Creator of the relentlessly 12-step-pushing "Magnificent Obsession," which features vastly more annoying music, drawn from a seemingly bottomless pit of pathos, than his other program, Jim Nayder (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/arts/music/jim-nayder-specialist-in-annoying-music-dies-at-59.html?_r=0).
The Tribune reports (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-jim-nayder-host-of-the-annoying-music-show-dead-20130628,0,6186296.column):
Quote"Annoying music is a train wreck," Nayder told the Tribune. "You don't want to see it but you can't look away." [Actually, Jim, I rather easily can.]
Reruns still air weekends on WBEZ."Magnificent Obsession" started in 1992 and also remains a WBEZ staple, although Nayder had not produced a new episode since 2012, according to WBEZ CEO Torey Malatia.
No doubt these shambling zombies will continue to pollute the airwaves for years to come.