About Wally Phillips
Walter Phillips was an American radio personality best known for hosting WGN's morning radio show from Chicago for 21 years from January 1965 until July 1986, and was number one in the morning slot from 1968 until he left for an afternoon radio slot in 1986. In 1969, Wally Phillips founded the Neediest Kids Fund, which has since raised $35 million for charity. Phillips was one of the first broadcasters to routinely use humorous and offbeat phone calls in his show, including prank phone calls. At the height of his popularity, Phillips attracted nearly 1.5 million listeners, a now unheard-of 50% market share. Phillips expanded his career as a radio personality at WLW in Cincinnati where he established his call-in format and his trademark style of remixing prerecorded interviews as a comedy piece.
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