Not long after we moved our Monday radio show from the WDWS studios to the Esquire in 2009 — it was "The News-Gazette Sports Page" back then — SHORTY EICHELBERGER and friends showed up to listen.
They've been regulars ever since.
"It's great entertainment," said Eichelberger, a longtime UI donor who will also be honored Thursday at our first Seventy Over 70 banquet. "And it's all about the Illini."
The show works because of the guests and the audience. Monday's packed house — entertained by the affable GIORGI BEZHANISHVILI — included dozens of loyal listeners who have made the trip to downtown Champaign weekly since Day 1.