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Farewell to the Ultimate Cool Gent, Herb Kent

Black, Blog, Chicago, Radio Faces, Tom Weinberg

Renowned giant of Chicago radio and larger than life personality Herb Kent died last Saturday, October 22, at the age of 88. Known as the “mayor of Bronzeville,” he grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing project and attended Hyde Park High School. Arguably, Kent‘s most influential position was from 1962 to 1970 at Chicago’s WVON. The station was and is an integral part of Chicago’s black community. Kent kept his thumb on the pulse of the community and was a […]
[Radio Faces featured on Fox Thing in the Morning]

Chicago, Radio Faces

Off air recording of Fox 32’s “Random Tapes” segment with Bob Sirott promoting Radio Faces.
[Radio Faces raw: Ty Wansley #2]

Radio Faces

Interview with Ty Wansley about his position on the Ty and Ed [Vrdolyak] Show on WJJD 1160 AM.
[Mancow 6/14/95: Andrew camera #3]

Chicago, Radio Faces, Tom Weinberg

This is a continuation of a live broadcast of the Mancow Morning Madhouse on Rock 103.5 that was begun on a previous tape, shot for the TV series Radio Faces.
The Tom Joyner Morning Show spots

Radio Faces

One 15 second spot and one 10 second spot for the Tom Joyner Morning Show on V 103.
WLS Kick off

Radio Faces

WLS 94.7 Kicks Kicks Off. Footage of a live broadcast from 94.7 Kicks Country in Chicago, December 26, 1995.
Jiggles + North #1

Radio Faces

0:03 Open on black and white photos in 820 SportsRadio, The Score. The videographer wanders around the studio catching bits of other people’s conversations. Soon we can see a man in the middle of a live broadcast but we have no audio at this point. 6:25 Audio returns but very little of interest is happening on screen. 8:12 We then hear the show that is being aired for the first time. The men on the show talk about sports in […]
RF on the streets #1

Radio Faces

Some of the camera crew from Radio Faces goes out onto the bike paths and parks of Chicago in order to ask people about their favorite radio shows and radio personalities.