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Dick Biondi - Wikipedia. Richard Orlando Biondi [1] (September 13, 1932 – June 26, 2023) was an American Top 40 and oldies disc jockey. Calling himself The Wild I-tralian, [2] he was one of the original "screamers," known for his screaming delivery as well as wild antics on and off the air.
Dick Biondi, Chicago’s definitive voice of Top 40 radio, dies at 90. Influential in advancing the careers of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis, among many others, Biondi was the first disc jockey to play the Beatles on American radio. By Robert Feder | Special to the Sun-Times. Jul 1, 2023, 8:03pm PDT. Pocket. Reddit. Flipboard.
Dick Biondi, an exuberant, fast-talking Top 40 radio personality, nicknamed “the Screamer,” who in the early 1960s became one of Chicago’s most popular disc jockeys and, thanks to the strength...
Legendary Chicago rock disc jockey and personality Richard “Dick” Biondi died earlier this week, WLS-AM 890 announced on Facebook Saturday night. He was 90. Biondi “died peacefully at home on...
Radio Hall of Fame inductee Dick Biondi was one of the nation's most recognizable disc jockeys with an amazing career that spanned over nearly six decades. He was the first to make...
Dick Biondi, legendary Chicago disc jockey who was the first to play the Beatles on U.S. radio, died June 26 at the age of 90.
Dick Biondi, a fixture on the radio airwaves in Chicago for nearly six decades who gained a national audience as the “King of the Oldies,” died June 26, his family said. He was 90.
