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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesDJs Support CHIRP Radio!
Volunteers are what make CHIRP Radio run. Over 200 individuals give their time and efforts to operate the station. Here are some words from two of them who not only work behind the scenes but also make things happen on the air as DJs...
Name: Bobby Evers
When I am on air: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST every Saturday
Why I support CHIRP: As a volunteer-driven and listener-supported station, CHIRP relies on the contributions of both time and money from regular people like you and me to keep doing everything it does on the air and in the community. Support from people like us allows CHIRP to continue doing what it does, becoming Chicago’s only live and local independent community radio station today. Why YOU should support CHIRP: The biggest reason supporting CHIRP's fall campaign is important to me is because this drive is The Big One - this is the fundraising campaign that will carry CHIRP across the threshold from being an internet radio station to live FM broadcast. Now we need your help to sustain this. Why supporting CHIRP now is important: When you support CHIRP, you allow me and other CHIRP DJs to bring you great music on a public platform where we can give you new listening experiences with diverse music that you can’t hear on any other local station, providing important exposure for the station.
Name: Amanda Walz
When I am on the air: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST every Sunday
The best part of being a DJ at CHIRP is: Even though I’ve been a DJ since college, I still look for ways to take my DJ skills to the next level. CHIRP gives me the opportunity to do this when I DJ my show every Sunday afternoon, and I have so much fun being able to do what I love for people who enjoy it. I love the CHIRP community, and with over 240 passionate volunteers, there are so many ways to get involved and have fun with like-minded people and fellow kindred spirits like me!
Why CHIRP is important to me: I think it's important to keep local, commercial-free radio alive and available. By volunteering at CHIRP and being a DJ, not only do I get to share new experiences with listeners, but I also get to learn a lot about the community, radio, and music, too.
Why YOU should support CHIRP: Your support allows me and all the other CHIRP volunteers to bring you and our listeners awesome music, be it by tuning in to listen to us on-air or by joining us at the many live events and shows hosted regularly throughout the city, like The First Time series, the Annual CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights, and CHIRP Night at the Whistler.
People like Bobby and Amanda are what make CHIRP sucessful. Your financial support does too, so make a contribution at chirpradio.org/dontatenow!
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesThe Week That Was and Will Be: What’s Up at CHIRP Radio (9/21/15)
This Week’s Happenings:
- The CHIRP Fall Fundraiser continues this week! THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed - your support is amazing and appreciated! If you’re still interested in donating, you can go to chirpradio.org/donatenow to do so!
- CHIRP Radio and Kickstand Productions welcome Diet Cig to Subterranean tomorrow, Sept. 22nd
- CHIRP Radio and Kickstand Productions welcome Superhumanoids to Beat Kitchen tomorrow, Sept. 22nd
- CHIRP Night at the Whsitler commences with Bloom and Brendan and The Black Jackets on Wednesday Sept. 23rd
- CHIRP Radio and Kickstand Productions welcome Braids to Subterranean on Thursday, Sept. 24
- CHIRP Radio welcomes Pure Bathing Culture to Schubas on Friday, Sept. 25
New Media:
- First Time: First Trip with Chicago Cubs announcer Len Kasper
- Katie Owens interviews Kangaroo
- Volunteer: Stories of Philanthropy – Entertainers Deliver Passion and Connection
SKaiser writesThe Week That Was And What Will Be: What’s Happening at CHIRP Radio (9/14/15)
New Media:
- CHIRP Factory Session: She Speaks In Tongues
- Maya Schenwar, author of Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and Why We Can Do Better
- Person Of Interest: Maria Lazarevic
- Amanda Roscoe interviews Field Report's frontman Chris Porterfield
- Clarence Ewing writes the Top Five: Sounds From Chicago's Championship Years
Top of the CHIRP Charts:
1. Advance Base – Nephew in the Wild (Orindal)
2. Beach House – Depression Cherry (Sub Pop)
For a complete listing of the CHIRP charts, click here.
CHIRP DJ writesCHIRP Factory Session - She Speaks in Tongues
Our latest Factory Session features Chicago’s She Speaks in Tongues. The band features Daniel Majid on Bass, Eric Schmidt on Guitar, Adrian Vigliano on Drums, and Kate McCandless on Vocals. The songs that they performed were recorded on location at the CHIRP studio building by Mike Lust of Manor Mobile Recording. Video of the session was captured & edited by Big Foot Media.
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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesTop Five: Sounds From Chicago’s Championship Years
There are many years in Chicago when the arrival of Autumn means it’s time to wrap up two disappointing baseball seasons and get ready for a disappointing football season. That’s not the case in 2015, though. The North-Side baseball franchise is battling for a spot in the playoffs, and the local gridiron team is showing signs of life after two years of being led by a well-meaning but novice coach. Fall is also the time when artists and bands come off the outdoor festival circuit and release their end-of-the-year albums. This annual transition of sports and music got me thinking what were folks listening to when Chicago’s five pro sports franchises went all the way?
Here’s a list of what the world was listening to the year each of the city’s five major sports franchises last won a championship, from two perspectives: the top album on the Billboard 200 chart, and other albums released during the year that are now, thanks to time and the perspective/wisdom it brings, regarded as classics: