5 days ago · 10/24/99 – WGN radio host Bob Collins is following the delegation led by Illinois Gov. George Ryan to Cuba, here on a tour of Old Havana. Collins will broadcast live from Havana on Monday, Oct. 24. Bob broadcasts from the studios of Radio Havana back to Chicago via WGN Radio, and the world via wgnradio.com. His guest is Jorge Miyares, a ...

Collins worked early in his career for a radio station in Tampa, Florida, at WKGN Knoxville, Tennessee and then took a job as a disk jockey in Milwaukee at WOKY and WRIT. In 1974, he joined WGN-AM. In July 1986, he succeeded the station's legendary and top-rated morning-drive host Wally Phillips.

4 days ago · Bob Collins in the WGN Radio studio (Marlene Wells/WGN Radio) Lisa Dent. Listeners share their memories of Bob Collins on the 25th anniversary of his death by: Iridian Fierro. Posted: Feb 7, 2025 / 04:37 PM CST. Updated: Feb 7, 2025 / 04:37 PM CST.

4 days ago · John Williams reflects on the life and legacy of the great Bob Collins, who died on February 8th, 2000. John Williams reflects on the life and legacy of the great Bob Collins, who died on February 8th, 2000. ... Bob Collins and John Williams in a classic TV commercial for WGN Radio by: Pete Zimmerman. Posted: Feb 7, 2025 / 02:42 PM CST. Updated ...

3 days ago · 2000: WGN-AM 720 morning host Bob Collins was among three people killed in a midair collision of two small planes in Zion, about 45 miles north of Chicago. Investigators concluded a chain of ...

Oct 1, 2007 · More than seven years after the plane crash that killed WGN's Bob Collins and two other people, a federal judge ruled late Friday that Collins was only 5 percent at fault for the crash,...

Feb 16, 2020 · 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...

Feb 8, 2000 · Bob Collins joined WGN/Chicago in 1974 and quickly established himself as the top-rated radio personality in the city, dominating the ratings in multiple time slots. Known as “Uncle Bobby,” his show was the preferred source for news, talk and humor for …

Feb 8, 2000 · Morning radio personality Bob Collins was among three people killed today in a midair collision of two small planes about 45 miles north of Chicago. Lake County Coroner Barbara Richardson...

On February 8, 2000, a Zlin 242L light aircraft piloted by Chicago radio personality Bob Collins was involved in a mid-air collision with a Cessna 172P over Zion, Illinois, while both aircraft were on approach to land at the nearby Waukegan National Airport. The Zlin dived and crashed through the roof of a five-story medical building.