roberts 42 Unscoped 415/HD
1969/08/01 ------ Bill Bailey 28 Scoped 2038/HD

1970

1970/01/01   Larry Lujack, Chuck Buell, Art Roberts.  Top 89 of 1969. 349 Unscoped but not continuous CD490-495/HD
1970/01/21 16:11 Gary Gears 59 Unscoped 2167/HD
1970/08/05 17:00 Larry Lujack 55 Unscoped 2042/HD
1970/08/31 18:02 Larry Lujack substituting for Chuck Buell 28 Unscoped 2017/HD
1970/09/09 14:01 Larry Lujack 26 Unscoped 2046/HD
1970/09/19 20:03 Art Roberts 29 Unscoped 2017/HD
1970/09/26 17:25 Larry Lujack (last afternoon drive show before switching to morning drive) 28 Unscoped 2044/HD
1970/09/28 06:00 Larry Lujack (first morning drive show) 30 Unscoped 2044/HD
1970/09/28 16:00 Scotty Brink 59 Unscoped 1949/HD
1970/10/05   Larry Lujack 55 Unscoped 1748/HD
1970/10/14 06:00 Larry Lujack 89 Unscoped 164/HD
1970/10/17 07:59 Larry Lujack 27 Unscoped 2045/HD
1970/10/18 20:00 Jerry Kaye 30 Unscoped 1976/HD
1970/10/19 ------ Larry Lujack 11 Scoped HD
1970/10/19 21:04 Steve Lundy 27 Unscoped 2046/HD
1970/12/09 17:00 Scotty Brink 30 Unscoped 2041/HD

1971

1971/03/21 01:00 Gary Gears 25 Unscoped 2034/HD
1971/03/27 01:02 Gary Gears 25 Unscoped 1987/HD
1971/04/01 02:09 Gary Gears 55 Unscoped 2280/HD
1971/04/15 12:05 Chuck Buell 24 Unscoped 2022/HD
1971/04/26   Larry Lujack 45 Unscoped 417/HD
1971/06/18 06:54 Fred Winston for Larry Lujack 45 Unscoped 1444/HD
1971/06/28 ------ Fred Winston for Larry Lujack 10 Scoped 106/HD
1971/08/04   Larry Lujack 92 Unscoped 683/HD
1971/09/06 13:46 Chuck Buell 27 Unscoped 1677/HD
1971/12/31 17:07 Fred Winston 88 Unscoped 415/2117/HD
1972
1972/--/-- ------ Pams series 43 jingles 5 ------ HD
1972/01/29 19:59 John Landecker 61 Unscoped 1804/HD
1972/04/01 13:00 Chuck Buell 30 Unscoped 2040/HD
1972/04/03 08:59 Gary Gears 30 Unscoped 1976/2040/HD
1972/04/17 08:30 Larry Lujack 30 Unscoped 2363/HD
1972/04/17 09:00 Gary Gears 20 Unscoped 2363/HD
1972/10/09 01:36 Dick Sainte 78 Unscoped 2043/HD
1972/10/10 06:03 Charlie Van Dyke 122 Unscoped HD
1972/10/11 18:57 John Landecker 92 Unscoped 1950/HD
1972/10/11 21:00 Bill Bailey 90 Unscoped 1951/HD
1973
1973/09/12 05:58 Fred Winston 58 Unscoped 2037/HD
1974
1974/03/12 20:29 John Landecker 88 Unscoped 559/HD
1974/03/25 07:00 John Landecker 58 Unscoped 1450/HD
1974/03/26 22:00 Steve King 84 Unscoped HD
1974/03/28 03:42 Yvonne Daniels 23 Unscoped 2111/HD
1974/03/31 01:00 Jim Kerr (mild DX) 29 Unscoped 2022/HD
1974/04/16 08:30 Fred Winston 92