On Sunday night, February 11, 2001, the final piece of classical music on WNIB (ending at Midnight) was Lyric for Strings by George Walker.
Wynne Delacoma, Senior Music Critic of the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote a wonderful piece about the final broadcast. To read it, click HERE

To read the final announcement which aired at 11:50 PM, click HERE

To hear the last 10 minutes of Classical 97, click HERE (You'll need the RealPlayerŽ plugin for this -- )

To see BD & KC during the final broadcast, click HERE

To read my article, Death With Dignity, which was published in CityTalk Magazine, 3/9/01, click HERE

For the record, the first tune played by the new owners (at 12:25 AM) was New York, New York which is certainly the perfect selection to engender respect and loyalty among listeners in Chicago . . . . .

A week later, the TRUTH was finally revealed! Click HERE for details