Dave Plier

Dave welcomes Weber Grillmaster Kevin Kolman to kick-off the grilling season to get your grill ready for the summer, and recipes for a great brisket, burger, side dishes, dessert and more! For more information, visit weber.com.   What are you looking forward to grill this summer?  

Dave Plier fills in for Steve Cochran on the morning show with guests including Chicago radio legend Garry Meier,  Chicago’s Own Gary Sinise, U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie and Elliott Bambrough from ‘Chicago’s Best’. Plus, Dave and the morning crew talk about summer traditions, the new exhibit ‘Louder Than Words’ at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, summer grilling with Kevin Kolman of Weber Grill, cool treats with Michael Ciapciak from the ‘Pretty Cool’ Ice Cream Shop in […]

Dave Plier shares his last interview with comedian Tim Conway, star of ‘McHale’s Navy’ ,The Carol Burnett Show’ and countless Disney movies, who passed away this week at the age of 85.

Dave Plier, Dave Schwan and Roger Badesch talk about the US Copyright Law in 1790, the rare moment where the Cubs traded players in the middle of a doubleheader in 1922, the day President Kennedy announced plans to reach the moon, the tragic American Airlines DC-10 crash on takeoff in 1979, the day the World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. in 2004 and when Oprah aired her final show in 2011.

Dave Plier and Dave Schwan discuss Ernie Bank’s 500th, the day Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the Presidency, Canada Dry Ginger Ale is introduced, Watergate Hearings, SCTV debuts, Michael Jordan becomes Rookie of the Year in 1985, the day Frank Sinatra died.

Although millennials may be socially progressive and digitally savvy, they’ll never know some of the experiences and technology we grew up with including ‘dialing a phone’, ‘rolling down a window’, ‘missing a tape’, dropping off film to be developed, searching an encyclopedia and more.

Dave, the late night crew and listeners weigh in on the most memorable TV mother’s we grew up watching including June Cleaver, Carol Brady, Marion Cunningham, Roseanne, Claire Huxtable, Roseanne, Marie Barone and Claire Dunphy. Who’s your favorite TV Mom?

In keeping a promise to help ‘keep his name alive’, Dave Plier celebrates the legacy of late comedian Don Rickles on his birthday by sharing his interview with him backstage in Vegas. Then Dave looks back at a discussion with Steve Cochran, Bill Leff, Brian Noonan and Patti Vasquez on their picks for the most influential stand up comedy in American history. Plus, conversations with comedians Richard Lewis, Denis Leary, Carl LaBove on iconic comedian Sam Kinison and the late Joan Rivers.

Dave Plier and Dave Schwan talk about, the introduction of Spaghetti-O’s, Pope John Paul II being shot in 1981, the final episodes of ‘The Wonder Years’ and a chat with series star Fred Savage and the last shows of ‘Cheers’ and ‘Seinfeld’.

Author Don Zminda joins Dave to talk about ‘Baseball’s Greatest Salesman’ in his new book ‘The Legendary Harry Caray’, highlighting Harry’s 52 years in the broadcast booth (including 15 years on WGN) with the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs.   What is your favorite Harry Caray moment?