97.1 The Drive

97.1 The Drive Chicago’s Classic Rock station. Listen live at http://www.wdrv.com

What’s That Noise? If you can guess it, you score the jackpot, which is now over $5500! 🤯Play What’s That Noise with She...
11/29/2025

What’s That Noise? If you can guess it, you score the jackpot, which is now over $5500! 🤯

Play What’s That Noise with Sherman and Tingle at 6:45am and at 8:45am weekdays. Text NOISE to 312-642-9378 for a list of all the past guesses. Good luck!

Our Greatest Hits Holiday Weekend is on! Listen for collections of songs from faves like Aerosmith, Zeppelin, Fleetwood ...
11/28/2025

Our Greatest Hits Holiday Weekend is on! Listen for collections of songs from faves like Aerosmith, Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac and Rush, and send us your selections to include in the feedback section of the free Drive app 📲

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! 😎

It just isn’t Thanksgiving without hearing “Alice’s Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie. We’ll play it on Thanksgiving Day at 9a...
11/26/2025

It just isn’t Thanksgiving without hearing “Alice’s Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie. We’ll play it on Thanksgiving Day at 9am, at 12noon, and again at 3pm! 🦃

And check out the new bonus episode of Janda’s Behind The Song podcast as she revisits the wild - and true - tale of the littering incident that became a Thanksgiving classic!

🎧 Listen to Behind The Song wherever you get your podcasts, at WDRV.com, or on the free Drive app 📲

11/25/2025

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da!

11/25/2025

Sir Paul McCartney tonight at United Center. Three hours of magic from the best of the best.

Sir Paul McCartney at United Center 🙌  Drop a 🎶 if you’re here!
11/25/2025

Sir Paul McCartney at United Center 🙌 Drop a 🎶 if you’re here!

Join Sherman from Sherman and Tingle Show and Howard Ankin of Ankin Law for the ultimate Game Day Watch Party!Catch all ...
11/24/2025

Join Sherman from Sherman and Tingle Show and Howard Ankin of Ankin Law for the ultimate Game Day Watch Party!

Catch all the action on Sunday, December 7th from 1:30PM–3:30PM at Moretti's Bedford Park! 50 lucky winners and their guests will score exclusive access to a complimentary buffet, interactive live & legal Q & A, and your chance to win a pair of RUSH tickets!

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this VIP game day experience!

Register now at WDRV.com/GameDay

🦃 🎶 All Thanksgiving weekend, we’re playing greatest hits packages from your favorite classic rockers…collections of bes...
11/24/2025

🦃 🎶 All Thanksgiving weekend, we’re playing greatest hits packages from your favorite classic rockers…collections of best-of songs by artist. Take part in selecting the songs by sending us a message in the feedback section of our free Drive app and tell us what songs and artists we should include!

The Drive’s Greatest Hits Holiday Weekend kicks off Friday at 6am. Happy Thanksgiving!

This week on the Ten At 10, Bob Stroud has ten great songs from two great years lined up, and a rockin’ “drumstick feast...
11/23/2025

This week on the Ten At 10, Bob Stroud has ten great songs from two great years lined up, and a rockin’ “drumstick feast” on Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday break 🥁🍗

Listen weekdays at 10am and vote for your favorite at WDRV.com 📲

This Sunday on Rock ‘N Roll Roots, join Bob Stroud for a Roots Salute to radio…songs about the airwaves, frequencies and...
11/22/2025

This Sunday on Rock ‘N Roll Roots, join Bob Stroud for a Roots Salute to radio…songs about the airwaves, frequencies and DJ’s, all inside three hours of the 60’s and 70’s 🎶

Listen Sunday from 9am-noon and again from 9pm-midnight. Stream us anywhere on the free Drive app 📲

“You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant!” 🎶Listen for Turkey Day plays of Arlo Guthrie’s classic “Alice’s R...
11/22/2025

“You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant!” 🎶

Listen for Turkey Day plays of Arlo Guthrie’s classic “Alice’s Restaurant” on Thanksgiving Day:

🕘 9 am
🕛 12 noon
🕒 3 pm

Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

This weekend on Classic Rock U, The Professor of Rock rolls a “power anthem” salute that includes Def Leppard and AC/DC,...
11/21/2025

This weekend on Classic Rock U, The Professor of Rock rolls a “power anthem” salute that includes Def Leppard and AC/DC, and you’ll hear more of his chat with Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain of Journey. Plus, he’s got a top ten countdown of the greatest “Number 2” classic rock hits of the 80’s! 🎸

Don’t miss class Saturday at 6am and Sunday at 5pm, and check out the Professor Of Rock’s daily podcast where ever you listen to your podcasts, at WDRV.com or on our free Drive app 📲

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