R.I.P.: Illinois Radio Broadcaster Dick Elliott Was 96

Dick Elliott

Former radio news broadcaster and announcer for the Harlem Globetrotters Richard John Wiora aka Dick Elliott died March 6 in Oak Park, IL.

He was 96-years-of-age, according to oakpark.com.

He had a distinctive and memorable voice, familiar to many listeners in Chicago and its suburbs on WIND Radio 560. He also worked at WLS and WJJD in Chicago. But he started out modestly at a station in Ottumwa, Iowa, as Santa, handing out candy to kids at Christmas time and then announcing the current price of corn on air.

After retirement from WIND, he taught a class in journalism ethics at Columbia College Chicago.