John Williams

Booking Overview

A radio-rebroadcast local talk show focused on Chicago-area communities, regional travel, lifestyle topics, and listener-friendly entertainment, with external guests typically including local officials, civic leaders, and practical subject-matter experts. Suitable pitches include Chicago-area government and tourism representatives, community leaders, nutrition professionals, and authors with accessible consumer expertise; booking difficulty is low.

Metrics

Episodes: 79

Frequency: Daily

Rating: 3.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 11.9k subscribers

Instagram: 17.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

dmarzullo@wgnradio.com

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Host

John Williams - Chicago radio host and presenter of the John Williams program on WGN Radio 720.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Chicago-area public officials, civic and community leaders, tourism representatives, and accessible experts or authors with practical consumer-facing expertise.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of a local government or community organization, Published books or articles, Professional expertise relevant to everyday consumer questions

Recent Guest Discussions

Dawn Jackson Blatner - Nutrition Advice, Food Choices, And Responses To Listener Food And Nutrition Questions.

Frank DeSimone - Community Events, Support For First Responders, Downtown Revitalization, And Local Celebrations.

Joseph Vallez - 4-h Programming, Park District Activities, White Pines Golf Course, And Community Events.

Recent Topics

Chicago, Local Government, Travel, Nutrition, Comedy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

John Williams

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Don’t worry about safety of mRNA flu vaccine

September 22, 2026

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about the injury to Caleb Williams, if there is any difference between name-brand medicine or the generic version, the types of vaccines that are available right now, why he believes everyone should get a COVID vaccine, and […]

Eric Zorn: Pritzker fumbled question about Hasan Piker

September 22, 2026

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about a controversy he started on Facebook about the quality of the movie ‘9 to 5,’ Governor JB Pritzker going public with his weight loss journey and the use of GLP-1’s, and why he didn’t like Governor Pritzker’s answer about Hasan Piker when he […]

John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MCCXXVIII, 9.22.26

September 22, 2026

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com.

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dmarzullo@wgnradio.com

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