The Steve Cochran Show
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The Steve Cochran Show was a talk show on 720 WGN AM in Chicago
Chicago
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, Illinois
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 hosted by Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran (radio host)
Steve Cochran is an American radio broadcaster. Steve presently hosts a radio show from 10am-12pm and 6pm-9pm on KTRS 550 AM in St. Louis. He previously worked for WGN radio in Chicago from 2000 to 2010.- Childhood :...

 from February 2000 until it's cancellation in June 2010. It aired Monday through Friday from 4-7 PM. The show's producer from September 2004 through January 2010 was Rick O'Connor.

Show introduction

At the beginning of the show, Steve "starts the show" by having a passer-by on Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue (Chicago)
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 read an introduction. The introduction typically references a current event and incorporates a fictitious piece of trivia about Steve (referred to as "this man") at the end. The introduction is concluded with the phrase, "Here's Steve Cochran!". The show's theme music follows the introduction.

A typical introduction might be:
  • "Audrey Tautou
    Audrey Tautou
    Audrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel...

     was recently announced to be Tom Hanks'
    Tom Hanks
    Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...

     co-star in the upcoming movie The Da Vinci Code
    The Da Vinci Code (film)
    The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman and based on Dan Brown's worldwide bestselling 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code...

    . This man was once selected to be Tom's co-star in Cast Away
    Cast Away
    Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his successful attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his...

     but was replaced by a volleyball at the last minute. Here's Steve Cochran!"

Kid of the Week

Once a week, Steve honors a "Kid of the Week" by speaking with a kid who has "done something that is super, spectacular, and fantastic".
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