John Williams (radio personality)

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John Williams (born 1959) is a radio talk show host at WGN (AM) in Chicago, Illinois.

He was born John Fillipitch in Chicago, Illinois to Mary and John Fillipitch.^[1] Williams attended grade school in various places while his father was in the Air Force, but the family moved back to Joliet, Illinois after his father's Air Force retirement. Williams graduated from Minooka High School, then from Joliet Junior College where his father was a school counselor. After graduating from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a broadcasting major^[2], Williams worked briefly at WSPY (AM), a small station in Plano, Illinois, then WMBD (AM) in Peoria, Illinois.

Like fellow WGN personalities Greg Batton and Yvonne Greer, John Williams spent several years at WMBD in Peoria. He also wrote a series of joke books titled The Spieler Scale of Comedy.^[3] After a four-year stint at WCCO (AM) in Minneapolis, Williams was hired at WGN (AM) in Chicago.

[edit] Radio timeline

• September 1997–present — WGN (AM), Chicago, Illinois: mid-day and afternoon show host^[4]
• 1993–1997 — WCCO (AM), Minneapolis, Minnesota: mid-day show host^[4]
• 1981–1993 — WMBD (AM), Peoria, Illinois: morning show host and many other positions^[3]
• 1981 — WSPY (AM), Plano, Illinois

[edit] External links

• John Williams - home page on WGN website

[edit] References

1. ^ Joliet Junior College Winter '04 Commencement Keynote Speaker. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
2. ^ Wolverton Mountain Enterprises: interview with John Williams. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Former WMBD Radio Personality on CBS". Retrieved 2006-12-28.
4. ^ ^{a b} WGN John Williams biography. Retrieved 2006-12-28.