Chicago's chiefly famous disc jock...

Chicago's chiefly famous disc jockey insists he "couldn't care less" that he in no degree got to say goodbye to listeners before he was fired as morning co-host forward WRLL-AM (1690).

All Larry Lujack cares about is getting back forward the air -- on his be in possession of terms, of course.

The legendary "Superjock" and Radio Hall of Famer was among the casualties of Clear Channel Radio's decision to venture the plug on its low-rated "Real Oldies" format after three years upon the air.

As of race 18, the frequency will be leased to Midway Broadcasting as a full-time exit for the African-American talk format of WVON

"I really think that [oldies] format could have worked and could have been self-same profitable," Lujack said Wednesday. "But as in extent as we were on a signal that went nowhere, it in no degree really had a chance."

From his hearth in Santa Fe, N.M., Lujack, 66 held forth each morning with Tommy Edwards, who doubled as morning entertainer and program director of WRLL

It was, in many ways, the ideal work at jobs for him.

"I really have no desire whatsoever to make progress at this full-time again," Lujack said. "I to a great degree prefer being a part-time adorable sidekick fright That way if it bomb you can always blame the other stay

"Given the fact that I am still charming, still delightful, and still make happyed with the God-given ability to pleasure the listeners in each conceivable way, you would think that an station manager would be eager to cast in a winding direction money at me. But with the idiots running radio stations these days, who knows?"

Although his last day upon the air was Tuesday, Lujack is still being paid between the walls of the remainder of his contract in October.

What happens after that?

"If I can't procure anything going, I just might consider filing an age-discrimination lawsuit or pulling a Diann reduce to ashess and screaming racism," he said facetiously. "That would be my exigency backup plan."

Dialing: Cassidy bounds along

- Hats opposite to to Pat Cassidy, morning of the present days anchor at WBBM-AM (780), who's celebrating his 35th year as a morning drive fixture in succession Chicago radio. Before joining the CB Radio all-newser in 2000 the Chicago native exhausted 25 years at the former WMAQ.

"I can't believe by what mode fast 35 years of morning drive has flown by dint of and doing the news still appear to bes as fresh and interesting as the day I started," Cassidy said. "I still gain excited by any and all shadows of breaking news -- from international results politics and bad weather to expressways being close down by traffic accidents."

- Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson, undivided of the most successful and influential Chicago moderns anchor teams of all time, will be reunited Friday when they bend up as guest hosts of spawn of fishes Conn's afternoon show on ABC-owned news/talk WLS-AM (890)

Conn & Co will be attending a charity golf outing.

- As part of the "Hometown Voices" tour of Tribune Co-own news/ talk WGN-AM (720) Steve Cochran will broadcast his midday exhibit to today from the York Theatre in west suburban Elmhurst

Also at WGN husband-and-wife overnight entertainers Steve King and Johnnie Putman mark their 5000th broadcast tonight with an array of in-studio celebrity visitors and a live Webcam transmission online at: www.wgnradio.com. The festivities begin at 11 pm

Tracking: Impromptu Oprah

- Oprah Winfrey paid a surprise visit to the novel York set of Rachael Ray's of the present day syndicated talk show and will appear as a visitor when it premieres the week of generation 18. The connection: "The Rachael Ray Show" is produc on Winfrey's Harpo Productions.

In Chicago, Ray's exhibit to will air at 2 pm weekdays forward CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2.

- knock Reichblum, former CEO of Weigel Broadcasting's WebFN business novels service, has been named executive farmer of "Dailies," a show about the movies in succession the new Reelz Channel.

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