Brandon Ison
News Anchor and Reporter at WBBM-AM (Chicago, IL)
Reporter/Anchor @wbbmnewsradio in Chicago. WBBM Newsradio 780AM and 105.9FM also on the Audacy app. News tips? DM or e-mail me at [email protected]
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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) - South Side restaurant serving up Chicago style barbecue rib tips and links is getting national attention. "You know, normally the line is back, you know, wrapped around the building.
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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, a well regarded local historian and now brand ambassador at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, spoke with WBBM about some of the lesser known Black historical sites in Chicago. "Unity Hall, today's a part of [Illinois Institute of Technology]'s campus, but Unity Hall was the headquarters of Oscar De Priest," Thomas said. Oscar De Priest was the first Black man from the North elected to congress.
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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) - On the Near West Side, costumed revelers with souped-up shopping carts race along the sidewalks, for the annual CHIditarod this weekend. Local brass band Environmental Encroachment livened up the CHIditarod starting line at Fulton Street and Ashland Boulevard, as a couple hundred people in teams of 5 were unleashed on Chicago's West Town and Ukrainian Village neighborhoods on Saturday.
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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -North Side neighbors threw a farewell party Friday for a beloved and newly retired Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) employee with decades of service. Always prepared with dog treats and a smile, Janet Martin has spent more than 30 years working for the City, 25 of those years continuously with the CTA. Much of that time was spent greeting morning commuters and students at the Armitage "L" Station near Sheffield Avenue in Lincoln Park.
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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A coalition of Chicago faith leaders announce a spending "blackout" to protest Trump Administration policies. From midnight to midnight on the last day of Black History month, local pastors, ministers, rabbis and imams are urging their faith communities to not spend any money other than with locally owned businesses.
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A 36 year old Chicago man now faces 16 felony counts related to the sexual assault of 5 victims, in and around Logan Square. The crimes took place in 2022 and early 2025. @WBBMNewsradio https://t.co/4KUED8IfoQ
RT @BlockClubCHI: A teen has been arrested and charged in the shooting of a tourist last month outside of a Downtown AMC theater. https://t…
Stuck truck. Under the L tracks on Lake St at Wabash in downtown Chicago. @WBBM1059Traffic Extraction in progress. https://t.co/ieJeaP7vUL
