Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Flashback: Oct. 19, 2014 2014: “I care ...
Disco emerged in the late 1960s, rising out of the urban nightlife to become the dominant genre of the 1970s. Once primarily associated with minorities, disco clubs turned mainstream and sprang up ...
What cultural conditions lead to a rock shock jock blowing up disco records and starting a riot at a ballpark? That is the question that "The War on Disco," the October 30 American Experience ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Almost 37 years ago to the day, Chicago radio icon Steve Dahl blew up disco records at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979. Disco Demolition Night was an event that blew up itself into the ...
Comiskey Park was built to hold 44,492 people. On July 12, 1979, the official count was 47,795, with an unknown number more slipping past ticket-takers who’d stopped checking. The White Sox had booked ...
Jeff Schwartz, the former manager of sales and promotion at WLUP, joins Bob Sirott as they remember the Disco Demolition night at Comiskey Park in 1979. He explains how the radio stunt was created, ...
Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the first televised ...
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