J. Alan Crane

Policy Advisor, Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

J. Alan Crane is a Registered Financial Advisor in Chicago. He previously had a long and distinguished career in broadcasting, working firstĀ as a television news reporter at WICS-TV, Channel 20 in Springfield, Illinois, then as a news reporter for WBBM-AM, “Newsradio 78,” for 19 years, a position that often involved coming to work in the wee hours of the morning. His experience and interest in investments led him to financial reporting at WMAQ-AM, “All News 67,” where he spent eight years covering business, featuring live reports from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

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