Apr 8, 2008 2:06 pm US/Central
WBBM 780 Celebrates 40 Years As All-News Station
Special Web Site Showcases History, Lets Users Participate
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
WBBM Newsradio 780 is celebrating 40 years as an all-news station with a new Web site that chronicles the station's history and some of the momentous events its staff has covered in the last four decades.
In the late 1960s, WBBM-AM had been an all-talk station called "The Talk of Chicago," and before that, they had featured showmanship and radio theatre. But in May 1968, in a period in history infamous for civil unrest in Chicago and across the nation, news director John Callaway led the transition to an all-news station.
To celebrate 40 years in the business of covering the news, WBBM 780 has created a Web site,
http://www.wbbm780history.com, featuring photo and video galleries showing the station's history, and audio archives showcasing how the news was covered for each of the last four decades.
The station also plans a behind-the-scenes bus tour which will include visits to the WBBM's studios, the Bears locker room, and other locations. Visitors to the site are also encouraged to upload their own versions, vocal or instrumental, of the WBBM 780 jingle.
WBBM 780 is CBS 2's sister station, and was our upstairs neighbor at 630 N. McClurg Ct. from 1956 until 2006, when they moved to 2 Prudential Plaza.
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