On the morning of Sept. 26, 1960, a 26-year-old man from the dairy farms of Wisconsin walked up North Michigan Avenue toward Tribune Tower in downtown Chicago. He was about to begin his first day at ...

Click here to watch the Service in Loving Memory of Orion Samuelson at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley, IL ...

As a host at WGN in Chicago for 60 years, he shared news that was essential to farmers in a homespun style that appealed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Chicago has lost a broadcasting legend. And farmers across America have lost an advocate and friend. Orion Samuelson ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — One of the most ...

I could bet the farm that “matchmaker and wedding reader” are not accolades you’d typically associate with Orion Samuelson.

Orion Samuelson, a radio journalist known around the country for his reports on the agricultural industry, died this week. Chicago's WGN Radio, where Samuelson was on the air for 60 years, announced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orion Samuelson died Monday, WGN Radio announced. He brought agriculture to life through his decades of reports on WGN Radio and ...

Orion Samuelson, the voice of agriculture on Chicago’s WGN Radio for more than six decades, has died at the age of 91. He is remembered for how the distinction that farming touches every life became ...

Raw audio of Orion Samuelson recording headlines for the “News or Ruse” segment on WGN Radio’s Roe Conn Show. (Thanks to producer Jeff Carlin for providing this ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Rick Pearson talks to The Big O, Orion ...

During a recent trip to Nashville, I found myself thinking about the first time I landed at that very same airport. I was 19, ...