Mar 19, 2026 · With flair and confidence, Samuelson reported on subjects like pork bellies and wheat prices, becoming something of a one-man multimedia machine on Chicago’s airwaves. In addition to …

Mar 17, 2026 · Samuelson said his career as a farm broadcaster spanned the administrations of 12 U.S. presidents, and that he interviewed eight of them. He has shared with the NAFB an experience he …

Mar 16, 2026 · Orion Samuelson, the revered voice of American agriculture broadcasting for decades, passed away on March 16, 2026, at the age of 91. Born on a dairy farm in Ontario, Wisconsin, on …

Three years into his tenure at WGN, Samuelson was the staffer who read the news of the John F. Kennedy assassination.

4 days ago · Orion Samuelson, a legendary voice on Chicago radio for over 60 years and one of the most recognizable agriculture broadcasters in the country, has died at the age of 91. Samuelson, …

Mar 16, 2026 · Samuelson retired from broadcasting in 2020 after a remarkable 60-year career advocating agriculture on the radio, television, and before countless rural and urban audiences.

Mar 17, 2026 · 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 …

17 hours ago · Samuelson interviewed nine presidents, broadcast from all 50 states, shook hands with Fidel Castro in Cuba, met Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, and traveled alongside the Secretary of …

6 days ago · Raised on a Wisconsin dairy farm without electricity or indoor plumbing, Mr. Samuelson got his start as a polka disc jockey in the 1950s before turning to farm journalism and becoming, …

Mar 17, 2026 · With an authoritative and rich baritone voice, Orion Samuelson delivered critical information for farmers across the Midwest during a 60-year career as WGN-AM radio’s agribusiness …