GOOD-BYE WMAQ, CHICAGO  

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 7, 2000 

After 78 years, Chicago’s pioneering radio station signed off August 1, 2000 leaving a rich legacy that includes these programs and personalities: 

CHEZ SHOW (5-15-52) Excerpt.  Jack Eigan, broadcasting from Chicago’s world-famous Chez Paree night club.

NEWS ON THE SPOT (3-22-56) Len O’Connor reports on additional Chicago police patrols for the city.

JUDITH WALLER (3-6-48) An interviewer from Cedar Rapids, Iowa talks with Judith Waller, the first station manager of WMAQ, who tells about the early days of the station.

11:60 CLUB (10-13-48) Excerpt.  Dave Garroway plays recorded music and offers low-key comments to listeners who tune in at midnight.

JIM HURLBUT (9-27-49) Newsman Hurlbut, a reporter-at-large, presents local and national news.

ARBOGAST (11-1-51) Bob Arbogast and his pal Pete Robinson present a late-night comedy, satire and recorded music show, including a spoof of radio amateur hours.

NIGHT DESK (7-6-55) Caren Walsh, City Editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, presides over this “on-the-spot summary of the local news plus direct and transcribed reports by short wave and telephone of late-breaking news just as it happens.”