Mac, Jurko, and Harry

“Mac, Jurko, and Harry” is the afternoon, drive-time show hosted by Dan McNeil, John Jurkovic and Harry Teinowitz. The show debuted on ESPN’s WMVP AM-1000 in Chicago in 2001 and has been regarded as the station’s flagship program. The trio has consistently dominated the afternoon time slot in the Men 25-54 category.

Despite their success, the show has not been without controversy. In 2002, the station suspended McNeil and Teinowitz over an off-air shoving incident and followed it up weeks later with an on-air spat.

On June 9th of 2006, another on-air incident resulted in station management suspending the duo for two weeks. The fracas started following another episode of McNeil harassing Teinowitz for his “silver spoon” upbringing. The final hour and twenty minutes of the show was cancelled.

Station management has not provided listeners with a status for the reinstatement of McNeil and Teinowitz and speculation in media message boards is that McNeil’s tenure at the all-sports station may be over. Teinowitz’ listener popularity and success in boosting ratings seems to make his spot at the station secure.