CHICAGO RADIO SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE DJ- Talk Show Host - Sportscaster Programming Director - Promotions Weather Reporter - Voiceovers

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS is the country’s 3rd largest ADI Market ranking behind only New York and Los Angeles.   The city is rich is sports history playing host to the Chicago Cubs and White Sox in baseball, the Bulls in basketball, the Bears in the NFL and the Blackhawks in NHL.  From a media perspective, all four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX) own and operate Chicago TV stations.  Both The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Jerry Springer Show call Chicago their home.
 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Walt Disney, Harrison Ford, John Cusack, John Mahoney, Dorothy Hamill, Quincy Jones, Pat Sajak, Robin Williams and Benny Goodman all were born in Chicago.  Jazz was first used to describe the type of music playing in Chicago in 1914.  Playboy, the zipper, softball, Daytime Soap Operas, the Ferris wheel and Twinkies all got their start in Chicago.


The rapid pace, and numerous radio stations in Chicago allow RADIO CONNECTION to offer its Chicago Radio School students exceptional opportunities to learn, one-on-one, from a working professional mentor in a real, on-air Chicago radio station.  When in Chicago we punch up these stations: 101.1FM, 93.1FM, WLUW 88.7 Fm, WBEZ FM, WCPT 820 AM, WLUP FM,WGN Radio, 100.3 LOVE, FM WILV, 96.3 for Pop and 92.3 for Rap and R&B.


 With strong professional connections and relationships forged over the years, RADIO CONNECTION is in an unique position to help fulfill the student’s dreams of a career in radio.  Using RADIO CONNECTION’s original,  hands-on, one-on-one, on-the-job method of teaching, using the mentor/apprentice approach, over 70% of Chicago RADIO CONNECTION graduates go on to have a career in radio or announcing—often times being hired before they finish their RADIO CONNECTION course.