CHICAGO — Dick Biondi, a fixture on the radio airwaves in Chicago for nearly six decades who gained a national audience as the “King of the Oldies,” died June 26, his family said. He was 90.
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A cause of death was not given, but in April 2017, Biondi left WLS radio when he was hospitalized for what was described as a leg ailment, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The disc jockey, known as the “Wild I-tralian,” had a 67-year career in AM radio and played music on several Chicago stations from 1960 until his retirement in 2017, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
During the 1960s, Biondi helped introduce listeners in the U.S. and Canada to rock ‘n’ roll at Chicago’s top AM top-40 stations, WLS and WCFL, according to WGN-TV. According to the Radio Hall of Fame, Biondi’s voice introducing rock ‘n’ roll records could be heard in 40 states through…
