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4 unusual facts about WMAQ


Don Hassler

Following his graduation from Northwestern, Hassler joined the staff of WMAQ radio in Chicago, where he worked as a record librarian and program builder.

Joan Lefkow

Ross also sent a handwritten letter to WMAQ-TV describing breaking into the Lefkow home with a plan to kill the judge.

WMAQ

WIQI, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States, which formerly used the call sign WMAQ-FM

WSCR, a radio station (670 AM) licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States, which used the call sign WMAQ until August 2000


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Adlai Stevenson IV

Stevenson was a television reporter at WTNH, New Haven, WMBD, Peoria, KARE, Minneapolis and WMAQ, Chicago and media analyst for a newspaper chain.

Bob Sirott

In March 1989, Sirott returned to Chicago's airwaves at WMAQ-TV as a noon news anchor and program host; the following year, he launched and was the co-anchor of WMAQ-TV's "First Thing in the Morning" along with Allison Rosati.

Mark Suppelsa

In May 1997, Suppelsa memorably sparred with talk-show host Jerry Springer during WMAQ's 10 p.m. newscast, shortly after Springer resigned after a brief, controversial run as a commentator.

Rich Koz

When the show was cancelled in 1973, Bishop and Koz worked together doing mornings on WMAQ radio in Chicago, and Koz worked with radio legend Dick Orkin on commercials and syndicated features, including "ChickenMan Returns for the Last Time Again." When Bishop left for San Diego in 1978, he gave Koz permission to create a show known as Son of Svengoolie, now simply known as Svengoolie.


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