Chet Coppock
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I think he once wrestled a Bear. I know he rubbed some the wrong way with his bombastic style, but I always liked his willingness to have an opinion even if it wasn’t always a popular take. A Chicago legend. RIP Chester.
Oh no! When I traveled in Chicago media circles, he was always known as a good guy who enjoyed playing his character.
Favorite memory of Chet from his radio show:
Starts the broadcast introducing his guest, Barry Sanders. If you ever listened to Chet, you understood that his windups to the actual question lasted a couple of minutes. So he introduces Barry, goes through his career in detail, the records, the honors, and on and on. Finally, he says hello to Barry.
The response: "Thanks for having me on. But I want to make one thing clear.
"I'm Byron, not Barry."
Favorite memory of Chet from his radio show:
Starts the broadcast introducing his guest, Barry Sanders. If you ever listened to Chet, you understood that his windups to the actual question lasted a couple of minutes. So he introduces Barry, goes through his career in detail, the records, the honors, and on and on. Finally, he says hello to Barry.
The response: "Thanks for having me on. But I want to make one thing clear.
"I'm Byron, not Barry."
Sad news. I was shocked to read he was only 70. I thought he was older because it feels like has been around forever.
Chet Chit-Chat was certainly part Chet Coppock, but there was a lot of Chuck Swirsky in there as well.
I remember listening to Chet Coppock's radio show as a kid back in the '80s.
Three things stood out: he gave equal time to Chicago area teams like the White Sox otherwise ignored by the Tribune and others; his old-money accented commentary about the Ditka era Bears was "simply delicious, baby"; and that interesting and oft played voice promo from wrestler Randy Savage touting his show never grew old.
RIP.
Three things stood out: he gave equal time to Chicago area teams like the White Sox otherwise ignored by the Tribune and others; his old-money accented commentary about the Ditka era Bears was "simply delicious, baby"; and that interesting and oft played voice promo from wrestler Randy Savage touting his show never grew old.
RIP.
I first met Chet in 1972 when he was just starting his career in Indianapolis. He came to my HS and interviewed a couple of us knuckleheads. He made a point to stay in touch while I was at NU and through the years since...truly a class act.
