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Author:  rogers park bryan [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:35 am ]
Post subject:  Top 5 Sports Radio Hosts in Chicago History

My list in no particular order

Dan McNeil
Chet Coppock
Dan Bernstein
Jonathan Hood
John Jurkovic

Author:  Jaw Breaker [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:43 am ]
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Mike North
Dan McNeil
Terry Boers
Mike Murphy
Mike Mulligan

Author:  RFDC [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:47 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
My list in no particular order

Dan McNeil
Chet Coppock
Dan Bernstein
Jonathan Hood
John Jurkovic

So this is your top 5 favorite hosts then?

if you are doing a real top 5 it has to include North. No way Hood and Jurko get in over North.

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:11 am ]
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RFDC wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
My list in no particular order

Dan McNeil
Chet Coppock
Dan Bernstein
Jonathan Hood
John Jurkovic

So this is your top 5 favorite hosts then?

if you are doing a real top 5 it has to include North. No way Hood and Jurko get in over North.

Correct. My list. I never listened to North.

Author:  Spaulding [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:13 am ]
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Silvy should be on there

Author:  Brick [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:18 am ]
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Mac
Bernstein
North

The only real question is the other 2.

Chet may get in for being the one that basically established it but was he seemed to have jumped from job to job fairly regularly many of which weren't on radio.

Author:  RFDC [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:25 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
RFDC wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
My list in no particular order

Dan McNeil
Chet Coppock
Dan Bernstein
Jonathan Hood
John Jurkovic

So this is your top 5 favorite hosts then?

if you are doing a real top 5 it has to include North. No way Hood and Jurko get in over North.

Correct. My list. I never listened to North.

Thats cool, just making I understand what you are asking

Author:  Tall Midget [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:25 am ]
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What's the criteria for this list? The hosts we have enjoyed the most over the years? The most talented? Most influential?

If it's just our favorites, mine are the following:

Doug Buffone
Jim Memolo
Drinky
Dan Bernstein (pre-2001 when he made the epistemological break from populist to neoliberal)
Mark Grote or Marc Silverman
Honorable Mention: Mac, North, Grobber, Bartosh

Author:  RFDC [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:25 am ]
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Spaulding wrote:
Silvy should be on there

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Author:  vitoscotti [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:27 am ]
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Hub
Mike Murphy
Chet
Mike North
Mac

In no particular order. Bernstein is just too scummy to be on the list. Terry could get low on B & B, but came off better. Kap & Waddle was a good show. Kap solo, his whiney producers were a rough listen. Hub, though a fill-in, on my list. Takes tons of good calls.

Author:  DAC [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:29 am ]
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Brick wrote:
Mac
Bernstein
North

The only real question is the other 2.

Chet may get in for being the one that basically established it but was he seemed to have jumped from job to job fairly regularly many of which weren't on radio.


Agreed.

Think the 5th guy is Boers due to him being a founding member of the Score and being part of two of best shows in Chicago sports talk show history.

Author:  good dolphin [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:41 am ]
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Tall Midget wrote:
What's the criteria for this list? The hosts we have enjoyed the most over the years? The most talented? Most influential?

If it's just our favorites, mine are the following:

Doug Buffone
Jim Memolo
Drinky
Dan Bernstein (pre-2001 when he made the epistemological break from populist to neoliberal)
Mark Grote or Marc Silverman
Honorable Mention: Mac, North, Grobber, Bartosh


I don't remember the Bernstein as populist era. I only remember elitist transforming into what you call neolib.

My list

North
Mac
Chet
Boers
Bernstein

that's not a list of my favorite. That would be my list of people who have had the greatest impact, staying power and ability to draw greatest ratings both at their peak and on average

Author:  Sportinorton18 [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:43 am ]
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1. Mike Nort
2. Bernstein
3. DA MA NA
4. Uncle Teery
5. I D K

Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:50 am ]
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Chet
Mac
North
Bernstein
Ben Bentley

Author:  vitoscotti [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:53 am ]
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B & R
Larry
P & S
Joe O
Les

Strong contenders worst shows.

