This week’s selection from the archives isn’t from WGN Radio, but it does feature one of our most legendary names a few years before he arrived in Chicago. Here’s an air check of Bob “Robert L” ...

Collins hosted afternoons and then succeeded Wally Phillips as morning host until his tragic death in a plane crash in February 2000. WGN hosts and other staff members have paid tribute to “Uncle ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bob Sirott, Orion Samuelson, Dave Eanet and John Williams honor legendary WGN Radio host Bob Collins with their annual toast ...

February 8th is a day that stands out to all WGN Radio listeners. Sixteen years ago today we lost Uncle Bobby. In this podcast, Orion Samuelson remembers Bob Collins, Dave Eanet remembers the show ...

Dean Richards, entertainment reporter for WGN, joins Bob Sirott to provide the latest news in entertainment. Bob and Dean discuss the anniversary of Bob Collins‘ death, Prince William’s visit with Tom ...

John Williams Bob Collins reflected on "Some things I have learned as I aged" 20 years ago, the day he died by: elifgeriswgnam Posted: Feb 7, 2020 / 01:24 PM CST Updated: Feb 7, 2020 / 01:24 PM CST ...

For 33 years, Roger Triemstra was a popular meteorologist and a purveyor of folksy humor on Chicago’s airwaves, first on WGN-Ch. 9 and then on WGN-AM radio, where he was a staple on the late Bob ...

Only the most passive listener to WGN on the morning of Chicago`s last snowfall could have failed to sense that when Wally Phillips moves his 5:30-to-10 a.m. radio show to a more seemly hour, WGN ...

Bob Collins joined WGN Radio in April, 1974 hosting weekdays 2-4pm and Saturdays 6:30-9:30pm. A year later, he added a 7-9pm weekday shift (the Saturday show would soon end). In June, 1981, became the ...

Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Spike O’Dell’s appointment as host of WGN-AM’s morning program, but “the only date that sticks in my mind is Feb. 8,” he says of the day a year ...

Since the tragic death February 8th, 2000 of WGN Radio morning host Bob Collins, the station has toasted Uncle Bobby each year around his birthday, with Orion Samuelson’s words of tribute. Here is the ...

In this 100th anniversary year for WGN Radio, we continue a tradition of raising a toast to legendary morning host Bob Collins. “Uncle Bobby” died in a tragic plane crash on February 8, 2000 and, ...