Jeremy,

Brian Kelly worked for Z95 in the late 80s middays and was their their MD, also the MD at WLS-AM, after being on middays @ Z95 Milwaukee. He also landed on WWBZ the Blaze doing PM drive, before heading up, to you guys making his mark there for years. He was never on Kicks itself.

“Extra Large Mike Kelly” (no relations) was overnights on Kicks Country, I recall he was their Production guy too. He did time on Z95 and possibly WLS-FM before that, as he was an ABC employee for years.

Spanish radio in 1989 was not a big thing. WOJO was the only real player at the time, WIND-AM was next. Launching it on 890 would have been earth shattering. Country on AM in 1989 was plausible, as WMAQ and WJJD were on AM. Classic country was discussed too. ZRock, AM Stereo was being pushed at the time, but, they needed to clear it in market #3 as 106.7 had just dropped it for New Age. As strange as all of those sound in 2026, they were contenders in 1989.

Z