Author:  Joe Orr Road Rod [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:28 am ]
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Spaulding wrote:
Silvy should be on there



There's no doubt. He's BY FAR the best interviewer in Chicago sports radio history.

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:32 am ]
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Spaulding wrote:
Silvy should be on there

I like Silvy. I.just never listened to him for an extended period.

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:34 am ]
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Tall Midget wrote:
What's the criteria for this list? The hosts we have enjoyed the most over the years? The most talented? Most influential?

If it's just our favorites, mine are the following:

Doug Buffone
Jim Memolo
Drinky
Dan Bernstein (pre-2001 when he made the epistemological break from populist to neoliberal)
Mark Grote or Marc Silverman
Honorable Mention: Mac, North, Grobber, Bartosh

Its whatever you want it to be

Like a Bob Ross painting

Author:  Tall Midget [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:42 am ]
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Dan Hampton deserves consideration due exclusively to the comic brilliance of the (sadly) short-lived Hamp & Holmes show.

Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:49 am ]
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Chet
Mac
Boers
North
Les

Author:  Spaulding [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:02 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

There's no doubt. He's BY FAR the best interviewer in Chicago sports radio history.


He's also knowledgeable and a bit of a meatball. He's a great host and great fit for his job. He really grew into it to.

Author:  Jaw Breaker [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:02 am ]
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Tall Midget wrote:
Dan Hampton deserves consideration due exclusively to the comic brilliance of the (sadly) short-lived Hamp & Holmes show.


Guys like Hampton and McMichael deserve a place at the Score, even if it's just small doses. I'd rather listen to their malaprops and funny stories than Parkins doing a deep dive into Zach Lavine's stats. There's room for both but it seems they are too focused on the latter.

Author:  Nas [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:16 am ]
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I started listening to sports radio in the spring of 2003 so I may be missing a few golden years.

My list in order:

1. North
2. Bernstein (Before Penn State)
3. Hood
4. Parkins
5. TBD

Wise Guys was the first show that I heard and I became a Scorehead that day. All he windshield time I had didn't hurt either.

Author:  HawaiiYou [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:31 am ]
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Jaw Breaker wrote:
Mike North
Dan McNeil
Terry Boers
Mike Murphy
Mike Mulligan


Very good Jaw Breaker.

Author:  HawaiiYou [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:32 am ]
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vitoscotti wrote:
Hub
Mike Murphy
Chet
Mike North
Mac

In no particular order. Bernstein is just too scummy to be on the list. Terry could get low on B & B, but came off better. Kap & Waddle was a good show. Kap solo, his whiney producers were a rough listen. Hub, though a fill-in, on my list. Takes tons of good calls.



Probably the most accurate list here Vito. This is spot on. Did you work with all of these guys too?

Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:32 am ]
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Rush

Author:  HawaiiYou [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:37 am ]
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Chet - he was the first modern star of Chicago sports radio. Without Chet there would be no Score.
North - He took it to another level - made the Score in what it was in it's glory - a fan / caller based station.
Mac - a superstar. Whoever he is with he makes them better. Lot of flaws but that's why we listen to him. He's like one of us on the radio in a way.
Murph - most professional and prepared.
Hub - savvy businessman and survivor. He's a company man and he's played all the cards right.

Author:  RFDC [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:39 am ]
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hub has no business on any list. He is a fill in.

Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:42 am ]
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Brick wrote:
Mac
Bernstein
North
Chet
Agreed. If its "best of" in terms of history its these four without question.

My favorites would be:
Mac
Jurko/Silvy
John Rooney
Buffone/OB

Author:  HawaiiYou [ Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:43 am ]
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RFDC wrote:
hub has no business on any list. He is a fill in.


i guess so. if we delete hub than the list ends w/ 4 for me :

Chet/North/Mac/Murph

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