He was born in Iowa as Larry Blankenburg, attended College of Idaho in Caldwell, Washington State University and was a radio disc jockey starting in the early 1960s at KCID in Caldwell. He subsequently worked at several other radio stations but is best known for his antics on Chicago AM radio stations WLS and WCFL.
Though he retired in 1987, shortly after his son from his first marriage died in a traffic accident, Larry began working again in May 2000 for WUBT in Chicago via remote ISDN link from from a New Mexico recording studio. In 1997 he moved from Palatine to the outskirts of Santa Fe, where he plays golf and landscapes. Lujack was inducted into the Illinois Broadcaster Association's Hall of Fame in June 2002.
He's married to Judith (Jude) his second? wife and has 2? children.
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KCID, Caldwell, ID 1958 KNEW, Seattle (twice?) KRPL, Moscow, ID KOL, Seattle 1963 San Bernardino, CA Spokane, WA KJR, Seattle April 1964 - September 1966 WMEX, Boston September 1966 to December? 1966 as Johnny Lujack WCFL Chicago 1967 (4 months) WLS, Chicago August? 1967 - July 1972 WCFL, Chicago July 3, 1972 - March 16, 1976? WLS, Chicago September 16, 1976 - August 28, 1987 WUBT, Chicago May 25, 2000 - January 10?, 2001