When I was listening to radio dating back to when I was in high school, I remember there were commercials for certain radio stations and personalities.

I'm old enough to remember seeing Robert Murphy in a strait jacket promoting his old morning show at Q101, not to mention the dancing "Joey Bag O'Donuts" in commercials for The LOOP, as well as when Eric Ferguson & Kathy Hart promoted their old MIX 101.9 FM morning show to name a few.

I also remember when the old AM 1000 used to have a courtside sign when they used to be the flagship of the Chicago Bulls Radio Network in the late '80s as well as billboards at Rate Field when 670 AM The SCORE was the flagship of the Chicago White Sox Radio Network about 20 years ago.

You can find these old radio station commercials on YouTube. That's one of the things that's long gone. The lack of TV commercials for Chicago radio stations.

What also seems to be missing...The lack of live DJs, let alone listeners calling in to make on air requests. I don't know if part of that has to do with budget cuts. I also wonder if personality-driven radio, let alone multi-million dollar salaries are also a thing of the past in Chicago radio.