Longtime WBBM Newsradio host Betty Sanders has died at the age of 93, the Audacy Chicago all-news station has announced.
Sanders joined the station in 1972 alongside her husband, Bob — who had previously worked in radio in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Wichita, among other stops — to helm middays.
Bob and Betty Sanders spent more than a decade at WBBM in the midday timeslot. They eventually moved on to 1130 WISN in Milwaukee before retiring near Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. Bob Sanders died in 2013, after 59 years of marriage.
“Sanders is remembered for her quick wit, devotion to family and the distinctive presence she brought to Chicago radio,” the station wrote in an announcement of her death.
In a post on social media, WBBM said the show hosted by Bob and Betty Sanders was “known for its friendly conversations, celebrity interviews, and trivia quizzes.”
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