Larry Lujack

Larry Lujack (born June 6, 1940), a Top 40 Music radio disc jockey who was a precursor to the shock jocks of the 1990s, is known for his world-weary sarcastic style, "Klunk letter of the day," and darkly humorous "Animal Stories."

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June 6 - 1940 - Top 40 - Music radio - Disc jockey - Shock jock - 1990s

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Born in Quasqueton, Iowa as Larry Blankenburg, he later changed his last name to that of his football idol, Johnny Lujack. He attended College of Idaho in Caldwell, Washington State University and was a radio disc jockey starting in the early 1960s at KCID in Caldwell. He subsequently worked at several other radio stations but is best known for his antics on Chicago AM radio stations WLS and WCFL.

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Iowa - College of Idaho - Caldwell - Washington State University - Radio - Disc jockey - 1960s - KCID - Radio station - Chicago - AM radio - WLS - WCFL

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Though he retired in 1987, shortly after his son from his first marriage died in a traffic accident, Larry began working again in May 2000 for WUBT in Chicago via remote ISDN link from from a New Mexico recording studio. In 1997 he moved from Palatine to the outskirts of Santa Fe, where he plays golf and landscapes. Lujack was inducted into the Illinois Broadcaster Association's Hall of Fame in June 2002.

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1987 - 2000 - WUBT - ISDN - New Mexico - 1997 - Palatine - Santa Fe - Illinois Broadcaster Association - 2002

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In 2003, he re-teamed with his Animal Stories partner Tommy Edwards (Little Tommy) on WRLL AM in Chicago, and continues to broadcast

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his signature features on week days. November 6, 2004, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.

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He's married to Judith (Jude) his second? wife and has 2? children.

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