Rick Halberg & Friends

When I first started in radio, you still needed to turn a dial to find your station – and Jimmy Carter was president!

After spending 20 years in radio, 13 of them with WJBC/WBNQ/WBWN, I went to the corporate world while my wife and I raised our triplets. They’re in college now, and I’ll be wrapping up my corporate career in the not-so-distant future. So I decided to return to my first love – broadcasting. Fortunately, some of my old friends are still here, and they were kind enough to hold the door open for me. I scored a weekend shift and fill in whenever one of the full-timers needs a little time off.

I hope you’ll join me on Saturday mornings for “Rick Halberg and Friends” from 7 – 9 AM, and here and there as I fill in for one of your favorite WJBC personalities.

You’ll recognize me – I’m the one having a blast!

Blogs

WJBC Voices: The safe, legal and rare fraud

At one time, Hillary Clinton’s mantra about abortion was that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” I suspected then that she really meant only the “legal” part, and time has borne out that suspicion.

WJBC Voices: Rauner’s Toyota claim a misleading, false promise

On September 27, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told the Pantagraph that Bloomington-Normal was in serious contention for a Mazda-Toyota auto plant, but the existence of unions and Illinois laws lost the potential jobs to Alabama.

WJBC Voices: “Progressive” has nothing to do with progress

One of the gubernatorial candidates is advocating a progressive income tax as the solution to the state’s economic problems.

WJBC Voices: Celebrating local workers

By Mike Matejka Labor Day is perhaps the most mis-understood holiday in the nation’s calendar. Traditionally viewed as a summer’s end celebration, its real roots are in worker protest, trying to claim and celebrate their role in society. In Bloomington, local unions organize and march together, along with community groups and aspiring politicians, in Monday’s…