WGN Radio Readies New Line-Up
“Lisa Dent has long been a significant and well-known presence in Chicago radio,” said Mary Sandberg Boyle, VP/GM of WGN Radio. “Her vibrant personality and warmth, understanding of the city and an ability to authentically connect on a personal level with listeners makes her a natural fit for afternoon drive on WGN as we embark on our 100th year of being the voice of Chicagoland.”
A native of Rockford, IL, Dent began her radio career in Fort Atkinson, WI in 1981 before going on to work at stations in Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle, and Houston. Dent returned to Chicago in 2002 and notably spent 14 years at CBS Radio/Entercom/Audacy Country WUSN (US99), rising to morning co-host before departing in August 2016 — the same year she was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame. More recently Dent did middays at the former iHeartMedia Country WEBG (Big 95.5), and has done fill-in on WGN Radio since January.
Beginning January 3, WGN Radio’s weekday programming schedule looks like this — 4am-6am: WGN-TVsimulcast; 6-10am: Bob Sirott; 10am-2pm: John Williams, including the Wintrust Business Lunch at noon; 2-6pm: Chicago’s Afternoon News with Lisa Dent and Steve Bertrand; 6-7pm: WGN Radio’s Money Matters (airing early 2022); 7-10pm: John Landecker.