WBEZ

Chicagopublicradio_medium
  • Call Letters: WBEZ
  • Frequency: 91.5
  • Formats: News

Description

Chicago Public Radio offers over 560,000 listeners each week a wide variety of programs from news and public affairs to music and arts.

Supported by contributing listeners, Chicago Public Radio produces such distinctive and innovative programming as This American Life, Eight Forty-Eight, Odyssey, Schadenfreude, Performance Space, Stories on Stage, and Worldview and broadcasts a wide array of jazz, blues, and world music. Chicago Public Radio is also the home of the Third Coast International Audio Festival.

Chicago Public Radio is the only Chicago area member station of NPR®, producers of Morning Edition® and All Things Considered®. We also broadcast programming distributed by Public Radio International, like Marketplace and A Prairie Home Companion. Plus, Chicago Public Radio draws from many other national and international program sources.

Pieces

Filmspotting #236 - Reviews of "Quantum of Solace" and "Let the Right One In" / Our Top 5 Turkeys of 2008
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 1
Filmspotting #235: Review of Slumdog Millionaire / Top 5 Man-crushes
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 1
Filmspotting #234 Reviews of "Synecdoche, New York" and "Role Models" / Interview with "Role Models" director David Wain / Top 5 Movies About Mortality
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 1
FS #233: Reviews of "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and "Changeling" / Top 5 Scariest Scenes
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 1
FS #232: Review of Happy-Go-Lucky / Interview with filmmaker Mike Leigh / Review of W. / Top 5 Oliver Stone Scenes
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:57
  • Licenses: 1
FS #231: Review of Rachel Getting Married / Chicago Film Fest Preview / Top 5 Breakthrough Performances
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:57
  • Licenses: 1
Filmspotting #230: Body of Lies / Blindness / Top 5 Soundtracks
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 1
FS #229: Religulous / Nick and Norah's / Trouble the Water / Top 5 Paul Newman Performances
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:57
  • Licenses: 1
Filmspotting #228: Reviews of "Miracle at St. Anna" and "The Lucky Ones" / Interview with "The Lucky Ones" co-writer and director, Neil Burger / Top 5 Spike Lee Scenes
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 1
Filmspotting #227: Reviews of "Lakeview Terrace" and "Righteous Kill" / Plus, Top 5 Actor Pairings We'd Like To See
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 00:59:26
  • Licenses: 1
Filmspotting 126: "Burn After Reading" / Toronto Recap / Egoyan Interview / Fall Movie Preview
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by KUT-HD, WJFF, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 3
Filmspotting Revisited: replaying interviews with Ryan Johnson / Linklater / Winterbottom / Top 5 Coen Bros. Scenes
From WBEZ
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"Filmspotting" is a weekly hour-long program about film, including: movie reviews, interviews, top 5 lists, listener feedback and insightful film t...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 1
The Little Giant: A Tribute to Johnny Griffin
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A one-hour, music rich appreciation of the legendary Chicago-born jazz saxophonist. Griffin died at the age of 80 on July 25, 2008.

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, WNIJ, WCPN, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Licenses: 4
Perceptions Shattered: African American Masculinity from Chicago Public Radio, PRX and the NBPC
From WBEZ
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Youth voices share their perspectives on Black masculinity. Photo above by flotptwo, http://www.flickr.com/photos/floptwo/2445245484

Bought by WCPN, WSKG, KUNM, WILL, WXXI and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 00:52:29
  • Licenses: 14
For Emmett Till by Dianna Harris
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Her fouth year in the competition, Dianna says this piece is about Emmett Till's mother. Dianna Harris is 17 years old and was an individual final...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:55
Shofar Blues by Melissa Goldman
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Her third year in the competition, Melissa says this piece is about questioning Judaism. Melissa Goldman is 17 years old and was an individual fin...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:03:12
Sisters by Camea Osborn
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Her first year in the competition, Camea says this piece is about encouraging young women to love themselves and succeed beyond adversity. Camea O...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:58
Intersection by Demetrius Amparan
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His second year in the competition, Demetrius says this piece is about fitting into all four of his races. Demetrius Amparan is 17 years old and w...

Bought by Youth Noise Network/Center for Documentary Studies


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:03:05
  • Licenses: 1
Running by Esther Ikoro
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Her first year in the competition, Esther says this piece is about being made fun of for talking "white". Esther Ikoro is 18 years old and was an ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:01:48
Look! by Nate Marshall
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His sixth year in the competition, Nate says this piece is about poetry, the Slam, and the positive impact it can have on youth. Nate Marshall is ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:26

Staff of WBEZ

Default-user-image Mike Gilmore (Admin) Chicago, Illinois
Default-user-image Torey Malatia (Admin) President and General Manager Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Cathy Rocca New Media Cambridge, MA
Default-user-image Susan Hammer Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Steve Waranauskas Chicago, IL
Default-user-image George Lara Director of Internships Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Justin Kaufmann Executive Producer Chicago, IL
Default-user-image julia mcevoy exec producer chicago, IL
Default-user-image Daniel Ash Vice President, Strategic Communications Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Breeze Richardson Producer Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Heidi Goldfein (Admin) production director Evanston, IL
Default-user-image Lynette Kalsnes Reporter Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Jason Marck Director/Producer Chicago, IL
Tammy_terwelp Tammy Terwelp (Admin) Programming/Traffic Director/Producer Chicago, Illinois
Default-user-image Tom Herman Host/Producer Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Aaron Duncan Network Administrator Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Andrew Gill Producer Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Cate Cahan Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Sally Eisele Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Dan Bindert Producer/Host Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Steve Edwards (Admin) Host/Producer Chicago, Illinois
Default-user-image Carrie Shepherd Producer Chicago, IL
Jscoverup_square Julie Shapiro Managing Director Chicago, IL
Default-user-image Johanna Zorn Executive Director Cambridge, MA

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