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 ...

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 ...

Orion Samuelson, the longtime voice of farm reporting on WGN Radio, has died at the age of 91, ending a broadcasting career ...

I could bet the farm that “matchmaker and wedding reader” are not accolades you’d typically associate with 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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

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

He’ll celebrate his 72nd birthday in March, but Vernon County native and nationally known farm broadcaster Orion Samuelson has no plans to retire. “Not as long as I can talk,” Samuelson said last week ...