HR0578 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of legendary radio personality Don Wade; and

WHEREAS, Don Wade attended a prep school in New Hampshire and was a graduate of Boston University; and

WHEREAS, Don Wade spent 55 years on the radio; after spending the first half of his radio career as a disc jockey, he spent the last 27 years of his career at WLS-AM; and

WHEREAS, Don Wade's radio career led him to at least 10 other cities, including one in Canada, before he landed in Chicago in 1982 as a morning personality at country music station WUSN-FM 99.5; and

WHEREAS, In 1985, Don Wade won a spot at WLS-AM, where his wife, Roma Wade, joined him as co-host; and

WHEREAS, When WLS-AM changed from a music format to talk radio in 1989, Don Wade and Roma remained with the station as morning talk show hosts; and

WHEREAS, In 2010, "Don Wade and Roma" was the highest-rated radio show in the Chicagoland market; and

WHEREAS, Don Wade will be forever remembered as an entertaining, engaging, and thoughtful radio personality who used his wit and dynamic personality to shape the medium of talk radio; and

WHEREAS, Don Wade is survived by his wife, Roma; his son, Col. Hunter (Dr. Margy) Hobson; his daughter, Heather Hobson (Gordon Findlay); his brothers, Tom Wehde (partner, Diane), Raynor Reavis, and Ralph (Deborah) Reavis; and his nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family, friends, and the citizens of this State, the passing of Don Wade; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Don Wade as a symbol of our sympathy.