Jonathon Brandmeier

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Jonathon Brandmeier (born July 15, 1956) is a Chicago radio personality and musician. He is commonly known to fans as "Johnny B."

[edit] Career

Jonathon Brandmeier on WGN-TV discussing his return to Chicago radio

Brandmeier started his radio career in 1973 at WFON in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In 1981, he was brought on as the KZZP morning DJ in Phoenix, Arizona, where he became very popular from his prank phone calls and silly song parodies. WLUP ("The Loop") in Chicago hired him in 1983, where his morning show was broadcast on both their 1000 AM and 97.9 FM stations. He also had a short-lived national TV show in 1991, Johnny B. on the Loose, and recorded two albums, Brandmeier (1989) and Dink (1994) with his band Johnny and the Leisure Suits. A management change at WLUP in 1997, however, led to the end of Brandmeier's initial 14-year run on The Loop. He briefly hosted middays at WCKG in Chicago, and had subsequent stints in Los Angeles at KLSX and KCBS, where he was syndicated to a number of other stations across the country. After some time away from radio, Brandmeier returned to mornings at WLUP in October of 2005. Initial ratings for his return were good, but in July of 2006, Robert Feder of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "The Arbitron survey for spring proved less favorable for Jonathon Brandmeier [who] slipped from his very impressive debut in winter."^{[citation needed]} Johnny B currently remains in the WLUP morning spot broadcasting his daily show and a podcast of weekly highlights.