Thursday, October 11, 2012

Chemo To Keep Don Wade Off WLS-AM


WLS-AM's morning team of Don Wade & Roma, who were optimistically hoping to be back on the air by the end of this month, will now off even longer, as Don Wade takes further measures to insure his health.

According to Larz at Chicagoradioandmedia.com, Wade will soon begin a six-week treatment of chemotherapy and radiation, due to a cancerous tumor that was removed from his brain last month.

Wade, who is 71 years old, then underwent a series of tests to find a reason behind a seizure suffered while in NYC for their daughter’s wedding. From those tests, doctors discovered a growth on his brain.

The surgery to remove the growth was performed on the morning of September 27th. After a brief stay in the hospital, Don Wade returned home to recuperate from the surgery and await the results on the tests of the growth. Based on those test results, doctors felt it was best for Don Wade to undergo the chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

Late Wednesday afternoon, WLS-AM's website posted up a statement about Don Wade's medical condition and upcoming treatments.

WLS-AM is staying with it's current morning fill-in hosts. Late morning hosts, Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft will continue to guest-host Don & Roma's shift from 5:00am-9:00am. WLS-AM weekend host Jake Hartford and Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass will continue to fill-in for Wolf & Proft's 9:00am-11:00am shift.

Don Wade & Roma's current contract with WLS-AM expires in December of this year.

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