About

Cisco started delivering The Beacon News around his Aurora neighborhood when he was 9. He went to work at McDonald’s when he was 14 and worked his way up to manager. Between those two jobs, Cisco learned one important lesson: working hard really stinks. So, he decided to get into radio.

After graduating from Aurora Christian High School, he went to Western Illinois University to study radio and television. While there he worked at WIUM-FM in Macomb and WBYS-AM/FM in Canton. When his 5 years at Western were up (that’s not a typo) he was hired as a news reporter and anchor at 670 AM WMAQ in Chicago. 18 months later he had a feeling they were going to fire everyone to take the station all-sports so he moved across town to do the same job at 890 AM WLS. After a stint working with Big John Howell at 560 AM WIND he came back to 890 AM WLS. The radio fun came to an end in July of 2011.

Cisco has a Master of Divinity degree from Moody Bible Institute. That caused former colleague Jay Marvin to give him the nickname “The Reverend.” This may have been prophetic because Cisco, his wife Anna, and two children live in Oak Park and are a part of a team planting a brand new church in the community.