The Steve Cochran Show
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The Steve Cochran Show was a talk show on 720 WGN AM in Chicago
, Illinois
hosted by Steve Cochran
from February 2000 until it's cancellation in June 2010. It aired Monday through Friday from 4-7 PM. The show's producer from September 2004 through January 2010 was Rick O'Connor.
read an introduction. The introduction typically references a current event and incorporates a fictitious piece of trivia about Steve (referred to as "this man") at the end. The introduction is concluded with the phrase, "Here's Steve Cochran!". The show's theme music follows the introduction.
A typical introduction might be:
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
hosted by Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran (radio host)
Steve Cochran is an American radio broadcaster. Steve presently hosts a radio show from 10am-12pm and 6pm-9pm on KTRS 550 AM in St. Louis. He previously worked for WGN radio in Chicago from 2000 to 2010.- Childhood :...
from February 2000 until it's cancellation in June 2010. It aired Monday through Friday from 4-7 PM. The show's producer from September 2004 through January 2010 was Rick O'Connor.
Show introduction
At the beginning of the show, Steve "starts the show" by having a passer-by on Michigan AvenueMichigan Avenue (Chicago)
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read an introduction. The introduction typically references a current event and incorporates a fictitious piece of trivia about Steve (referred to as "this man") at the end. The introduction is concluded with the phrase, "Here's Steve Cochran!". The show's theme music follows the introduction.
A typical introduction might be:
- "Audrey TautouAudrey TautouAudrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel...
was recently announced to be Tom Hanks'Tom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
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. This man was once selected to be Tom's co-star in Cast AwayCast AwayCast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his successful attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his...
but was replaced by a volleyball at the last minute. Here's Steve Cochran!"