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Steve Dahl, whose tenure as afternoon star on WLS-AM (890) in the 1980s added luster to his legend, is back for more this week: He’ll be filling in today and Wednesday for
Richard Roeper alongside Roe Conn on the Citadel Broadcasting news/talk station. Shortly after Dahl announced his subscription podcast plan, his July 19 stint on Roe &
Roeper went so well that WLS bosses offered him a weekend gig (which he promptly laughed off). So how does Roeper feel about such an illustrious stand-in? “This is why Jay
Leno never has anyone filling in for him,” Roeper told me. “You’re off for two days and the next thing you know, they’ve got a friggin’ radio legend sitting in your chair.
It’s like being in a Beatles cover band, and they say, ‘Oh by the way, McCartney's going to play bass for us while you’re off doing your little movie gig.’ Overkill!
Fortunately, I have an iron-clad contract, and as we all know, radio executives would never break such a bond. Ahem. Seriously, I love that Steve will be sitting in that
chair for a couple of days. I heard great things about the last time Roe and Steve paired up.”