So glad to be from IL I was listening to WGN radio

[mucifer]

it's politically moderate. The radio personalities all seem to hate trump . But, they are not liberal. They often interview republicans.

Lisa Dent from WGN was interviewing state representative Margaret Croke discussed a bill about splitting the cost of pregnancy between both parents.


Lisa asked Ms Croke why the bill is worded "the pregnant party" instead of "the woman who is pregnant". Representative Croke stated something like "because we don't know how the pregnant person refers to themselves''. Lisa Dent totally got it and said '' I appreciate that''.

It was just a really nice interaction.

Here is the segment from WGN

https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/representative-margaret-croke-on-house-bill-2477-and-splitting-pregnancy-costs-50-50/

[ShazzieB]

1. Cool!

I'm proud and grateful to be from this state, too. More so than ever since Pritzker's been governor!

[CanonRay]

2. Does the Tribune still own it?

[mucifer]

3. it's owned by something called ''nextar''. Kinda creepy. But, they do maintain the local feel

[Sailingdiver]

4. Miss WGN - no longer there

I grew up in IL listening to WGN. Miss them. They had a few wayward years but still listened in.

[mucifer]

5. you can listen on their website. i drive a lot for work so

i listen to them and to Progressive Radio WCPT, and NPR is pretty good locally in Chicago.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. There were a couple years awhile back when the program manager was Kevin Metheny, aka

aka "Pig Vomit" from Howard Stern's Private Parts book/movie. He had really wanted the programming job at conservative talk WLS but failing that tried to turn WGN into something similar. New management came in to clean up his mess but it never quite recovered.

[murielm99]

7. I quit listening after

pig vomit took over and I have never gone back. Pig vomit died young.

I think they lost their spark after they quit broadcasting the Cubs' games anyway.