The Back Story Of 'Go Cubs Go'

WGLT | By R.C. McBride,

Jon Norton

Published October 28, 2016 at 10:08 AM CDT

As enthusiasm for the Chicago Cubs run to the World Series has roared across the country, so has the omnipresence of the Cubs theme song penned by the late Steve Goodman. But there's an interesting back story to how that song became the teams OFFICIAL theme song.

Click the "Listen" button below to hear GLT's R.C. McBride narrate that story. Listen to R.C. McBride tell the story of how Steve Goodman's "Go Cubs Go" became the official theme song of the Chicago Cubs.

R.C. McBride

RC started in radio at WDAN/WDNL in 1990 as a high school student. In 1997 he started at WJBC (replacing Charlie Schlenker!) where he worked as reporter/anchor, play by play broadcaster, and talk show host. RC won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for best radio newscast in 2002, the same year he moved into the WJBC Program Director’s office where he served as PD until 2012.

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Jon Norton

Not a hunter, skier, ice fisherman or hockey player, Northern Minnesota native Jon Norton has adapted well to what he considers the warm climate of Central Illinois.

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