Dick Biondi

The fast-talking wild man of Chicago radio, Dick Biondi called himself “The Screamer,” “The Big Mouth,” “The Big Noise from Buffalo,” “The Wild Eye-tralian,” and “The Supersonic Spaghetti Slurper.” Praising his energy, presentation, and appeal to young listeners, pioneer radio programmer Mike Joseph called Biondi one of the all-time great Top 40 disc jockeys and said that “he sounded like a rock jock should.” Biondi came across as a young man excited by what he...