The podcast of Saturday’s WGN Radio show with Chris & Monica Matsakis, two of the new owners of The Skokie Theater, Josh Solomon, from The Empty Pockets band, Chad Karol, owner of the Hal…

Our first WGN Radio show for the month of October starts a little later, after Chicago Blackhawks Hockey (approximately 9:30PM (Central). This will be our last show from Chicago, for a while.  Afte…

Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our September 26th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Fotis Fotop…

Steve King and Johnnie Putman broadcast live from the the WGN Skyline Studios after Chicago Blackhawks Hockey on a full harvest moon Saturday night. They’re joined by Ron, Bob, Jonathan, and introd…

Our last WGN Radio show for the month of September starts a little later, after Chicago Blackhawks Hockey (approximately 9:30PM (Central). When our puck drops we’ll get the scoop on the Chicagoland…

The podcast of Saturday’s WGN Radio show with Steve Dawson, Consumer Guide’s Publisher, Tom Appel and a whole lot more is now posted. Him, Steve Dawson and Her in WGN Radio’s Stud…

Tonight’s WGN Radio show starts a little later, after Nothwestern Wildcats football (approximately 10:30PM (Central). When we kick off, we’re happy to welcome back Chicago-based musician and songwr…

The podcast of Saturday’s WGN Radio show with Actor and singer-songwriter Alicia Witt, Chicago based rock star photographer Will Byington, our computer guru, Patrick Crispen and more is now p…

Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our September 12th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. ********************…

We’re back live on WGN Radio Saturday night with a show that starts a little later than usual, probably around 10PM (Central). We’re happy to welcome Actor and singer-songwriter Alicia Witt to the …

Saturday’s WGN Radio show with Grammy winner Howard Levy, our celebration of Dolly Parton, Consumer Guide’s Publisher, Tom Appel and more is now posted. Steve, Howard Levy and Johnnie i…

Our final WGN Radio show for the month of August is a VERY full one, starting at 9:00PM (Central)! We’re happy to welcome 2-time Grammy award-winning pianist, diatonic harmonica player, composer, H…

The podcast of Saturday night’s WGN Radio show with Doug Downey, the Mayor of Carlinville, IL giving us the scoop about competing in the Hallmark Merriest Christmas Town contest., Paul Goddar…

Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our August 22nd WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Jakub Żerdzick…

We’ll have a slightly shorter Saturday night WGN Radio show, starting at 9:30PM-ish (Central)! We start a little later because WGN is carrying the Sox game coverage with Len Kasper and Darrin Jacks…

We’ve previously mentioned in this space how, now and then, this hanging out in your radio speakers thing we do allows us to have the best seats in the house for some pretty special moments. …

Steve King and Johnnie Putman are live from the WGN Skyline Studios on an overcast Air and Water Show Saturday evening. Spike O’Dell, personal friend of the show and a former WGN host with a place …

This week, in particular, there are several reasons you might want to make sure you listen LIVE to our Saturday night WGN Radio show, starting at 9PM (Central)! As we’ve previously explained, due t…

In July, Erika Brett & Josh Solomon, from The Empty Pockets significantly lowered the temperature on a hot summer night by sharing some very cool performances with us in WGN Radio’s Studi…

Hi kids! Steve King and Johnnie Putman broadcast live from the WGN Skyline Studios on a breezy summer-in-Chicago Saturday night. Jessica Radloff, The New York Times Bestselling Author and host of t…

Yes, boys and girls, since we accidentally missed posting tech notes from July 25th, we now present a Tech twofer! Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from both our August 8th and July …

We’re back from “beautiful downtown Burbank” with a fully loaded  Saturday night WGN Radio show, starting at 9PM (Central)! We’re happy to have a return visit from New York Times best-selling autho…

Our first Saturday night WGN Radio show for the month of August is a fully loaded 5 hours, starting at 9PM (Central)! “I Fought The Law” hit maker Bobby Fuller was one of America’s hottest rock sta…

The podcast of Saturday’s WGN Radio show with the incredible Alice Wallace, Dr. Patrick Crispen, a birthday surprise or two and a whole lot more is now posted. Steve, Alice Wallace and Johnni…

