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WBEZ Chicago Public Radio (CPR) is a noncommercial, public radio station broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois. Financed primarily by listener contributions, Chicago Public Radio is affiliated with both National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Radio International (PRI). As of 2006, the station draws an estimated 600,000 listeners each week.
WBEZ/CPR is the home of Ira Glass of This American Life.
Programming on Chicago Public Radio includes the usual world music, quiz shows, and international and local news on a regular basis. It offers such staples as All Things Considered, Car Talk, Marketplace, Morning Edition, A Prairie Home Companion, and Whad’Ya Know. Currently, Chicago Public Radio is best known nationally as the producers of This American Life through Public Radio International, and Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! through NPR. Generally, news and talk programming is heard during the day, with arts and culture programming on the weekends. Legendary jazz disc jockey Dick Buckley has a time slot Sunday afternoons.
Chicago Public Radio was at one time the flagship station of Steve Cushing’s nationally distributed Saturday night blues music program Blues before Sunrise, which started in 1979 and has been independently produced and distributed by Cushing since 1995; the program now airs locally on station WDCB. The station is also the flagship station of The Annoying Music Show!, a 3-5 minute program (which airs during a station break) that showcases generally annoying songs. The program is produced by Nayder Communications, headed by former WBEZ program director Jim Nayder.
WBEZ/CPR is the home of Ira Glass of This American Life.
Programming on Chicago Public Radio includes the usual world music, quiz shows, and international and local news on a regular basis. It offers such staples as All Things Considered, Car Talk, Marketplace, Morning Edition, A Prairie Home Companion, and Whad’Ya Know. Currently, Chicago Public Radio is best known nationally as the producers of This American Life through Public Radio International, and Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! through NPR. Generally, news and talk programming is heard during the day, with arts and culture programming on the weekends. Legendary jazz disc jockey Dick Buckley has a time slot Sunday afternoons.
Chicago Public Radio was at one time the flagship station of Steve Cushing’s nationally distributed Saturday night blues music program Blues before Sunrise, which started in 1979 and has been independently produced and distributed by Cushing since 1995; the program now airs locally on station WDCB. The station is also the flagship station of The Annoying Music Show!, a 3-5 minute program (which airs during a station break) that showcases generally annoying songs. The program is produced by Nayder Communications, headed by former WBEZ program director Jim Nayder.
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Shout out to al the good people out there one love!!!
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Miraclemunkee wrote:
Ira Glass is my hero.
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mac-shine wrote:
Ira is a fox. [2]
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wookielove wrote:
Cool stories, bro.
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mariep88 wrote:
Ira is a fox.
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TAL obv.
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Sound Opinions.
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i like sound opinions, I really do for some reason. They do have lame themes though sometimes
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this american life ftw. [2]
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wow, 414 classic
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this american life ftw.
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Ira Glass is a super-human.
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This American Life<3
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I heart you, Ira Glass.
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woooo
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this is jive fresh
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I'm so excited This American Life is on Last.FM :D
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yuck. no more Peaches in my Sound Opinions please...
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super!
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