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| Chicago Media And The 2012 Chicago Auto Show |
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| Written by Larz | |||
| Wednesday, 08 February 2012 16:04 | |||
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Despite the chilly weather, Chicagoans love coming out to their Auto Show each and every winter. This year should be no different, as multitudes are expected to pack into McCormick Place over the next few days to enjoy the 2012 Chicago Auto Show, which will be open to the public from February 10th-19th at the McCormick Place in Chicago. Chicago media outlets consistently show up, as well. In fact, this is one of the busiest years ever for live remotes for Chicago radio stations at the Auto Show. Here is a look at just who from Chicagoland radio and TV will be broadcasting there this year, as well as a look at local television specials about this year's show...
Friday, February 10th: The 2012 Chicago Auto Show opens its doors to the general public tomorrow morning (not counting tonight's special pre-show for charity). From 10:00am-1:00pm, WSCR-AM's Dan McNeil and Matt Spiegel will be broadcasting live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From 10:00am-3:00pm, WJMK-FM's Gary Spears will be spinning the hits live on the air from from a booth set up near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From 2:00pm-7:00pm, WBBM-FM's Stylz & Roman broadcast live from Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. From 5:00pm-9:00pm, Steve Cochran will be doing and extended broadcast from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. Cochran regularly used to do live remotes from the Auto Show back when he worked afternoons on WGN-AM. Saturday, February 11th: Before the doors even open, WLS-AM's Paul Brian will be doing his "Drive Chicago" show from the Auto Show from 8:00am-9:00am from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From 10:00am-2:00pm, WBBM-FM's Rebecca Ortiz will be live from the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. From 10:00am-5:00pm, WJMK-FM's Gary Spears will be working a rare Saturday afternoon, and a very long live shift from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From sometime between 1:30pm & 2:00pm (depending on the end of the DePaul Basketball game broadcast) until around 6:15, WSCR-AM's Ben Finfer will be broadcasting live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From 2:00pm-6:00pm, Stylz & Roman will be working a Saturday shift, broadcasting live from the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. From 5:00pm-10:00pm, WVAZ-FM's Joe Soto will be broadcasting live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. The Chicago Auto Show will be seen plenty on Chicago television on the evening of Saturday the 11th. From 5:00pm-5:30pm, WSNS-TV/Telemundo Chicago will air its annual Auto Show special. From 6:00pm-7:00pm, WMAQ-TV/NBC 5 will air "Chicago Auto Show," a mostly live one-hour special. At the same time, from 6:00pm-7:00pm, WGN-TV will also be airing its one-hour Chicago Auto Show special. Sunday, February 12th: On Sunday, from Noon-4:00pm, WSCR-AM's Jason Goff and Matt Bowen will broadcast live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. At the same time, from Noon-4:00pm, WLEY-FM will be broadcasting live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From Noon-5:00pm, WBBM-FM's Nikki will be broadcasting live at the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. From 4:00pm-7:00pm, WLFM's Rick O'Dell will be broadcasting live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. The Smooth 87.7 broadcast will be a special live & expanded edition of the local program "Chicago Music," which normally airs from 5:00pm-7:00pm, with Chicago musician Nick Colionne joining Rick O'Dell during the program at the Chicago Auto Show to talk about Chicago's rich Jazz history. Once again on Sunday, the Chicago Auto Show will be seen on television. However, it will be in the form of reruns from the day before. From 3:00pm-4:00pm, CLTV will show an encore presentation of WGN-TV's Chicago Auto Show special from Saturday night. WGN-TV itself will rerun the special from 11:30pm-12:30am. At 10:30pm, WSNS-TV will rerun the 30 minute Auto Show special of Telemundo's from the night before. From 11:05pm-12:05am, WMAQ-TV will rerun their live Chicago Auto Show special from the night before, which of course, will not be live any more. Monday, February 13th through Friday, February 17th: Every weekday next week will see WBBM-FM's Stylz & Roman, who will be broadcasting live at the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall from 2:00pm-7:00pm. From 5:00pm-6:00pm, B96's DJ Flipside will be at the B96 booth, creating live mixes for the "Flipside @ 5." Each year for the last few years, Stylz & Roman have been fixtures at the Chicago Auto Show, working from there every day of the week but Sundays. Monday, February 13th: From 1:00pm-6:00pm, WSCR's Terry Boers and Dan Bernstein will broadcast live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From 2:00pm-5:00pm, WGCI-FM's UB Rodriquez will be broadcasting live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. Then at 5:00pm at the very same location, WIND-AM's Steve Cochran will take over and broadcast live until 9:00pm. Tuesday, February 14th: From 10:00am-1:00pm, WSCR-AM's Dan McNeil and Matt Spiegel return for a live broadcast from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From 9:00am-2:00pm, WGCI-FM's Loni Swain does her midday show live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. Chicago Cubs television announcer (WGN-TV, CSN) Len Kasper will be greeting fans from 11:00am-1:00pm near the Toyota Display in the South Hall. WGN-AM's "Mr. Fix It" Lou Manfredini will be meeting & greeting fans from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. From 3:00pm-9:00pm, WJMK-FM's Bo Reynolds will be broadcasting