Good thing this poll runs 2 weeks. I forgot every time you edit, the votes disappear, so I'm done!


PLEASE REVOTE...Sorry!


Vote for your favorites. Top 3 get in.




I'm sure I excluded some,fill in the blanks and I will add them.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Chet, North, Mac


All other answers are wrong.

Went the same way due to only 3 votes. The rest can wait.

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Elections have consequences.

UHHMMMMMMM?????

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

he is the damn originator of this shit!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

He looks like a guy you would see who sales pots & pans door to door.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I just added "The Sportswriters" as a "person" . It was a very creative idea.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

SWIRSK!

First Sports Talk Show in this City?

And wheres Les?

COME ON JAMES!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

^this^

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Swirsk should be there. Like him or not.

Les. NO.

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Were the Sportswriters on the radio?

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Bernstein should be in too.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Wow

So the guy who had the first show in city isnt good enough? the guy who basically inspired each of the guys you mentioned above to try this? I am not saying these guys are not in, but Number 1 onn the list is Swirsk!

lotsa forgetful memories around here right now...or maybe you guys just never knew it?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

lol i just hope little danny b from deerfield stays at 0 votes.

mike norphy in the lead! when is the score going to bring him back?!?

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Completely agree on Chet, North, & Mac

But Bernstein deserves at the least some serious consideration.

He has been the FOTS of the most popular sports radio station in Chicago for the last few years. He has reshaped (for good or bad) the way sports talk is done at that station. He has a line of butt sniffers a mile long that try to copy him.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

so was sammy sosa to the cubs. yes, i think dan bernstein smokes crack.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Danny b brings nothing new to the table for me. Don't hate him, dont mind listening, but easily replaced in my mind. Grote for one could do his job.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I completely get that he is not liked by many. But I don't think this discussion is just about popularity ratings. It is about impact in the sports radio business. Since the North decline Bernstein has had the most impact of anyone in Chicago sports radio.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

cancer is also the leading cause of death in america, isnt it? it might be heart disease, but you have to have a heart to have the disease. either way, its impacted the sports radio business.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Bernstein would be in my second three along with Terry and probably LEs

I just dont agree. When he is gone, not missed that much. If he left for WLS, would he take a following outside of his ALS with him? I just dont think his departure would have nearly as much of a dent as many think it would have. His spot could be filled tomorrow and the station would move on and maybe gain listeners.

Of course, this probably means I must HATE him.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Not a first ballot guy.

Will this HOF be at the THIRSTY WHALE?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Bernstien couldn't draw flies when up against Mc Neil.

I voted for Jesse just because

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

This list needs Jim Rome & Tony Kornheiser.

OK, maybe just Jim Rome.

Rome is above all others.


He's the MJ of sports radio

Sportswriters, Swirsky, and Coppock. They were the trailblazers. Swirsky used to host a show at a bar called Buffoons and when someone made a dumb comment, the crowd would yell "BUFFOOOON!!!" The Sportswriters were on the radio long before TV and that was the only sports talk on radio for ages. You would not have Mac without Coppock, since he learned at the hem of the fur coat. I also remember Pat Benkowski at the early outset of talk radio also.
Tommy Williams will have to wait for the veterans committee.

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You cannot make me care about the WNBA.

For the inaugural class, all other answers are indeed wrong.

You want to put Burnsteeen or Les or some of the other guys on subsequent ballots, you can easily make a case to do so. These are the biggest three guys in sports talk in this city, and RPB also has them in the correct order of importance.

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Mac's first radio job in Chicago was with Swirsk but I do agree about Chet.

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