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* Wally Phillips, one of Chicago’s most popular and influential radio personalities of all time, has died this morning.
Phillips had been battling Alzheimer¹s disease since 2004. He died at his home in Naples, Florida, at the age of 82.
At the peak of his popularity at WGN Phillips attracted half of all Chicago area radio listeners, an audience of nearly 1.5 million each day, making him the most listened-to radio host in the country:
“When we say ‘WGN Radio is Chicago,’ I quickly add that ‘Wally Phillips is WGN,’” said Wayne Vriesman, vice president and general manager of the Tribune-owned station. “He is the most creative, humorous and innovative person I have ever met in broadcasting. . . . (with) a lifetime of great radio listening and a public service never equaled in broadcasting.”
* My condolences to the Phillips family. Wally will surely be missed.
posted by Kevin Fanning
Thursday, Mar 27, 08 @ 9:42 am
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