Bruce Wolf
| Bruce Wolf | |
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| Born | September 11, 1953 |
Bruce Wolf (born September 11, 1953) is a veteran Chicago broadcaster and sports anchor who has been on both TV and radio for more than 20 years. He formerly hosted a politics-themed talk show weekday mornings on WLS (AM) radio in Chicago. He also fills in as a sportscaster on WMAQ-TV in Chicago and works part-time as a divorce attorney.
The son of Ira Wolf, a hardware store owner in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, Wolf grew up in Skokie, Illinois.
Wolf, who also is an attorney, earned a degree in journalism at Northwestern University in 1975 and also earned a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. At age 24, he decided to attend law school while working full-time as a newspaper reporter and also was doing play-by-play broadcasts on two small radio stations.
Wolf first started working full-time for Lerner Newspapers from 1972 to 1981 and also was doing play-by-play broadcasts on two small radio stations. He caught a break when WXRT radio's owner Dan Lee walked into Wolf's father's hardware store and asked if Wolf would be interested in a vacant sportscasting position. Wolf began hosting Athletes' Feats on WXRT from 1976 until 1982 (the show then was hosted by Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Verdi from 1982 until the end of 2000). He also did morning sportscasts at WXRT. In 1982 he joined WLUP-FM Radio, also doing sportscasts.
While working for WLUP, Wolf created a character named "Chet Chitchat", a blended caricature of Chicago sportscasters Chet Coppock and Chuck Swirsky, his predecessor at WLUP, which became a weekly feature on the station's morning program.
In 1987, Wolf joined WFLD FOX News Chicago, where he became the morning sports anchor. While working for FOX he received three local Emmy awards. "I had never been on TV before, other than in a crowd shot during a Cubs game," Wolf told the Chicago Tribune in 1991. "But I'd been on radio and when I heard about Fox opening (August 1987), I sent the news director a tape I made. They were looking for a local guy, someone with a Chicago flavor, but with a different take on sports."
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