rd Steele began his career as a singer in a high school doo-wop group. He has since become a Chicago broadcast legend and has been a presence in the Chicago broadcast market since 1970. Richard spent many years as a radio personality on some of Chicago’s top urban music stations. Steele made the transition to talk radio at mid-career and spent the next 28 years at WBEZ (Chicago’s NPR affiliate).

During that time, he became known for his probing interviews of newsmakers and pop culture icons. Richard Steele has also been a pledge host on WTTW (PBS) for more than twenty five years. Currently, he hosts a weekend jazz show on the University of Chicago’s WHPK 88.5FM/WHPK.org.

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In this two part episode Greta chats with Richard Steele. Richard Steele began his career as a singer in a high school doo-wop group. He has since become a Chicago broadcast legend and has been a presence in the Chicago broadcast market since 1970. Richard spent many years as a radio personality on some of Chicago’s top urban music stations. Steele made the transition to talk radio at mid-career and spent the next 28 years at WBEZ (Chicago’s NPR affiliate).

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