Mitch Michaels is an American rock and roll radio disc jockey who has helped define the Chicago radio landscape for more than 45 years. Known for his contributions to many spots on the Windy City radio dial, he is most prominently known for helping start WXRT-FM, and for his work at WKQX-FM, “The Loop” WLUP-FM, WCKG-FM and WERV-FM “The River” in Aurora. Mitch has been on the air since his first radio job at WHFS-FM in Bethesda, MD in 1968. Read More
Doin’ the Cruise: Memories From A Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll
September 5, 2017
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Mitch Michaels
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Ken Churilla
Ken Churilla is a 35+ year journalist with three books to his credit. In addition to The Flip Side: Where Chicago Rocked (Eckhartz Press), Ken co-authored the Chicago Writer’s Association ‘Book of the Year’ finalist Doin’ The Cruise: A Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll (Eckhartz Press) as well as No One Said It Would Be Easy: A Husband’s Journey Through His Wife’s Battle With Breast Cancer (Dunham Books) which achieved Amazon Best Seller Rankings in the Breast Cancer category of #1 (Canada), #3 (Australia), and #7 (USA). Ken has simultaneously forged a 30-year career in music and media,... Read More
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From his youthful beginnings in the suburbs of Cleveland to the top of the radio mountain in Chicago, DOIN’ THE CRUISE: Memories From A Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll is the complete story of Chicago radio disc jockey Mitch Michaels. DOIN’ THE CRUISE details Mitch’s experiences like his backseat limo ride with Rod Stewart that just may have changed rock & roll history, his partnering with The Who on a ground breaking live performance, the infamous Disco Demolition, and more.
Foreigner, Journey, ChicagoFest, it’s all in there. But DOIN’ THE CRUISE isn’t just about radio and rock & roll. A memoir in its truest sense, DOIN’ THE CRUISE also maps out Mitch’s life outside of radio. Mitch gets intimately honest about his family and marriages, the rise and fall of his outside business ventures, and the untimely passing of his son Spencer. DOIN’ THE CRUISE: Memories From A Lifetime in Radio and Rock & Roll is a complete look at the man behind the mic, what put him there, how he managed to stay there for nearly five decades and all the insanity in between.