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Joel Sebastian WMAQ

From Mandy K – Mr. Pop – An old neighbor of ours was a Chicago DJ by the name of Joel Sebastian. He was on two stations in Chicago – one was WCFL, which I listened too when I was young. He was on another station right after that. Can you help?

Mr. Pop History – Yes – it was WMAQ - the NBC owned AM station in town. WMAQ – was not a real ratings winner, but It did OK. In early 1972, WMAQ began hiring area pop DJ’s and hired Joel Sebastian and Jim Stagg – both of whom were with WCFL. There’s a subtle poke at Top-40 WCFL in this ad.