Our last Saturday night WGN Radio show for the month of July is a very full 5 hours, starting at 9PM (Central)! We’ll get to say hello to Alice Wallace, a really talented Nashville singer/songwrite…

The podcast of Saturday night’s WGN Radio show with Mr. Pierogi himself, Tony Panek, along with Erika Brett & Josh Solomon, from The Empty Pockets and Consumer Guide’s Publisher, Tom Appe…

We appear to have survived the Chicago area’s smoky skies and plan on sharing some freshly filtered WGN Radio on-air goodies with you tonight, starting at 9PM (Central)! Is it time for Whiting Indi…

In June we took our WGN Radio show down to the Florida Panhandle and broadcast from WKGC-FM, in Panama City for two weeks. One of the real highlights was reconnecting with the talented duo, Jack an…

The podcast of our first show back in Chicago from our WGN Radio home base, after a couple of week’s adventures in the Panhandle, is now posted. We got to share some radio tales with C.Crane …

Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our July 11th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki …

We’re back live with all new words, phrases, a pithy comment or three and a fully loaded WGN radio Saturday night show tonight, starting at 9PM (Central)! It’s no secret that we’re long time big fa…

The podcast of our last WGN Radio show for this Florida Panhandle trip is now posted. Country music legend Bill Anderson was just one of the highlights. Our long-time, legendary WGN colleague, Max …

Our last WGN Radio show for this Florida Panhandle trip is a very full one, starting at 9PM (Central)! Again, we have to thank our friends at WKGC-FM for welcoming us back and, in particular, our P…

Tuesday June 23rd, from Noon to 1PM, we’ll be back at WKGC-FM to join Tom Hoots on his Sound Sessions show. If you’d like to listen, just tell your smart speaker to play WKGC-FM. Stay s…

Johnnie Putman and Steve King come to you from the studios of WKGC-FM at the Charles Hilton Center for Advanced Technology and Hospitality Management at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Flo…

Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our June 20th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki …

We’ve got a full WGN Radio show for our first week broadcasting from the Florida Panhandle, starting at 9PM (Central)! Once again, we’re taking you on the road with us as we hang our headphon…

On this episode of the Steve & Johnnie Show, the hosts kicked off the evening with a lively Round Robin discussion featuring Bob Fukuda, Ron Brown The show then welcomed Todd Wilbur, founder of…

We’ve got a fully loaded WGN radio Saturday night show tonight, starting at 9PM (Central)! If you’ve ever wondered how to duplicate recipes of well-known foods, you’ll want to be listening as Todd …

June 9th, 2026 would have been Les Paul’s 111th birthday. If you’ve been hanging out with us for more than a minute, you know that we were very fortunate to have had a very special rela…

Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our June 6th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Dimitri Karastele…

Johnnie Putman and Steve King kick off the show with hockey sticks in hand directly after the NHL Stanley Cup Finals ready to roll with a reduced version of their show. First, Steve & Johnnie t…

Due to the Stanley Cup playoffs, our first WGN radio Saturday night show for the month of June will start a little later, probably around 10:00-10:30PM-ish (Central). This weekend Chicago is hostin…

Much too much time had elapsed between visits but, this past April, we were finally able to corral Jonelle Carter & Terry Carter, 2/3rds of the River Road Trio, for a return visit into our WGN …

Johnnie Putman and Steve King kick off the show catching up with the crew, featuring Bob Fukuda, Ron Brown, and Jeff Carlin, and a discussion about superstitions. Continuing the celebration of &#82…

We’ll kick off our last WGN radio Saturday night show for the month of May at 9PM (Central). This is also our last night of Celiac Awareness Month and, along with Johnnie sharing another of h…

We kick off our Memorial Day Weekend WGN radio show at 9PM (Central). Dane Neal checks in from Indianapolis with a preview of Sunday’s 110th running of the Indy 500. We’re long time Indy 500 …

The podcast of Saturday’s WGN Radio show with Michael Echols, co-owner of The Hotel Monroe, the first Gluten-Free hotel in the U.S., author Neal Samors, Consumer Guide’s Publisher, Tom …