Jake Hartford was a weekend host on WLS-AM in Chicago. His real job was working for a TV station during the week. After morning host Don Wade died of brain cancer, Jake moved to mornings during the week. He died very suddenly of a heart attack – no known connection with Hillary Clinton, but you never know.<\/p>\n
Twice a year, Jake did a show about the insanity of the process called Daylight Saving time. He challenged people to defend why we do it. This was particularly true back before Indiana adopted DST and created total chaos with the Chicago part of Northwest Indiana and the border areas with Michigan. <\/p>\n
Jake would deliberately misunderstand DST and when people would call in to correct him, he would draw them into the fire. He did this so long that some of the callers “got it” and played along, but many did not.<\/p>\n
So with that explanation….<\/p>\n
Daylight Saving Time starts tonight… remember “Fall Forward, Spring Back”. Turn your clocks forward an hour so you aren’t late for church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Hartford was a weekend host on WLS-AM in Chicago. His real job was working for a TV station during the week. After morning host Don Wade died of brain cancer, Jake moved to mornings during the week. He died … Continue reading