Play Chicago Public Radio Radio
Chicago Public Radio
683,508 plays (45,622 listeners)
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.
Shoutbox
-
courtneyBolton wrote:
super!
-
xxoocalimia wrote:
Pretty cool.
-
PhamilyJules wrote:
Listen critically...
-
HoneyRitual wrote:
Chicago Public Radio presents chicagocore about the Kinsella brothers, fucking gold.
-
Amanda_Rose_89 wrote:
"Music Lessons" is hilarious. I love you David Sedaris!
-
Corvar wrote:
Dick retired, but I heard a rumor that there will be a rebroadcast of him on New Years day.
-
8thlight wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/I+Love+Non+Music+Podcasts!
-
downtownthomas wrote:
where's DICK BUCKLEY?
-
Cthulhu420 wrote:
IRA!
-
catboots wrote:
the baiters on #363 "enforcers" were so cruel, it was hard to listen to..
-
belongsomewhere wrote:
# 360: Switched at Birth is so sad. Only TAL could bring us this kind of program.
-
podcastify wrote:
Added to Podcast! (http://last.fm/group/Podcast%21)
-
aujRLY wrote:
I loved all the Jewish stories in #332: The Ten Commandments.
-
andrewapeterson wrote:
I wish you guys would spend more time on finding and curating new and interesting music for the series. The beautiful segments deserve great music. Think about it, and thanks for podcasting. I love the show!! -Andrew A. Peterson
-
Froznfood wrote:
I love TAL!
-
dangerding wrote:
depressing?!!?! are you kidding? if anything, his and all the voices on TAL make me have hope for tomorrow...
-
TGKN wrote:
Ira's voice is really depressing. Wait Wait Don't Tell Me>Marketplace>This American Life.
-
theboywholived wrote:
i refuse to believe that ira is an ass in real life. REFUSE!
-
tiFFany01 wrote:
quiz show is one of the saddest TAL episodes I've heard...
-
zapp645 wrote:
Management oversight by Torey Malatia, who has this to say about last.fm...
Videos
Listeners
-
amykellogg
Top Listener
-
bmac1990
Top Listener
-
caseyt3hgreat
Top Listener
-
burkethebryan
Top Listener
-
pdwryst
Top Listener
-
lwitcosky
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
kevinmt tagged Chicago Public Radio with ‘spoken word’. Thursday afternoon
-
watarune tagged Chicago Public Radio with ‘podcast’. Tuesday afternoon
-
wahidao tagged Chicago Public Radio with radio, npr, this american life and 2 other tags. November 2009
-
sigmagalator tagged Chicago Public Radio with ‘podcast’. November 2009
-
fennessey added Chicago Public Radio to fennessey’s library. November 2009
-
markusmaria tagged Chicago Public Radio with ‘podcast’. November 2009
-
fearandclothing tagged Chicago Public Radio with this american life, politics, current affairs and 3 other tags. November 2009
-
leannero, johncadwalader, camocargo and 4 other people added Chicago Public Radio to their libraries. November 2009
-
kiwibeard tagged Chicago Public Radio with ‘united states of america’. October 2009
-
MARIACELDRAN added Chicago Public Radio to MARIACELDRAN’s library. October 2009
Related Journals
-
50 Questions Concerning 50 Artists
by thelizster |
23 Jul 2009 | 2 comments
-
Top Ten Favorites
by werechick |
29 Apr 2008 | Add comment
-
this american life: now with moving pictures! OR... why ira glass is a rock star.
by tenoftears |
15 Feb 2008 | Add comment
