Bob Collins
Host

Career Highlights:

• Joined WGN Radio in April, 1974 hosting weekdays 2-4pm and Saturdays 6:30-9:30pm. A year later, he added a 7-9pm weekday shift (the Saturday show would soon end).
• In June, 1981, became the afternoon drive host, working 2-6pm.
• On July 7, 1986, Bob switched shifts with Wally Phillips and became the new morning drive host.
• Died February 8, 2000, after a mid-air collision.

(L-R) Music Director John Tondelli with Bob Collins in the studio, March 5, 1986.

Bob Collins' web pages: Click to visit the web pages of The Bob Collins Show, which remain much as they were in February, 2000. The pages feature many photos, audio archive segments, listener thoughts and other items from the days following his death, and more memories. Because these pages have been left mostly intact, some links may no longer be active.