Steve Cochran (radio host)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Steve Cochran

Born	March 14, 1961 (1961-03-14) (age 47) Ithaca, New York
Show	The Steve Cochran Show
Station(s)	720 WGN
Time slot	4-7 PM
Website	WGN Radio: Steve Cochran

Steve Cochran (born March 14, 1961) is an American radio broadcaster for the WGN radio station on 720 AM since 2000. He broadcasts The Steve Cochran Show on weekday afternoons from 4 to 7 PM. ^[1] He describes his show as being "a combination of funny and serious elements with special attention paid to charitable causes and kid issues" ^[1]

1 Childhood
2 Career
3 WGN
4 Life outside radio
5 Quotes
6 See also
7 External links
8 Notes

[edit] Childhood

Steve Cochran was adopted and, on June 4th, 2003, had his birth mother, Ann Sommers, as a guest on his show.

[edit] Career

At the age of 18, Steve attended Ithaca College for a year before dropping out to start his radio career. He sold radio advertising for a summer before starting his career at WTKO in his home town as a DJ. ^[1]

Between 1981 and 2007, Steve has worked at 14 radio stations in 10 cities (including New York, Baltimore, Miami, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago)^[2] in 8 states.

In 1993, he had a cameo as a TV weather man, in the film Grumpy Old Men.

[edit] WGN

Steve Cochran was originally hired by WGN in early 2000 as a substitute host in various rotating shifts. He became a regular host unexpectedly after morning drive time host, Bob Collins, was killed in a collision while piloting his private airplane. To replace Collins, Spike O'Dell moved from afternoon drive to morning drive, John Williams moved from mid-afternoon to afternoon drive and Steve filled the mid-afternoon time slot. The Williams and Cochran shows swapped time slots in 2007.