Bobby Skafish is a longtime radio personality in the Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 area.

Career

• 1976-1983 WXRT
  WXRT
  WXRT, also known as WXRT 93.1, XRT, and 93-XRT is a AAA radio station in Chicago, Illinois. For many years their slogan has been "Chicago's Finest Rock". WXRT is a primary sponsor of the Chicago nonprofit Rock For Kids.-History:...
  
  
• 1983-1993 WLUP
  WLUP
  WLUP-FM is a commercial classic rock radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area. Owned and operated by Merlin Media, LLC, WLUP transmits its signal from an antenna located the top of the Willis Tower in Downtown Chicago at a height of with an effective radiated power of 4,000 watts...
  
  
• 1993-1994 WKQX
• 1994-2006 WXRT
  WXRT
  WXRT, also known as WXRT 93.1, XRT, and 93-XRT is a AAA radio station in Chicago, Illinois. For many years their slogan has been "Chicago's Finest Rock". WXRT is a primary sponsor of the Chicago nonprofit Rock For Kids.-History:...
  
  
• 2007- WDRV
  WDRV
  WDRV is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois. The station is currently owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, and simulcasts on WWDV . "The Drive" programs a broad-based classic rock format called "Timeless Rock"...
  
  

Background

Bobby Skafish who grew up in Hammond, Indiana, majored in Telecommunications at Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...

 and worked at WIUS, now WIUX

WIUX

WIUX-LP is a student-operated low power FM college radio station in Bloomington, Indiana, in southern Indiana. The station licensee, Indiana University Student Broadcasting is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.-Operation:...

, the college radio station.

In January 2007, Bobby Skafish launched an internet radio station, http://www.handcraftedradio.com, broadcast by Live365.

In June 2007, Skafish joined the air staff of WDRV Chicago (97.1fm Chicago, WWDV 96.9fm Zion). In August 2007, Bobby Skafish was promoted to weekday afternoons from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at WDRV-FM 97.1.

He is the cousin of pioneer American punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

er Jimmy Skafish

Skafish

Skafish is a Chicago punk band, fronted by Jim Skafish, cousin of Chicago area DJ Bobby Skafish. The band was formed in 1976 and had their first performance that November....

.