It's now midnight in Chicago, which means it's now July 12th there, so I might as well post this while I have a free minute.
Three years ago today, was "Black Wednesday". Numerous layoffs at CBS/Infinity, across the country, including WJMK in Chicago. Three of their DJ's, one of whom was Dick Biondi, were mercilessly laid off--just like that. True, they were allowed to say goodbye before being let go, but it left many a loyal fan (myself included) broken hearted...as though a part of our lives had come to an end.
I still remember Dick's final sign-off from 'JMK. I remember how he sounded like he was fighting back the tears. And, to this day, listening to that aircheck brings tears to my eyes as well.
My Blogger photo is of Dick Biondi and myself, from July 28, 2006. As Dick was out of work, I was afraid I'd never have another chance to see "The Wild Itralian" again....so I drove out there from here (San Diego), and Dick made me glad that I did, although I was having problems due to kidney failure.
In November, 2006, Dick Biondi returned to the airwaves...to WZZN, which is now WLS-FM. A cheap re-use of WLS-AM's logo from the '70's...but some fans like the nostalgic flavor of that. Dick was on WLS-AM in the early '60's.
To this day, by the way, I haven't seen Dick again in person. We had been in touch by phone and by email, until recently. I hope that if someone runs into this, and happens to know Dick, that they can let him know this loyal fan says hello.
That's all I wanted to say for now.
I took four Percocets this evening, so I'm a little too loopy to be able to say anything else coherent at the moment.
So....good night, sweethearts, goodnight...and ta-ta, for now!!!!!
(poof.)
