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    Biondi said he had been fired 23 times, with both fits of temper and jokes gone wrong part of the tally. Over many years and many frequencies, Dick's...
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  • Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020), Italian politician and lawyer Dick Biondi (born 1932), Radio Hall of Fame Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey Ernesto Biondi (1855–1917)...
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  • saw WLS at a creative and ratings pinnacle headlined by personalities Dick Biondi, Larry Lujack, John Records Landecker and Bob Sirott. Since 1989, WLS...
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  • lullaby in the major hit film Three Men and a Baby. For many years, Dick Biondi played the song at the end of every show on Chicago's 94.7 WLS-FM. The...
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    and released as a video entitled "Off Their Rocker" and included DJs Dick Biondi (d. 6.26.23) and John Records Landecker, still on WGN Radio, as hosts...
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    original formation, together with a series of multi-media shows emceed by Dick Biondi. The sold-out show at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, can...
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    radio personality Dick Biondi mentions Serling writing commercials for WINR in Binghamton, New York, in Schenold, Bill (1985). "Dick Biondi". Manteno.com...
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    Morning Vietnam!" for 14 months. Sajak won a contest on WLS radio's Dick Biondi Show to be a guest teen deejay. While at Columbia College Chicago, his...
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  • featured phasing effects which at that time were rare in popular music; DJ Dick Biondi on WKBW would introduce the record as "Toni Fisher's weird one." The...
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    writer/director James Axtell, historian Elaine Bonazzi, opera singer Dick Biondi, disk jockey Russell Bufalino, Mafia boss who lived in Endicott and a...
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    in 1963, and that the popular WLS Chicago radio station disc jockey Dick Biondi left the station that year over management issues.[citation needed] Powell...
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    oldies format as "Magic 104" and its call sign was changed to WJMK. Dick Biondi was the first disc jockey heard on "Magic 104". Ron Britain was also...
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  • Roughriders, Ottawa Rough Riders), Grey Cup champion (1966, 1968, 1969). Dick Biondi, 90, American disc jockey. Tony Bouza, 94, Spanish-born American police...
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  • needed] It is claimed to be the first record to have such phasing. DJ Dick Biondi on WKBW in Buffalo, New York, would introduce the record as "Toni Fisher's...
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    second stint at the station in 1978, the legendary Dick Biondi, whose Mutual Radio syndicated Dick Biondi's Young America show was heard here 3 years before...
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  • boost to the Beatles' version came from Dick Biondi, who had played "Please Please Me" on WLS in Chicago. Biondi was fired by WLS in May and relocated to...
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    theme song for the radio program This Is Jazz in the 1940s. According to Dick Biondi, Freddy Cannon's 1959 version became the first record in the rock era...
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  • Please Me"/"Ask Me Why", was released by Vee-Jay on 7 February 1963. Dick Biondi, a disc jockey on WLS in Chicago and a friend of Vee-Jay executive Ewart...
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  • Matthew Nicholas Biondi (born October 8, 1965) is an American former competitive swimmer and water polo player. As a swimmer, he is an eleven-time Olympic...
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    WKBW. Disk jockeys included future Price Is Right announcer Rod Roddy, Dick Biondi, Danny Neaverth, Jack Armstrong, Joey Reynolds, Steve Mitchell, Bud Ballou...
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  • Periscope by his producer, Tony Lossano. His longtime friend and fellow DJ, Dick Biondi, (whose time slot followed Landecker on WLS-FM) stopped by during the...
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    on and "Soul Drippin'" is still one of my all–time favorite songs." Dick Biondi, broadcasting legend of WLS (AM), has continued to state “wherever I’ve...
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  • musician and Grand Ole Opry regular since 1964 (born 1929) June 26: Dick Biondi, 90, American radio disc jockey best known for his work in Buffalo, New...
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  • placed "Please Please Me" into radio rotation in late February, and Dick Biondi was the first to play the record on his show. "Please Please Me" reached...
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  • moved to WBBM-FM (B96) to do the evening show. Eventually, he replaced Dick Biondi doing morning drive at the same station. Geronimo returned to the Washington...
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    debut the latter song on American Bandstand, he was informed by deejay Dick Biondi that, due to a potential conflict of interest, he would have to perform...
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    evolutionary biologist Charlie Ahearn, film director Rick Baker, makeup artist Dick Biondi, disc jockey John Conboy, Emmy-winning soap opera producer Jeremy Davidson...
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    Quillin, Rebel Foster, Jimmy Rabbitt, Casey Kasem, Bob Eubanks, Dick Biondi, Sam Riddle, Dick Moreland, Jimmy O'Neill, Wink Martindale, Johnny Hayes and Sie...
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  • Cruisin' 59 June 1970 Hunter Hancock Los Angeles KGFJ Cruisin' 60 June 1970 Dick Biondi Buffalo WKBW Cruisin' 61 June 1970 Arnie Ginsburg Boston WMEX Cruisin'...
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  • Retrieved April 26, 2010. "Columbia College-Inside the Radio Studio with Dick Biondi & Herb Kent-100 Years On the Air-April 10, 2010". Columbia College. Archived...
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