WSCR-FM Adds Jarrett Payton

     One-time University of Miami running back Jarrett Payton has joined WSCR-FM in Chicago as a morning co-host. He will start his new position on August 31. 

     Payton, son of Chicago Bears legendary running back Walter Payton, learned announcing from the Illinois Center For Broadcasting. He entered professional broadcasting with WGWG-AM as an afternoon co-host. Payton worked for WGN-AM as a weekend afternoon co-host. He then landed in television at CLTV as an evening co-host. 

     He would have his longest reign of employment in broadcasting with WGN-TV as a sports anchor. Payton, a University of Miami 2003 grad and member of the 2001 national champions, was there from May 2015 to July 2026.