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American radio talk show host

Garry Meier (born December 2, 1949) is a Chicago based radio personality who has been active in Chicago radio since 1973. Meier is well known for being part of the highly successful radio duos "Steve & Garry" and "Roe and Garry", but he also hosted shows on WYEN, WFYR, WLUP, WCKG, WGN and WGN. FM at various times in his career. Meier is also a former feature reporter for WGN TV's morning show and is a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. as of 2016, he has a new show broadcast in Podcast format via his website.

Garry Meier spent his childhood in the West Pullman neighborhood, on Chicago's South side, then moved to Oak Forest, graduating from Tinley Park High School in 1968. He went to pharmacy school but did not receive a degree. Meier started out as a DJ at WFYR in 1973, then moved to WYEN in 1974. He left WYEN in 1977 and joined WLUP in 1977, broadcasting under the pseudonym "Matthew Meier", as their overnight DJ. Here, he met morning DJ Steve Dahl and the two were teamed up in the morning slot in 1979.

The team was soon billed as Steve & Garry During their tenure at WLUP (1979–81), the team was number one in the ratings, and they continued that success at WLS (AM) and WLS FM from 1981 through 1986 in the afternoon drive slot. In 1986, they went to WLUP (AM) 1000, and then back to WLUP FM. They later shifted back to mornings on WLUP FM until Garry left in 1993.

On March 2, 2009, Meier began a week long stint on WGN (AM) during the vacant 1 4 p. m. slot. WGN announced that Meier would take over the 1 4 slot on a permanent basis beginning April 3, 2009. On April 8, 2010 WGN Radio announced that Garry Meier would become WGN's afternoon drive host effective April 9, 2010. Meier's shift ran 3 7 p. m. on WGN. On May 21, 2014, Meier was reassigned to WGN's freeform Internet radio station, WGN. FM, effective May 27. On November 20, 2014, Tribune Media announced that it was immediately dropping Meier's afternoon show from their internet stream WGN. fm as well as other changes, moves that were made, according to insiders, because the company had been unable to generate enough revenue to offset its costs.

In December 2015, Meier announced plans for an online radio show and podcast to begin sometime in early 2016. Meier also announced that Keiling, the traffic reporter for his previous WGN show, would be his news anchor. Meier stated that he had to wait until his prior contract with WGN was completed before beginning this new venture. In March 2016, Meier launched a premium subscription podcast service for a monthly fee, but stated that he would initially produce three free one hour shows per week to try to attract subscribers.

On November 9, 2013, Meier and former partner Dahl were inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in recognition of their work together on the "Steve & Garry Show".