Scott Shannon
Scott Shannon, the Forest Gump of radio, has stumbled into an amazing career. As a broadcaster, programmer and host of 94.7 Chicago's True Oldies Channel, his is truly an amazing success story.
Along the way he's bamboozled so many people that he has even received fancy awards. Last year he was inducted in into the National Association of Broadcaster's Radio Hall of Fame. In a special survey by Radio and Records, his peers named him "The Most Influential Programmer of the Past 20 Years," and he's been enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
His one bedroom apartment is jammed with many awards - including his Runner-up trophy in the Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest. On the broadcast side, first in 1988 and again from 1993 through 1997 he was named Billboard Magazine's "Air Personality of the Year." And in 1989 and 1994 through 1997 he also was honored as the "Program Director of the Year."
In 1985, Shannon went nationwide on over 200 stations with "The Rocking America Top 30 Countdown." To this day people don't know how he pulled that off.
Blessed with rugged bad looks, Scott has done his fair share of Television work. He was selected as one of the original VH-1 vee-jays in 1984 and hosted his own syndicated TV show, "Smash Hits Top 10 Countdown," which was seen in over 100 markets, by about 13 people, from 1989 to 1993.
Today, Shannon is one part of the successful morning team, "Scott & Todd in the Morning," which enjoys one of the biggest audiences in America. He also moonlights as the official voice of the Sean Hannity Show that is broadcast on over 400 stations across America, including our sister station, WLS AM-890.
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