{"id":2138,"date":"2016-12-04T11:40:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T18:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2016-12-04T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T18:40:29","slug":"national-radio-hall-of-fame-welcomes-latest-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/personalities\/2138\/national-radio-hall-of-fame-welcomes-latest-class","title":{"rendered":"National Radio Hall of Fame Welcomes Latest Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lights and bells and whistles of the Windy City of Chicago beckon Michiganders during the holiday season. If only a sleigh ride across Lake Michigan were possible the picture would be perfect \u2013 but it\u2019s trains, planes and automobiles that have us frequenting the festive, if familiar, setting.<\/p>\n

Recently the National Radio Hall of Fame, located in the Museum of Broadcast History at 360 N. State St, welcomed, at a glamorous induction gala, two more radio hosts with a Michigan connection for enshrinement: \u201cJeff and Jer,\u201d who were known as the bright, comedy team of \u201cSt. James and Elliott\u201d on \u201cMagic 95\u201d WMJC FM in Detroit in the mid-1980\u2019s. Previous Michigan inductees include J.P. McCarthy (the first ever local radio talent enshrined); funnyman Dick Purtan; Tiger baseball announcer Ernie Harwell; and Paul W. Smith, each of whom, including Jeff and Jer, I have worked with in some capacity.<\/p>\n

You can view each of their displays and hear snippets of their programs when experiencing the National Radio Hall of Fame which includes every great past and present radio host worthy and imaginable, or even visit virtually at www.RadioHoF.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gibson's

Gibson’s in Chicago, on Frank Sinatra Ave., is a celebrity hangout for stars of journalism, radio, TV, movies and sports.<\/p><\/div>\n

We celebrated the induction at Gibson\u2019s Bar and Steakhouse, at 1028 N. Rush St., which has a \u201chall of fame\u201d of its\u2019 own \u2013 hundreds of framed photos of celebrities and notables who have dined on Gibson\u2019s custom USDA certified Angus beef at the warm, supper-club style chophouse since 1989. In fact Gibson\u2019s best-selling steak, a 22-ounce prime bone-in ribeye – \u201cW.R.\u2019s Chicago Cut\u201d – was named for a celebrity: author and food critic William Rice, who passed away earlier this year. Chicago-based author Connor Cuneen, originally from Dublin, dropped by during lunch and remarked, with the authenticity and expertise only an Irishman could deliver, that Gibson\u2019s twice-baked potato was supple enough for a fork to fall through but substantial enough to serve four! As is Gibson\u2019s new shrimp cocktail featuring colossal, four-bite \u201cU-8\u201d shrimp. (meaning no more than eight shrimp to a pound.)<\/p>\n

Gibson\u2019s, Chicago\u2019s top-grossing independent restaurant, is the cool, timeless sort of place soothing that still sells cigars and where you can see young executives through the large street-side windows washing down lunch at the mahogany bar with a martini. Arrive early to enjoy the big city atmosphere. Greg Horan, the director of operations, smiled when I asked if the airplanes and toy trucks placed above the bar are in homage to those at Manhattan\u2019s similarly swank \u201c21 Club.\u201d \u201cCustomers like to give them to us they and like seeing them up there. We do, too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The best news is yet another Chicago-Michigan connection: Gibson\u2019s executive chef Kevin Smith studied at MichiganState University and is from the Lansing area. Be sure to ask for him when you stop in!<\/p>\n

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Michael Patrick Shiels may be contacted at\u00a0<\/em>InviteYourself@aol.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or via TravelTattler.com\u00a0His talk show can be heard weekday mornings in\u00a0Lansing\u00a0on 92.1 FM.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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