Station(s) WCCO (AM) WGN(AM) Role Radio personality Name John Williams | Country United States Style Interviewer | |
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Show The World of John Williams Time slot 3:00p-6:00p 10:00a-12:00p Previous show(s) WCCO (AM) (1993–1997)WMBD (AM) (?–1993) Profiles | ||
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John Williams (born October 1959) is an American talk radio show host at WGN (AM) in Chicago and previously at WCCO (AM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Wgn and wcco s john williams talks am radio s importance says goodbye to chicago
- Wgn radio john williams haircut
- Early life
- Radio career
- Timeline
- Recognitions
- Life outside radio
- References
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Early life
John Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended grade school in different places while his father was in the U.S. Air Force, but the family moved back to Joliet, Illinois after his father's retirement from the service.
Williams graduated from Minooka High School and later from Joliet Junior College, where his father was a school counselor. He eventually graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a broadcasting major.
Radio career
Williams worked briefly at WSPY-FM in Plano, Illinois, then spent 10 years at WMBD (AM) in Peoria, Illinois. He also wrote a series of joke books, titled The Spieler Scale of Comedy. After four years at WCCO (AM) in Minneapolis, Williams was hired at WGN (AM) in Chicago in September 1997.
Timeline
Recognitions
Life outside radio
Williams enjoys reading, running (including once around the block outside WGN in long underwear to fulfill a pledge), and playing basketball. He is married, has two sons, and his late dachshund named Fred, who he called "The World's Largest Wiener Dog".