It always feels great when you accomplish a goal, especially when it’s a life long goal. To me, working at Wlup “The Loop,” here in Chicago, has always been one of the goals. It was the very reason that I started a career in radio almost 15 years ago.

Of course, scoring a radio gig in market #3 is not an easy task. Most of us radio guys are forced to move to another market and pay our dues as we learn the business through the school of hard knocks. I moved to Tampa Florida for that very reason and was lucky enough to score my first gig doing mornings on the infamous WXTB 98Rock back in 1991.

I remember it well; a very creative and talented morning show host by the name of Seabass said to me, “How would you like to work in radio?” I said, “Hell Yeah!” Seabass replied with “Great! You’re Bob Narley.” And so it began.

Saturday, October 1st, 2005 was a great day. Maybe I should say it was a great morning. Because at 12:00 a.m., I cracked the microphone on The Loop and did my first shift on WLUP, the very station I grew up listening to. Goal accomplished.