CHICAGO (September 18, 2012) – WBEZ-Chicago and Vocalo.org (Chicago Public Media) are thrilled to announce the stations' fifth annual Off-Air Event Series, beginning this October and continuing through June, 2013. The Series kicks off with internationally flavored Chef Battle Royale in West Town on Wednesday, October 24 from 6:30-9:30pm. Extending the listening experience, the four-part series allows public radio listeners and others to come see what they’ve been hearing and celebrate Chicago!
Announcements
CHICAGO (August 13, 2012) –Chicago Public Media’s Sound Opinions, the world’s only rock ‘n’ roll talk show, co-hosted by acclaimed pop music critics Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune and Jim DeRogatis of WBEZ.org, will host a first-ever End-of-Summer Barbecue featuring the city’s most talked about eateries, Wednesday, August 22, at 7pm. The action will take place on the Chicago Public Media terrace at Navy Pier, 848 E. Grand Avenue, offering a prime view of the Navy Pier Fireworks starting at 9:30pm.
(July 18, 2012) Chicago is home to some of the greatest music festivals. Now, for the second year, the Music Box Theatre and WBEZ’s Sound Opinions partner to relive some of the greatest musical stories ever caught on film. The 2012 Summer Music Film Festival features three new films and two classic concert documentaries at the historic Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue in Chicago, July 30-August 2, 2012.
(June 22, 2012) Chicago Public Media (CPM) is partnering with the National Museum of Mexican Art to expand community programming. CPM is purchasing the community signal of WRTE 90.5 FM (Radio Arte), the Museum’s youth-driven Latino public radio station. As part of the partnership, CPM is also pursuing options to purchase key programs from the Radio Arte line-up to expand programming ofWBEW 89.5 FM (Vocalo), sister station of WBEZ. This partnership between two youth-driven public radio stations builds on a collaborative history and their complementary community missions.
(May 17, 2012) From a former pimp turned preacher to an outsider artist from Missouri fighting a self-described 'war' with his city and neighbors, long-form intimate profiles of “people on the outliers of human experience” will be the subject of six new episodes of Nick van der Kolk’s award-winning Love + Radio podcast, the first launching Wednesday, May 23, at www.wbez.org/podcasts.
(CHICAGO) Veteran WBEZ 91.5FM producer & personality Richard Steele, now celebrating his 25th Anniversary with the station, brings his legendary conversational skills and knowledge of Chicago’s diverse communities to the popular Barber Shop Show airing live on WBEZ’s sister station, Vocalo (WBEW) 89.5FM and Vocalo.org, Fridays from noon – 1pm. He joins Kimbriell Kelly, The Chicago Reporter Editor & Interim Publisher, to co-host a unique and interactive community affairs program broadcasting live from Carter's Barber Shop at 3622 W.
(Friday, March 16) This American Life and American Public Media's Marketplace will reveal that a story first broadcast in January on This American Life contained numerous fabrications.
(February 7, 2012) WBEZ will launch two new programs on WBEZ 91.5FM the week of February 13: The Afternoon Shift with Steve Edwards, a live talk show featuring in-depth interviews and conversations with newsmakers, artists, writers, and innovators, to air weekdays from 2-4pm; and Vocalo on WBEZ, a mix of featured content from Vocalo (WBEZ’s sister station), with host Jesse Menendez, to air Saturdays from 8-10pm.
(January 09, 2012) Chicago Public Media has hired Judy Lindsey, a native Chicagoan with over 30 years of fundraising and human services experience, as its new Vice President of Philanthropy, it was announced today by Alison Scholly, Chicago Public Media Chief Operating Officer. As Vice President of Philanthropy, Lindsey will oversee Chicago Public Media’s strategies to build upon the organization’s successful $15 million capital campaign.
(January 5, 2012) The New Year brings exciting new roles for veteran talent at Chicago Public Media’s WBEZ 91.5FM, it was announced today by Chicago Public Media CEO Torey Malatia. Effective Monday morning, January 9, award-winning news anchor and producer Tony Sarabia, who has served in various positions at the station since 1991, will serve as the new interim host of WBEZ’s popular Eight Forty-Eight morning show.
The popular Sound Opinions at the Movies series will screen 24 Hour Party People, “the unbelievably true story of one man, one movement, the music and madness that was Manchester,” at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue, Thursday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. Chicago Public Media’s Sound Opinions, the world’s only rock ‘n’ roll talk show, is co-hosted by acclaimed pop music critics Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune and Jim DeRogatis of
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November 28, 2011 (Chicago, IL) – Chicago Public Media’s Vocalo (Real.Live.Radio) is proud to announce it will simulcast its popular Vocalo Morning AMp program on two Chicago-area college radio stations --WLUW-FM 88.7, broadcasting from the campus of Loyola University Chicago, and WRSE-FM serving Elmhurst College, weekdays beginning Tuesday, November 29, from 8-10am. In addition, Vocalo.org has launched a free “app” for iPhone and Android, enabling listeners to stream Vocalo.org live, read blogs & tweets, scan QR codes, and find out about local events.
(Nov. 4, 2011) Chicago Public Media announced that Greta Johnsen has joined the Public Affairs Department of WBEZ 91.5FM as a new weekend host, handling on-air duties Saturday and Sunday mornings, from 7am to noon.
CHICAGO (August 19, 2011) – Chicago Public Media (WBEZ-Chicago) is thrilled to announce the station’s fourth annual monthly event series, Off-Air Series, beginning this September and continuing through June. Extending the listening experience, the series allows public radio listeners and others to come see what they’ve been hearing and celebrate Chicago! Off-Air Series again kicks off with the ever popular Chicago Chef Battle 2011 where five local chefs will be challenged to create a dish using one of Goose Island’s beers as an ingredient.
CHICAGO (May 9, 2011) –Chicago Public Media (WBEZ 91.5 FM) concludes its Off-Air Series by celebrating Chicago’s rich landscape devoted to emerging artists and art education. What’s Your Art? Celebrating the Art Centers of Chicago takes place at the Chicago Cultural Center Yates Hall, 78 East Washington, on Saturday, June 4 from 1:00 – 5:00pm. The event is free, but reservations are recommended.