Posted by Bud on March 24, 2010 at 18:41:27:
Two of Chicago radio�s greatest living legends � Dick Biondi and Herb Kent � will share a stage for the first time and tell stories of their remarkable Hall of Fame careers next month at Columbia College Chicago.
Bob Sirott will host �Inside the Radio Studio: 100 Years on the Air with Dick Biondi & Herb Kent� at 7:30 p.m. April 10 at Columbia College�s Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash. The event is free and open to the public.
At 77, Biondi (aka �The Wild I-Tralian�) still plays the hits he made famous at the dawn of the rock �n� roll era from 7 to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday on Citadel Broadcasting oldies WLS-FM (94.7). And at 81, Kent (aka �The Cool Gent�), whose 65 years in Chicago radio landed him in the Guinness Book of Records in 2009, continues to share his beloved R&B classics from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays and from noon to 7 p.m. Sundays on Clear Channel urban adult-contemporary WVAZ-FM (102.7).
Sirott is expected to interview them in a format borrowed from Bravo�s �Inside the Actors Studio,� including questions from the audience. A veteran Chicago broadcaster and Columbia alum himself, Sirott said:
�Given the makeup of Chicago over the years � the separation of the city into �two worlds� (the North Side and the South Side, the mostly white side and the mostly black side) � it seems that you either �grew up� with Biondi or Kent. But for whatever reason, after starting out as a Biondi fan during my youth, I also became of fan of Kent�s once I got a little older. To have one of these nationally known pioneering radio legends in a city is remarkable. To have two � and both still on the air � is something unique and needs to be celebrated!