WXRT
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Oct 14, 2026
speaker_8GUEST
Um, their music director was Lynn Brammer.
Lynn BrammerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is Lynn Brammer, long-time disc jockey at WXRT Chicago, music director in the late '70s and early '80s at WQBK FM.
speaker_8GUEST
FM.In Albany.
speaker_11GUEST
It was probably, as far as a commercial station, it was probably as close to college radio as you could get because college radio had such a freeform sort of format.
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
I'd like to do a personal send-off to, uh, my programming mentor, Mr. Wally Waldron.
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
And maybe, maybe stations don't need expensive Nielsen ratings.
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
Maybe not.
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
Welcome to our podcast.
12 MINS LATER
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
That's fair enough.
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
Uh, the August releases are out, and, you know, with Eastland doing more major market radio, we wanted to see what the variations were, uh, in audience would be.
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
Now, as everybody knows, or most people know, Nielsen uses a PPM device that, uh, gets an encoded signal from all the radio stations.
Jackson Dell WeaverHOST
So Nielsen collects data for all the stations and only posts in public, uh, arenas those stations that subscribe.
Jeff ChristensenHOST
But the X, just so you know, X, X was the, was the call signal.
Jeff ChristensenHOST
Like, you know, we have WGN or WXRT, and then there's KRP in Cincinnati.
Scott ChristensenHOST
[laughs]
Jeff ChristensenHOST
Or that was WKRP.
Terry HemmertSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Terry Hemmert.
Terry HemmertSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's Breakfast with The Beatles on XRT.
Tony MendozaHOST
But the topic at hand comes from Steve Mykytiun alone, so here's what he says.
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[upbeat music]
speaker_1NARRATOR
I go back so far, I'm in front of me.
Eric HowellHOST
I spent part of my career in radio production at WXRT in Chicago, where I co-produced Rampant Beatlemania with my dear friend Terry Hemmert.
Eric HowellHOST
And for decades, I was a regular at Chicago's annual Beatlefest, affectionately known these days as the Fest for Beatles Fans.
Eric HowellHOST
Perhaps I've seen you there.
David ByrneGUEST
But it wasn't, uh, it was never this, you know, massive thing on the hit parade.
Mark CaroHOST
Yeah, my wife, Mary Dixon, did the news in the morning show with Lynn Brahmer at WXRT for years and years, and that was their, that was like their signature song.
Mark CaroHOST
Their favorite song was This Must Be The Place.
David ByrneGUEST
[laughs]
Jerry ReccoHOST
There's also a news station that's there as well.
Al DukesHOST
There's a, a great, a legendary rock station in Chicago, uh, called, it's WXRT-
Jerry ReccoHOST
Okay
Al DukesHOST
... that Audacy owns.
Jerry ReccoHOST
There's also a news station that's there as well.
Al DukesHOST
There's a, uh, great, a legendary rock station in Chicago, uh, called, it's WXRT-
Jerry ReccoHOST
Okay
Al DukesHOST
... that Odyssey owns.
Laurence HolmesHOST
When we were radio hustlers.
Laurence HolmesHOST
I think at the time I was producing Sound Opinions and deejaying on XRT and playing gigs and bartending and producing the Murf and Fred Morning Show.
Laurence HolmesHOST
It was too much.
Matt SpiegelHOST
It's a lot.
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
11 years after it came out, I didn't know it was that old.
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
I was driving and I was listening to the radio station WXRT, which is a great radio station in Chicago.
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
That's like a commercial AAA station, but that had a big influence on me around 1920. years old of just like learning about stuff like the replacements actually and i was just i had just had like a girlfriend break up with me and it was winter time and i was like what is this and um it was the replacements and um i think i went out and got that cd immediately and it's just um It's still one of my favorites.
Eric D. JohnsonGUEST
I mean, it's, you know, it's a masterpiece.
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