Category Archives: Recently On WLS-AM
Ranked Choice Voting in Chicago?
Alderman Matt Martin of the 47th Ward has introduced a resolution to City Council calling for a hearing to discuss ranked choice voting in Chicago. He joins the John Howell show to explain how ranked ...
Feb 07, 2023
Previewing the 2023 State of the Union
ABC News Correspondent in Washington D.C., Justin Finch, has been following the State of the Union story and he joins John Howell to talk about what President Biden is expected to speak on in his spee...
Feb 07, 2023
‘We’re on the verge of a really rough spring.’ -Northwestern University Political Science Associate Professor Jordan Gans-Morse shares an update on the Russia-Ukraine War
Associate Professor & Faculty Director of the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Program at Northwestern University Jordan Gans-Morse joins the Steve Cochran Show to talk about the possi...
Feb 07, 2023
The Super Bowl is not just about football – Why is a $6 million Super Bowl commercial worth the risk for businesses?
Advertising expert Mark Gibson joins the Steve Cochran Show to talk about the trends we will see in this year’s Super Bowl commercials, why these advertisements are so important to companies, an...
Feb 07, 2023
Pastor Corey Brooks is one step closer to transforming the South Side of Chicago
Pastor Corey Brooks joins the Steve Cochran Show to talk about the 8 million donation Project H.O.O.D. received from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation and what job training & teen mentorship prog...
Feb 07, 2023
How much damage do we do to our bodies on Super Bowl Sunday?
Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Dr. Kevin Most joins the Steve Cochran Show to ruin Super Bowl Sunday. Steve and Jane also ask Dr. Most if COVID-19 is ending on ...
Feb 07, 2023
Chicago Violence Puts Young Men at Risk
A JAMA study reveals that some neighborhoods in Chicago expose young men to a greater risk of violence than American troops in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Brandon del Pozo is a Brown University...
Feb 06, 2023
7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Syria
Thousands of people are dead after a devastating earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday morning. Jordana Miller, ABC News Correspondent, is in Jerusalem, and she joi...
Feb 06, 2023
Steve Cochran Show Kids of the Week: Sam and Charlie share their McKindness Mission for McKenzie Elementary
Sam and Charlie Lieb join the Steve Cochran Show to talk about encouraging kindness year-round at their school, how they built an inclusive playground for all children by offering acts of kindness, an...
Feb 06, 2023
Chicago Film Critic Nick Digilio calls Avatar 2 – ‘Crapatar’
Chicago Film Critic Nick Digilio joins the Steve Cochran Show to talk about memorable Saturday morning cartoons, TV characters that suddenly changed personalities, and he shares why “You People&...
Feb 03, 2023
