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 ...

Since Bob Collins’ tragic death in February, 2000, members of the WGN Radio morning show have honored Bob’s memory with a salute on or around his birthday, February 28. That tribute has consisted of a ...

Fabian was a talent spotter and programming expert who smoothed the transition from Wally Phillips in morning drive-time to Bob Collins and maintained WGN's No. 1 rating. Mr. Fabian was inducted ...

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” ...

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 ...

Mr. Manfredini first appeared on the station as a guest on the Bob Collins Show in 1995 following a letter writing campaign to pitch a call-in home improvement show on WGN. “We are delighted that Lou ...

Either way, “Honorary Bob Collins Way” was dedicated under a warm fall sun. Minutes before the ceremony, a nearby high-rise construction crew stopped working so the crowd might hear every word.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...