Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.
For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.
The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations went off at sundown. Then you picked up Chicago and heard the teenage music you really yearned for.
When television came out, there was concern it would kill radio.
I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.
And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.
I did radio back in the era when we did radio drama.
You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of a bomb. There was no music at all.
I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it.