Meier is also a former feature reporter for WGN-TV's morning show and is a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame.

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.

Dahl, along with Meier, and both Mike Veeck (son of then Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck), and Jeff Schwartz of WLUP promotions, came up with a radio promotion and tie-in to the White Sox called Disco Demolition Night which took place on Thursday, July 12, 1979.

Ultimately, this resulted in the second game of the doubleheader being postponed due to hundreds of rowdy fans storming the field and refusing to leave.

American League President Lee MacPhail later declared the second game of the doubleheader a forfeit victory for the visiting Detroit Tigers.

[citation needed] On Friday, August 18, 2006, during a remote broadcast by Dahl, Meier stopped by for an on-air visit on WCKG.

[15] 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.

[17] 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.

[18] 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".