RADIO STATION HISTORY
WVON - 1450am 1968
WOPA - 1490am 1976
WTNK - Meridian, MS 1977
WJPC - 950am 1978
WHPK-FM U of C Radio 1980
WALT - Meridian, MS 1983
WGCI - 1390am/fm 1981 - 85
WVON - 1450am 1985
WBEE - 1570am 1986
WGCI - am 1987 - 2000
WVON - 1450am 2000 - 06
Presently @ WKKC 89.3 fm
imikimi - Customize Your World!
Influences
Richard Pegue was born in Chicago to a beautician and a policeman. His father died in the line of duty when he was only two years old. Pegue would go on to develop a strong career in radio.
This career began at age eleven, when Pegue's grandmother gave him a reel-to-reel tape recorder for his birthday. By sixteen, he was using his recorder to D.J. at dances at South Side schools. He even formed a doo-wop group, the Belvederes, at Hirsch High School. After graduating in 1961, Pegue worked bagging groceries at Del Farm Foods and selling records at Met Music. While working both jobs, Pegue still found time to attend radio broadcasting classes at Columbia College.
Pegue continued performing doo-wop with a group called the Norvells. In 1965, Pegue wrote and produced "I'm Not Ready to Settle Down." Performed by the Cheers, the song still enjoys radio airplay today. In 1968, he became the music director at WVON. When WVON was sold in 1975, Pegue found work at various radio stations in Chicago and Northwest Indiana, including WOPA and WGCI, where he worked as a program director and fill-in disc jockey. In 1987, he returned to WGCI and facilitated a popular format change to urban oldies, or dusties. He stayed with the station for thirteen years. Then in 1993, Pegue began appearing every Friday at a Chicago dance club called Taste Entertainment, where he developed a following. In 1996, Pegue attended a movie with his wife, Sevina, and suffered a stroke. He spent six months recovering before recovering enough to work. In 2000, Pegue returned to WVON. By the mid 2000's
Richard Joined his DJ friends AL GREER, LAMONT WATTS, RAY NEAL AND PJ WILLIS AT WKKC 89.3 FM
Where continued to play the best music of your life un Saturday nights at midnight.
Sadly to announce, RICHARD PEGUE passed away on MARCH 3 2009 at JACKSON PARK HOSPITAL.
To all fans please feel free to post your comments and thank you for supporting THE BEST MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE.
REST IN PEACE RICHARD.
YOUR FRIENDS PJ WILLIS, AL GREER, TYRONE CANNON & RAY NEAL
I still hear your keys jingling in the hallway. I keep waiting for you to call so I can hear you say, "Hey Boy..." at 7:00 in the morning. I miss you looking over my shoulder when I do my commercials. I know that you're watching over me everyday with everything that I do. You'll never know how much you've rubbed off on me! Rest in Peace Uncle Richard...you ARE MISSED!
Rest in peace, Mr. Pegue, and I send my sincere condolences to the Pegue family.
ALSO -- thank you so much, Mr. Pegue -- for bringing "us and them" together through the love of music -- specifically "dusty music..." I still have a bottle of cold duck sitting on my shelf for you.
Your fan always,
"Kelly Mae" Hogan
p.s. the home-going ceremony was a sad, but beautiful (and hugely-attended) experience
THIS MAY BE A SAD DAY FOR US THE PEOPLE THAT LOVED RICHARD.BUT A HAPPY DAY FOR GOD WHO HAS WELCOME THIS GENTILE SOUL INTO HEAVEN.RICHARD HAS MADE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE VERY HAPPY,SOOTHE SO THE BROKENHEARTED,MADE MANY THINK WITH YOUR WORDS,AND NOW BROKEN MY HEART WITH YOUR PASSING THIS IS SO HARD TO WRITE THOUGH YOUR GONE YOU'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND. BOBBYHUTTON
Richard, I am going to miss you, thank you for all you've done for me as a recording artist,I can't even imagine your not being around, all the GOOD GUYS are together, playing all of that soul music, with all of my love to you... and now you rest...
