Bob Stroud, is a radio legend in Chicago and was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan,  has been a fixture on the airwaves for five decades.  With 43 years in radio, Bob is widely respected as one of the most influential voices in rock ‘n’ roll in the Windy City. Bob identified with his listeners as “Bob Stroud and the Stroud Crowd”

After 3 years of dinner theatre in Florida, and a radio show in Sarasota, FL., he began Chicago radio career in 1979 with WMET.

In a 2002 interview with Rick Kaempfer, Bob recalled “I was introduced to (general manager) Harvey Pearlman the first day I got to WMET. The next morning, I was walking down the hallway, and I said, “Good morning Mr. Pearlman.” He replied, “F**k you, Stroud.” I went into the PD’s office and told him what happened, and he told me that the next time he says, ‘F**k you, Stroud,’ reply, ‘F**k you, Harvey.’ So, the next time it happened the same way. I replied, ‘F**k you, Harvey.” He stopped, looked at me with a big smile on his face, and extended his hand and said, ‘Put it there, Stroud!’” His top-rated midday show on The Drive garnered a devoted following, with a cumulative weekly audience of nearly half a million .   Also hosted programs at Chicago radio stations; WLUP (The Loop), AM 1000, CD 94.7, and WXRT. Programs include “Ten at 10,” “One 45 at 1:45,” and his signature program, “Rock ‘n Roll Roots,” which has been rocking Chicago for 43
years.

He has issued a compilation of songs from his “Rock ‘n Roll Roots” program on Audio CD, of which the early releases have become
collector’s items.