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At noon on April 1, the station " snuffed the fire and stoked The Blaze!

" But this was no April Fools ' Day joke.

The Blaze had come to Chicago, featuring acts such as Skid Row, Billy Squier, Ratt, Ozzy Osbourne, Slaughter and other hard rock and pseudo-metal bands.

The initial on-air staff consisted of Steven Craig ( mornings ), Steve Seaver middays ( now at The Loop ), former " Fire " morning guy Brian Kelly in afternoons, music director Kevin Lewis and Leslie Harris at night, as well as several WFYR holders and some new folks including Jimmy Novak, Brad Jeffries, " Major Tom " Johnson, Scott Childers, and Ryan Cherry ( Meyers ).