February 8, 2000, was a day that longtime WGN Radio listeners, not to mention those who worked at the station at the time, will never forget. It was the day that popular morning show host Bob Collins ...

A tradition that is now a quarter-century old continued Friday when the WGN Radio Morning Show crew paid tribute to the former host: the late Bob Collins. Orion Samuelson, Spike O’Dell, John Williams, ...

Bob Collins, Chicago’s top-rated WGN radio personality, was among three people killed in a midair collision of two small planes over Zion, on Feb. 8, 2000. (WGN) ...

Four months after WGN radio personality Bob Collins died in a midair collision, his family filed suit Monday in Cook County Circuit Court alleging negligence on the part of the company and its ...

Bob Collins was Chicago’s top-rated morning radio host until his death in February 2000 after his and a student pilot’s plane collided upon approach to the runway at Waukegan Regional Airport.

With WGN Radio celebrating its 100th anniversary, former WGN Radio host Spike O’Dell joined Bob Sirott to share some of his favorites memories from the time he spent on AM720. They take a look back at ...

For many years around Mother’s Day, legendary WGN Radio morning show host Bob Collins would read an essay by writer and humorist Lewis Grizzard. It became one of the most frequently requested segments ...

He was well-loved in Chicago by the listening audience and the people at WGN.” Mr. Greyson was most recently noted for his work with Bob Collins, when Collins was on WGN in the evenings.

Collins, who joined WGN in 1974, became morning drive host in 1986 and one of the station’s most enduring air personalities. He died in 2000 in a midair plane collision and was represented by ...

A stunt plane piloted by top-rated WGN radio host Bob Collins crashed through the roof of a hospital and then exploded Tuesday afternoon in far north suburban Zion after colliding with a Cessna ...

Under his leadership, he commissioned Steve Goodman to create a new Cubs jingle resulting in “Go Cubs Go”, brought Spike O’Dell to Chicago from the Quad Cities and helped guide the transition from ...