The legendary WLS-AM is about to undergo even more changes. After adding Erich “Mancow” Muller to the line-up last week, in place of Jerry Agar, WLS is faced with the prospect of losing their heritage morning duo of Don Wade and Roma, at least temporarily. The Wades’ contract comes to an end this Fr ...
Jerry Agar of WLS 890 AM found a great story about how some folks think they're being oh-so-green at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Agar quotes Jeff Katz of WBT/Charlotte, who is in Denver covering the circus: It's absolutely hysterical to watch the greener-than-thou types stand there ...
A reader asks The Bench: Have you ever met Jerry Agar? I love his show, and think that it is way better than Eileen Burns', which was the show that he replaced. Yes, I met Jerry when I was in the WLS 890 AM studios [on August 5] with him as he interviewed John Powers of the Chicago Daily Observer an ...
My good friend Tom Mannis of The Bench will be a guest on Jerry Agar's WLS-AM talk show this morning. Tom and some other local bloggers will be in Agar's studio, Agar's staff says they'll call me--sometime after 10:00AM Central. If you live within 200 miles WLS' 50,000 watt signal, you can do what I ...
Jerry Agar, talk show host extraordinaire on WLS 890 AM in Chicago, has a good post on his blog that was written by Tim Slagle, a regularly guest on Agar's show. Jerry tells me that Slagle is a contributing writer to his blog. Slagle quotes a news story that tells of "a patient was [who] admitted... ...
