National Radio Day 2022

Rumor has it that August 20th is National Radio Day.

That started us talking about some of the radio stations we’ve worked at and got us looking up some old photos. A couple of stations from our respective resumes are missing because we couldn’t find photos, but we thought we’d share a few of the ones we did find from our adventures inside your speakers.

First, a couple of baby disc-jockey photos from our very early days.

Steve at WLTH, in Gary

Johnnie at WMRO, in Aurora

And then, a couple from our “FM (No Static at All)” days.

Steve at WNAP-FM, in Indianapolis and Johnnie at WAUR-FM, in Aurora

One more FM stop was on Steve’s journey before he segued over to the AM band.

We think you can probably guess who this next one is and what the station was.

The above survey photo was taken lying down on a median on Chicago’s Dan Ryan expressway, because the photographer liked the location and thought it would make for a cool photo.

And then there was WIND, where Him and Her first met and became HimNHer.

Her at WIND thanking Kevin for listening.

Him at WIND

And then, at WGN, the pairing of HimNHer on the air, as a duo, became a permanent thing.

HerNHim

And, as most of you know, while we no longer face the demands of a daily radio show, we still do the occasional “radio drive-by” at WGN and some other locations inside your speakers.

HimNHer at WKGC-FM, in Panama City, FL.

Looking back through our radio photo scrapbook on our 101 years combined experience hanging out inside your speakers, we can absolutely agree with The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, who once said, “What a long strange trip it’s been.”

And, it ain’t over, yet.

Thank you, so much, for turning us on.

Stay safe,

Steve & Johnnie

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