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WMAQ: Brown, Caray and Piersall. Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot. At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White ...
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Jul 12, 2021 · Partnering with Dahl and his team at WLUP, “Disco Demolition Night” was promoted far and wide across Illinois, promoting to fans that anyone who brought a disco record to the ballpark would be...
Dec 12, 2023 · Disco Demolition Night was the brainchild of WLUP's Steve Dahl, who had been fired from radio station WDAI-FM when the station switched to an all-disco format.
Jul 12, 1979 · DISCO DEMOLITION NIGHT AT OLD COMISKEY PARK (1979) Following the first game, a 4-1 White Sox loss, the records were blown up with explosives, sending debris all over the field. Thousands poured onto the field and caused chaos and destruction until they were dispersed by Chicago police in riot gear.
Jul 5, 2016 · O n July 12, 1979, the Chicago rock station WLUP-FM and the Chicago White Sox collaborated on a twinight double-header originally called Teen Night. After the events of that evening, it would...
Disco Demolition Night was held during a double-header against the Tigers with the White Sox trying to build momentum in what had been a disappointing 1979 up to that point. Two years removed...
Jul 5, 2016 · On July 12, 1979, the Chicago rock station WLUP-FM and the Chicago White Sox collaborated on a twinight double-header originally called Teen Night. After the events of that evening, it would come to be known as Disco Demolition.
