February 8, 2000, was a day that longtime WGN Radio listeners, not to mention those who worked at the station at the time, will never forget. It was the day that popular morning show host Bob Collins ...

Bob Sirott, Dave Eanet, John Williams, Mary Van De Velde and Orion Samuelson continue the WGN Radio tradition of honoring former host Bob Collins with a toast of Jack Daniel’s. Collins hosted ...

Lisa Dent and the newsroom remember former WGN Radio host Bob Collins who died, along with two others, in a plane crash in 2000. We’ve shared more memories, photos, and video of Bob Collins here.

Bob Collins, Chicago’s top-rated WGN radio personality, was among three people killed in a midair collision of two small planes over Zion, on Feb. 8, 2000. (WGN) ...

Tom Petersen, a trusted and respected news anchor at WGN Radio for over 20 years, died on May 10, 2025, at age 83. Besides reporting on serious events including the death of Bob Collins and the ...

Dan Fabian, who dedicated 30 years to WGN Radio in a career in which he held titles ranging from intern to Vice President/General Manager, ... Go”, brought Spike O’Dell to Chicago from the Quad Cities ...

Fabian was a talent spotter and programming expert who smoothed the transition from Wally Phillips in morning drive-time to Bob Collins and maintained WGN's No. 1 rating. Mr. Fabian was inducted ...

A tradition that is now a quarter-century old continued Friday when the WGN Radio Morning Show crew paid tribute to the former host: the late Bob Collins. Orion Samuelson, Spike O’Dell, John Williams, ...

2000: WGN-AM 720 morning host Bob Collins was among three people killed in a midair collision of two small planes in Zion, ...