Dan Epstein writesA Message from CHIRP Radio Production Director Dan Epstein

If you’re a regular CHIRP listener you’ve heard us, but maybe don’t know us. We produce the on-air promotions, the fundraising spots you’re hearing right about now, and the podcasts you can find here. We’re the Production department. We record. We edit. We mix. Sometimes we interview, too. So when you listen to a band interview, a feature story, a podcast of our live lit and music series The First Time, or our personal perspectives series Person of Interest, you’re hearing our work.

Of course, it’s not just our work. We collaborate with departments across CHIRP to get all this done. Mostly we work with our Features department on the band interviews. But we also work with our promotions department to tell you about upcoming shows and concerts. We work with our Music department to get all the music you hear in our spots and podcasts. And we work with our DJs to create promos for their shows.

I’ve been with CHIRP since January 2010. I joined because I wanted to produce feature stories about what’s going on in Chicago, because I believe in community radio, and because I needed to be part of something bigger than myself. At CHIRP, I get to do all that, and I get to do it with a bunch of other like-minded volunteers. They’re people who are passionate about music, the arts and our local culture. They’re people who want to ply their craft for something other than just a paycheck. They’re people who are crazy enough and committed enough to volunteer crillions of hours creating something bigger than themselves that benefits our entire city for its own sake.

It’s the volunteers who make CHIRP what it is. And I’m lucky to count myself in that number.

Live. Local. Independent. And always eclectic. Show how much you value CHIRP’s awesomely committed and amazingly talented volunteers like Dan and make a donation now in support of our Fall Fundraising Campaign!