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• WHY ISNT THE MNF GAME ON THE RADIO CHICAGO TV

slot will be filled in the short term by familiar WCCO names Jordana Green and Mike Max. WCCO has yet to announce a permanent replacement. Call in!' It always felt like an uphill battle." "Minnesotans are more inclined to text or tell you what they feel at a cocktail party. They tell you what you think," said Williams, one of the few WCCO personalities who relied heavily on call ins. "Chicago audiences are much more forward. What he won't miss is the tentative nature of Minnesota audiences to speak their minds. Williams, who previously worked at WCCO in the mid-90s, said he'll miss the staff, particularly producer Susan Blanch. Williams, who has family in Chicago, was able to do both jobs by either broadcasting from the basement in his home or borrowing space from one of the two studios. At point, I offered $50 to a caller's favorite charity if I got it wrong. It’s also a quirk in the design of analog television, a medium that has largely been usurped by its digital equivalent.

WHY ISNT THE MNF GAME ON THE RADIO CHICAGO TV

"I would give out the wrong number, say the wrong call letters. TV on the Radio isn’t just the name of a really good band.

"It's not good for your mental health," he said Monday. For the past few months, he has been working from 1-3 p.m.weekdays on the Chicago airwaves, followed immediately by a three-hour shift for WCCO. Williams, 57, had done double duty for Chicago and Minneapolis markets from 2010 to 2012 and had continued to do a Saturday morning show at WGN even after moving to Minnesota. WCCO's afternoon-drive host delivered his last Minnesota show this past Friday and has moved back to Chicago where he already broadcasts from the WGN studio. John Williams has left the Good Neighborhood. John Williams/photo courtesy of WCCO Radio