Concert goers driving down Lake Shore Drive on the way to Bon Jovi's concert on Friday may have gotten a laugh out of the electronic message board that JACK-FM (104.3) installed near Soldier Field that flashed a message not warning them of a traffic emergency, but rather a cheap promotional tactic. The station, which was sponsoring the concert, hired a contractor to attach the sign to a trailer and position it between the northbound lanes near McCormick Place. The messages that flashed across the sign included, "JACK needs girls" and "104.3 FM needs beer." more ›

"They were saying, 'Well, do a couple of weeks, a farewell.'" Dahl said. "I said, 'It's not a farewell. You guys are taking me off the air. I'm not retiring.' ... "I still have 2 1/2 years left on my deal so, quite frankly, I'm not letting them out of it."

Last year, we lamented the loss of the great DJ Dick Biondi who was unceremoniously dumped from the WJMK 104.3 broadcast airwaves when it switched to a “Jack FM” format. After spending a year in Internet and HD radio purgatory, Biondi’s back at WZZN 94.7’s “True Oldies” station starting this Monday at 9 p.m. more ›

There are two ways to determine which posts were the most popular posts on Chicagoist this year: comments and hits. A lot of commenting tells us you've got feedback, you want to talk about things. Either the subject of the post or the way the post was written has struck a cord. A lot of hits means that even though you may not have commented on a post a lot, you went back and read it a lot. Or maybe you forwarded the link to the post to a lot of people. more ›

For the first time in 21 years, Dick Biondi is not being heard over Chicago’s radio airwaves, a victim of the “try anything once” style of radio management that’s sweeping the country. more ›