Chet W Coppock was an American radio broadcaster, television broadcaster, sports talk personality and author based in Chicago.
24 Facts About Chet Coppock
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Chet Coppock was an occasional contributor to the Rant and Rave segment on FOX 32 Chicago with Lou Canellis.
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In 2013, Chet Coppock was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame and honored with the Jack Brickhouse Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Chet Coppock participated as a ring announcer for Wrestlemania 2 at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Ill.
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Chet Coppock hosted Sport Rap, a nightly Chicago TV talk show on WSNS TV, before eventually becoming a staff announcer with WFLD TV in Chicago.
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In 1981, Chet Coppock returned to Chicago and joined WMAQ-TV for three years.
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In 1984, while working as sports director at WMAQ radio, Chet Coppock approached the station about creating an in-depth, interview-driven radio sports talk show.
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In 1986, Chet Coppock served as ring announcer during the Chicago portion of WrestleMania 2.
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In 1988, Chet Coppock moved to WLUP in Chicago to continue Chet Coppock on Sports and host the pre-game, half-time and post-game shows for the Chicago Bulls radio network.
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Chet Coppock co-hosted The Mike Ditka Radio Show as well as talk shows featuring NBA coaches Phil Jackson and Doug Collins.
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In 1994, Chet Coppock hosted NewSportTalk on Cablevision in New York and was one of sixty notable Chicagoans featured in the book Great Chicago Stories: Portraits and Stories by Sam Landers.
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In 1999, Chet Coppock received the Peter Lisagor Award for Journalistic Excellence.
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Between 2006 and 2015, Chet Coppock hosted Notre Dame football and basketball pregame and postgame shows on WLS Radio.
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In 2009, Chet Coppock launched the Chet Coppock On Sports podcast, featured in the podcast section of Apple's iTunes store.
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In 2009, Chet Coppock penned the Chet Coppock on Sports blog, covering Chicago sports for www.
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Also in 2009, Chet Coppock published his first book titled, Fat Guys Shouldn't be Dancin' at Halftime, published by Triumph Books.
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In 2011, Chet Coppock appeared as a featured content contributor for the Heritage Series on the Chicago Blackhawks website, and continues to occasionally emcee Blackhawks events.
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In 2013, Chet Coppock was named the recipient of the "Jack Brickhouse Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame.
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Chet Coppock is an occasional contributor to the "Rant and Rave" segment on FOX 32 Chicago with anchor Lou Canellis.
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In 2014, Coppock published his second book titled, Chet Coppock: Laying it on the Line, self-published.
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In 2015, Chet Coppock published his third book titled Buffone: Monster of the Midway: My 50 Years with the Chicago Bears, published by Triumph Books.
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In 2007, Chet Coppock served as a football consultant and had an on camera role in the motion picture "The Express: The Ernie Davis Story" starring Dennis Quaid and Rob Brown.
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On February 14,2007, Chet Coppock was attacked in the parking lot following a DePaul University basketball game in Rosemont, Illinois.
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Chet Coppock was involved in a car accident in Okatie, South Carolina, on April 6,2019.