[8] During the 1960 presidential campaign, Jim, who had the "morning drive" airshift, and fellow KYA staffer Bob Mitchell had some fun with a parody of the Huntley/Brinkley News report.

[9] Staggs[10][11] and many other station employees, both on and off air, including Dick Orkin, Jim Runyon and Jerry G. (Bishop)[12] eagerly moved from KYW in Cleveland to WCFL in Chicago.

Staggs interviewed nearly every major rock star of the 1960s, including Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, the Supremes, The Monkees, and Simon & Garfunkel.

[23] Joey Bishop was honorary national chairman and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart contributed a campaign song.

[27][28][29] Staggs eschewed the flashy theatrics of other Top-40 radio hosts in favor a straightforward rock and roll show that kept the focus on the music.

[36][37][38][39] Staggs left the radio business in 1975,[3][40] as the medium's so-called Golden Age finally gave out, and started a chain of record stores in the northern suburbs of Chicago.

Staggs also became a licensed realtor, working with Keller Williams Realty in Libertyville, and started a business, along with his wife Valene and daughter Dina, called Looking Back Productions,[42] that captured the times of someone's life and special events using video montages and interview techniques.