Illinois

mucifer

(23,545 posts) Wed Mar 22, 2023, 07:52 PM Mar 2023

So glad to be from IL I was listening to WGN radio

it's politically moderate. The radio personalities all seem to hate trump . But, they are not liberal. They often interview republicans.

Lisa Dent from WGN was interviewing state representative Margaret Croke discussed a bill about splitting the cost of pregnancy between both parents.

Lisa asked Ms Croke why the bill is worded "the pregnant party" instead of "the woman who is pregnant". Representative Croke stated something like "because we don't know how the pregnant person refers to themselves''. Lisa Dent totally got it and said '' I appreciate that''.

It was just a really nice interaction.

Here is the segment from WGN

https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/representative-margaret-croke-on-house-bill-2477-and-splitting-pregnancy-costs-50-50/

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So glad to be from IL I was listening to WGN radio (Original Post) mucifer Mar 2023 OP

Cool! ShazzieB Mar 2023 #1

Does the Tribune still own it? CanonRay Mar 2023 #2

it's owned by something called ''nextar''. Kinda creepy. But, they do maintain the local feel mucifer Mar 2023 #3

Miss WGN - no longer there Sailingdiver Mar 2023 #4

you can listen on their website. i drive a lot for work so mucifer Mar 2023 #5

There were a couple years awhile back when the program manager was Kevin Metheny, aka Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2023 #6

I quit listening after murielm99 Mar 2023 #7

ShazzieB

(16,407 posts)

1. Cool!

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 07:54 PM

Mar 2023

I'm proud and grateful to be from this state, too. More so than ever since Pritzker's been governor!

CanonRay

(14,103 posts)

2. Does the Tribune still own it?

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 09:09 PM

Mar 2023

mucifer

(23,545 posts)

3. it's owned by something called ''nextar''. Kinda creepy. But, they do maintain the local feel

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 09:31 PM

Mar 2023

Sailingdiver

(140 posts)

4. Miss WGN - no longer there

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 09:56 PM

Mar 2023

I grew up in IL listening to WGN. Miss them. They had a few wayward years but still listened in.

mucifer

(23,545 posts)

5. you can listen on their website. i drive a lot for work so

Reply to Sailingdiver (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 10:17 PM

Mar 2023

i listen to them and to Progressive Radio WCPT, and NPR is pretty good locally in Chicago.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,838 posts)

6. There were a couple years awhile back when the program manager was Kevin Metheny, aka

Reply to Sailingdiver (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 24, 2023, 05:16 PM

Mar 2023

aka "Pig Vomit" from Howard Stern's Private Parts book/movie. He had really wanted the programming job at conservative talk WLS but failing that tried to turn WGN into something similar. New management came in to clean up his mess but it never quite recovered.

murielm99

(30,741 posts)

7. I quit listening after

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 28, 2023, 05:17 AM

Mar 2023

pig vomit took over and I have never gone back. Pig vomit died young.

I think they lost their spark after they quit broadcasting the Cubs' games anyway.

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