Nick Digilio

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Nick Kington Digilio
Born (1965-07-06) July 6, 1965 (age 58)
Chicago, IL
SpouseHeather Digilio (married 2009 - divorced 2011)
Career
ShowThe Nick Digilio Show
Station(s)720 AM
Network WGN Radio
Time slotMonday - Friday 1am-5am (CT)

Nick Digilio (born July 6, 1965) is an American movie critic and radio personality. He was the host of an award-winning radio program [1] on WGN Radio in Chicago. In 2017, he was inducted into the WGN Radio Walk Of Fame.

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Life

Digilio grew up about five blocks away from Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Luther North High School and graduated in 1983. [2] He also attended Columbia College Chicago where he studied film. [2] He recently moved from the Andersonville and Albany Park neighborhoods to the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago. Digilio is a theater director and actor, and a former member of The Factory Theater. He has been married and divorced.

Radio career

Early history at WGN

Digilio began reviewing movies on the WGN Roy Leonard Show in 1985. [3] His contributions to Roy's program led WGN Radio management to decide that he'd be a good permanent addition to the station. He soon became a regular on other WGN Radio programs, including Steve King and Johnnie Putman's Life After Dark program. He gained a reputation for his alternative and controversial play and movie reviews. For instance, he applauds the movies Critters , Friday the 13th Part 5 , Joe Dirt , and Freddy Got Fingered , while he dislikes Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Dark Knight . [4] Digilio reviews all the new films on his own show.

Nick D. and Garry Lee and The Nick Digilio Show

For several years, Digilio co-hosted a weekend late-night radio program on WGN with Garry Lee Wright and on May 31, 1998, [5] he began hosting his own program called Nick at Night - joined by Wright on Fridays. On February 10, 2006, Digilio's program's name was changed to 'The Nick Digilio Show' to correspond with a move from late-nights to prime time on Saturday night and not-so-late nights on Friday and Sunday nights. The Nick Digilio Show was heard on WGN Radio in Chicago (720 AM), where Digilio discussed popular culture, current events, all things Chicago, and other hot topics including why the Flavor Bowl from KFC is the best fast food item ever produced, and the fact that there actually once was vegetable flavored Jell-O.

The former weekend producer of The Nick Digilio Show was Craig Collins, replacing Andy "The Count" Hermann. [6] Mike "Broham" Stephen used to produce Digilio's Sunday night program. Craig also managed the Nick D. Show Producer's Blog [7] on the WGN Radio website.

Digilio was fired from WGN Radio on September 4, 2020, as part of a talent shakeup, after 35 years at the station. [8]

Radio segments

(Alphabetically)

Frequent callers and contributors

Running jokes

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References

  1. ↑ "The Nick Digilio Show podcast wins a Silver Dome Award from the Illinois Broadcasters Association". Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  2. 1 2 Digilio, Nick. "Nick Digilio Facebook Page". Facebook . pp. Info tab. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Nick Digilio". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  4. ↑ "WGN's Nick Digilio HATES 'The Dark Knight?!'". mjleshock. July 18, 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  5. ↑ "The Nick Digilio Show fan page". Facebook . Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Andy Hermann (aka "The Count")". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  7. ↑ "Nick D. Show Producer's Blog".
  8. ↑ Feder, Robert (2020-09-04). "Roe Conn, Nick Digilio out in WGN Radio shakeup". Robert Feder. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
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