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If you're ever in Chicago, visit the WGN Radio studios. They are a good example of a top 10 market news-talk station.

Even if you've worked major market radio before, it's a good eye-opener.

I graduated to Chicago from St. Louis and we thought we knew what it was all about in St.Louis.....wrongo!

I started in radio in 1959 and went from Des Moines - Omaha - Kansas City - St. Louis - Chicago. Left radio for TV in 1985 and retired from TV last year. Throughout that time period, WGN has remained essentially the same except for equipment, of course. They used to even build their own transmitters (for themselves and other stations) as they owned Continental....don't know if the still do. Their studios are like "Radio Valhalla".

I believe at one time WGN had a street level studio. Although it was back in the early 90's and I don't remember much about it. It may have even been a tv studio, but for some reason I thought it was radio.

Lot's of changes there from the Wally Phillips days.

WGN doesn't skywave well into my area, so I don't get to hear it often. However, the times I have, the talk shows I've heard approach radio from an entirely different perspective. It's not hot talk or even emotion driven talk. It's not dry like NPR, but it is really devoid of the gags that one normally hears on other stations.

A few years ago, I was up over the Thanksgiving holiday and they did a replay of the Scopes trial. Absolutely fascinating radio drama.