Introduction -- Cast of characters. In the beginning -- The graffiti Loop -- Here come the 80s -- Johnny be good -- The second heyday -- Here come the 90s -- Dark clouds -- Radio stations for sale -- End notes. Quote sources -- Photo credits -- Acknowledgments -- About the author

From 1977-1998, Chicago's The Loop created something that will never be forgotten. Author Rick Kaempfer has gathered all the people who worked there to tell the story of that great radio station in their own words

For that period of time when all the stars aligned, when rock and roll and comedy and radio were all simultaneously kings (1977-1998), when the 1927 Yankees of Radio all gathered in the same hallway at the same time, the Loop created something that will never be forgotten. Author Rick Kaempfer has gathered all the people who worked there to tell the story of that great radio station, in their own words. Among those telling the Loop story...Jonathan Brandmeier, Matt Bisbee, Danny Bonaduce, Chet Coppock, Steve Dahl, Sky Daniels, Jimmy de Castro, Patti Haze, Buzz Kilman, John Landecker, Stan Lawrence, Bill Leff, Kevin Matthews, Dan McNeil, Garry Meier, Mitch Michaels, Eddie Schwartz, Lorelei Shark, Bobby Skafish, Wendy Snyder, Greg Solk, Bob Stroud, Larry Wert, Laura Witek, Bruce Wolf, and more than 50 others. Great stories about a truly great radio station