[NU Sports] mostly off-topie political thread

[Scott Zeller]

Amazing. It has been 23 years since I lived in Chicago and most, if not all,
of those XRT dj names sound familiar.

I remember being at a concert at the Uptown in the early 80's and meeting a
gal who (I think) wanted to impress me by saying she was best friends with
Terri Hemmert. I met Terri at a convention a couple of years later and she
said she'd never heard of the lady. How times change -- imagine these days
saying you know a Chicago radio dj as a pick-up line.

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Michael Vance <michael.vance at att.net>wrote:

> You're right, Tom.  Not quite as good, but for the most part, corporate
> parent CBS has left them alone, format-wise.  They still play anything that
> could remotely be categorized as rock, with a healthy dose of blues and a
> bit of jazz thrown in.  Richard Milne still does Local Anesthetic,
> highlighting Chicago-area bands.  In addition to Terri Hemmert, Lin Brehmer,
> Frank E. Lee, Tom Marker, Mary Dixon, Marty Lennartz, and Wendy Rice (still
> doing Saturday Morning Flashback, one of the greatest regular radio shows
> ever) are all still around.
>
> -Michael
>
>
> Tom Maycock wrote:
>
>> I'm with your wife on missing WXRT. It's been 24
>>> years!! Is it still as good as it was in 1985?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> No, not as good as it was, but probably still about as good as gets in
>> commercial rock radio.
>> The format is a fair bit tighter now, but the music is still good. And
>> many of the DJ's--among the best in the business--are still around. And XRT
>> still seems to engender a sense of family or community with its listeners.
>> You can listen online:
>>
>> http://www.93xrt.com/
>>
>> Tom
>>
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