Cumulus Media is welcoming back a familiar face to 890 WLS-AM as legendary Chicago political reporter Bill Cameron will become the radio station’s Producer and Host of “Take 1 with Bill Cameron,” a new weekly radio program and podcast.
In a press release obtained by Barrett Media, the new show will debut Sunday, May 1st, and airs every Sunday from 5:00 pm-6:00 pm and will be a new venture for Cameron since retiring from full-time reporting in August 2021 after more than 50 years of covering Chicago politics.
“It’s impossible to walk away from Chicago,” Cameron said. “This is the city with politics that wouldn’t be believable in a movie script, architecture that architects worldwide come to study.”
“Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, nationally renowned restaurants, performing arts, and museums, eight professional sports teams that alternately thrill and confound diehard fans, and more than 200 diverse neighborhoods in 78 community areas.”
“Take 1 with Bill Cameron” will present Cameron’s unedited interviews with Chicago newsmakers and discussions about local breaking news, and his first guest is Senator Dick Durbin.
“Take 1 with Bill Cameron” is the kind of program ideally suited to radio,” Cameron said. “Ask a question, get out of the way, don’t interrupt, and let interesting people tell their stories – no sound bites, no spin, no shouting, no editing.”
“We are delighted to welcome back Bill Cameron to the Big 89. The news doesn’t stop and neither does Bill,” Stephanie Tichenor, Program Director, 890 WLS-AM, added.
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