Throwback Thursday: Larry Lujack

Born in Quasqueton, Iowa and raised in Arkansas, as Larry Lee Blankenburg, he later changed his last name to that of his football idol, Johnny Lujack.

He attended the College of Idaho (in Caldwell) and Washington State University and was a radio disc jockey, starting in 1958, at KCID in Caldwell.

His entry into radio came when he was a biology major at College of Idaho and at the time was a matter of finances; he was looking for a part-time job.

He originally intended to go into wildlife conservation.

He subsequently worked at several other radio stations, including KJR (AM) in Seattle, but is best known for his antics on Chicago AM radio stations WLS 890 AM and WCFL 1000 AM.

Lujack died December 18, 2013 at a Santa Fe, New Mexico hospice after a year long struggle with esophageal cancer.

Here's Larry on KJR, courtesy of Airchexx..