Steve and Johnnie

Dick Kay, longtime political reporter for Chicago’s NBC 5, died today at age 84. Kay was also an occasional contributor to WGN Radio, often appearing with Steve & Johnnie late on election nights offering his analysis of the results of the vote. Here are a couple of his appearances on WGN Radio: With Steve & […]

Musician Charlie Daniels was a great friend of Steve King and Johnnie Putman of WGN Radio. He passed away at the age of 83, and Steve and Johnnie join John Williams to talk about what made Charlie unique and loved, both as a musician and as a person.

Country music legend Charlie Daniels has died of a stroke at age 83. We remember him by looking back at his July, 2002 visit with Steve and Johnnie.: Click here to read Steve and Johnnie’s tribute to Charlie from their “Both Sides Now” blog. And, as a bonus, here’s a photo of Charlie Daniels with […]

In case you didn’t see the post on our Events page, we’re very happy to join in a celebration of something pretty cool.  Nick Digilio is celebrating his 35th year with WGN radio! It’s really hard to believe it’s been that long since we first had this young, enthusiastic, creative, movie critic on our show.  […]

That original album (Vinyl, thank you very much!) is safely ensconced in our music room. When it first landed, there was nothing safe about it. It was scary!  At least, that’s what a lot of 50s mid-America’s adults thought about “Long Tall Sally,” “Tutti Frutti” and some of Little Richard’s other singles that made up […]

Steve and Johnnie are in for Matt Bubala bringing you all of the light-hearted fun you need! To kick off the show Jim Peterik from the Ides of March joined Steve and Johnnie to talk about their new CD celebrating 55 years of amazing music. Then, WGN’s very own Roger Badesch calls in to talk about his book release in April and how to sign up  for an autographed copy. Next, Tom Appel of Consumer Guide talked about the final […]

Steve and Johnnie are in for Matt Bubala bringing you all of the light-hearted fun you need! To kick off the show Jim Peterik from the Ides of March joined Steve and Johnnie to talk about their new CD celebrating 55 years of amazing music. Then, WGN’s very own Roger Badesch calls in to talk […]

It’s the 25th anniversary broadcast of Steve  & Johnnie’s “Cheap Date Life After Dark New Year’s Eve Extravaganza” and this show has some serious fireworks to kick off 2020! Ronnie Rice, The Empty Pockets and River Road Trio all join the celebration at midnight! Tune in to hear some amazing tunes from these performers. At […]

Steve King and Johnnie Putman are back on the WGN Radio airwaves with a fun jam packed show for you! First Monika Wiela, a former Chicagoan behind the organization givebackbox.com joins the show to talk about how she has more than 40 retailers supporting her and helping charities across the country. Later, Chicago’s very own Katie Kadan, joins the show to discuss her latest performance at the Carolina Panthers game and on ‘The Voice’. Later after 9:00 PM, Gino Salomone […]

Steve King and Johnnie Putman are back on the WGN Radio airwaves with a fun jam packed show for you! First Monika Wiela, a former Chicagoan behind the organization givebackbox.com joins the show to talk about how she has more than 40 retailers supporting her and helping charities across the country. Later, Chicago’s very own […]