Garry Meier
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| Born | December 2, 1949 |
| Country | United States |
| Previous show(s) |
Steve and Garry The Roe & Garry Show The Garry Meier Show |
| Website | http://garrymeier.com/ |
Garry Meier (born December 2, 1949) is a Chicago-based radio personality who has been active in Chicago radio since 1973. Meier is well known for being part of the highly successful radio duos "Steve and Garry" and "Roe and Garry", but he also hosted shows on WFYR, WYEN, WLUP-AM 1000, WCKG, WGN-AM and WGN.FM at various times in his career. Meier is also a former feature reporter for WGN-TV's morning show and is a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. As of March 12, 2016, he has a new show broadcast in Podcast format via his website.
Garry Meier spent his childhood in Oak Forest and graduated from Tinley Park High School in 1968. He went to pharmacy school but did not receive a degree. Meier started out as a DJ at WFYR in 1973, then moved to WYEN in 1974. He left WYEN in 1977 and joined WLUP (FM) in 1977, broadcasting under the pseudonym "Matthew Meier", as their overnight DJ. Here, he met morning DJ Steve Dahl and the two were teamed up in the morning slot in 1979.
The team was soon billed as Steve & Garry." During their tenure at WLUP (1979–81), the team was number one in the ratings, and they continued that success at WLS (AM) and WLS-FM from 1981 through 1986 in the afternoon drive slot. In 1986, they went to WLUP (AM) 1000, and then back to WLUP-FM. They later shifted back to mornings on WLUP-FM until Garry left in 1993.
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