Dex Card

Card, who as a youngster used to practice being a DJ by using a hair brush as a microphone, started in radio in Portland, Maine, when a fellow announcer failed to show up for a shift. He was later drafted into the U.S. military during the Korean conflict. He served in Germany and wound up with the Armed Forces network.

June 1964

Dex's radio stops included Portland Maine, Providence, Rhode Island, New York City, Milwaukee, Cleveland and Philadelphia, before getting a call from Ron Riley to replace Bob Hale in WLS's 2-6 p.m. shift in May 1964.

The next day, Dex was introduced to the WLS staff as the new afternoon man. Dex's show was naturally called the "Card Party".

One of Card's duties at WLS was to play the "Silver Dollar Survey", a ranking of the station's top hits of the week. As an added bonus, he would play the Silver Dollar Survey's #1 song from a year ago, and he was always adding tidbits about the songs and the artists.

WLS Chicago, and Dex is behind the mic on January, 1965. [ LISTEN ] and again on April 16, 1967. [ LISTEN ]

After 3 years, Card left WLS in 1967 (his replacement was Larry Lujack). The veteran jock did some fill-in work at rival WCFL and later owned stations in Wisconsin before selling them in 1989. He retired four years later. Dex Card passed away in Florida on September 11, 2018.

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