live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall and giving away prizes. Wednesday, February 15th: From 10:00am-2:00pm, WVAZ-FM's Kris Kelley will be broadcasting her midday show live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From 1:00pn-6:00pm, WSCR-AM's Boers and Bernstein return, broadcasting their afternoon show from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From 2:00pm-4:00pm, WILV-FM's Brian Peck will be broadcasting live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. At the very same location, from 5:00pm-9:00pm, Steve Cochran does his extended evening WIND-AM show live. Thursday, February 16th: From 9:00am-2:00pm, WLFM's Rick O'Dell is back to do a live broadcast from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From Noon-2:00pm, WUSN-FM's morning team of Lisa Dent and Ramblin' Ray will be at the Toyota Display in the South Hall to greet fans. From 2:00pm-6:00pm, WLEY-FM's Jose Luis Marquez ("El Pitufo") will be doing a live remote from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. At that same location from 6:00pm-10:00pm, WJMK-FM's George McFly will be broadcasting live. Also from 6:00pm-10:00pm, WSCR-AM's Laurence Holmes will be broadcasting live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. Friday, February 17th: Friday the 17th is "Telemundo Hispanic Day" at the Auto Show. The first live remote broadcast of the day happens before the doors even open up to the public. WPPN-FM's David Miranda will be broadcasting live from 8:00am-10:00am from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. At the same location, from 10:00am-3:00pm, WOJO-FM's Valeria "The Chiquitita" Morfin and Lucy "Luchy-Luchy" Herrera will be doing their live midday radio show. Also at that location, from 3:00pm-7:00pm, WVIV-FM/WVIX-FM's Omar Ramos will be doing his afternoon radio show live. From 6:00pm-10:00pm, WSCR-AM's Laurence Holmes returns for the second night in a row to broadcast live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. Back at the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall, from 7:00pm-9:00pm, WDRV-FM's Phil Manicki will be broadcasting live. Saturday, February 18th: Just like the Saturday before, and before the doors even open, WLS-AM's Paul Brian will be doing his "Drive Chicago" show from the Auto Show from 8:00am-9:00am from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. Additionally, Paul Brian will be doing a very special two-hour afternoon Auto Show edition of "Drive Chicago" on WLS-AM from the same location in the North Hall from 2:00pm-4:00pm. From 10:00am-2:00pm, WBBM-FM's Rebecca Ortiz will be broadcasting live from the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. From 10:00am-2:00pm, WLS-FM's weekday morning team of Dave Fogel & Marti Jones will be spinnin' the oldies in a live broadcast from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From 2:00pm-6:00pm, the familiar faces of Stylz & Roman will be broadcasting live from the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. Also from 2:00pm-6:00pm, WSCR-AM's Joe Ostroski and Connor McKnight will do a live broadcast from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From 4:00pm-8:00pm, WKSC-FM's weeknight evening DJ Special K will be working a Saturday afternoon, broadcasting live from from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. Sunday, February 19th: From 10:00am-Noon, WSCR-AM's Zach Zaidman will be broadcasting live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From 10:00am-3:00pm, WNUA-FM's Diane Fong and Marce Saldana Berlanga will be broadcasting live from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. From Noon-4:00pm, WSCR-AM's Jason Goff and Matt Bowen are back to broadcast live from the Toyota Display in the South Hall. From Noon-5:00pm, WBBM-FM's Nikki is back to do a live remote from the Chevrolet Family Fun Zone in the South Hall. Closing out the show will be a live broadcast from WJMK-FM's George McFly from 3:00pm-7:00pm from the radio booth near the Chevrolet display in the North Hall. (Note: As is the case each year, especially since these times are scheduled long in advance, the list of Chicago media appearances & times listed above are very much subject to change without notice. This page will be updated periodically with the latest information provided to CRM.) As always, the biggest media star at the Chicago Auto Show will be WLS-AM's Paul Brian. That isn't necessarily due to his over 35 years of being on Chicago radio, though. In 1994, Brian joined the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA) as its Director of Communications and spokesman -- a position he still holds today. Brian, along with the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, produces the annual Chicago Auto Show mega-event, held at McCormick Place each February. The CATA has produced the Chicago Auto Show since 1935. The Chicago Auto Show is the largest auto show on the North American continent. The first Chicago Auto Show was held in 1901 and has been held more times than any other auto exposition in North America. This year is the 104th edition of the show. As always, the Chicago Auto Show is held at Chicago's McCormick Place (2301 S. Lake Shore Drive), the largest convention center in the United States. Out of McCormick Place's 2.7 million square feet of exhibit halls, the annual Auto Show uses 1.2 million square feet of it. The 2012 Chicago Auto Show is open to the public from February 10-18 from 10:00am–10:00pm and on February 19 from 10:00am-8:00pm. Tickets are only $11 for visitors ages 13-61. Admission for children ages 7-12 and seniors aged 62 and older is only $7. Children 6 and under are free. Discount coupons can be found at Chicagoland car dealers, BP gas stations, certain banks and other institutions, as well. Tickets may be purchased at the McCormick Place ticket booths at the show's entrance or in advance online at this link HERE. 
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