Thursday, December 07, 2006
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Dick Biondi through the decades
Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006
1950 - Gets his first job at a small radio station in Corning, N.Y.
1960 - Moves to Chicago to work for WLS.
1961 & 1962 - Voted the nation's most popular disc jockey.
1963 - Hired at KRLA in Los Angeles.
1964 - Starts a syndicated program, heard on more than 125 stations nationwide.
1967 - Returns to Chicago to work at WCFL.
1977 - Accepts a job at WNMB in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
1983 - Returns to Chicago to work at WBBM-FM.
1984 - Hired to help launch a new oldies station, WJMK.
1998 - Inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame
2006 - Hired at WZZN. Inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.
Sources: National Radio Hall of Fame, 440.com