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Jenny Lizak DJ Profile

Jenny Lizak first honed her DJ skills on a Fisher Price record player, and later, a Care Bears cassette player. A devotee of the Kermit the Frog philosophy of reporting, she was well recieved for her journalism and music programming amongst both her little sister and their stuffed animals. Several decades later, she studied communication at Loyola University and worked at the college radio station, where she fell in love with radio.

Jenny is one of the original board members of the Chicago Independent Radio Project and has served as Marketing Co-Director, Legislative Director, Vice President, President of the Board. Her favorite CHIRP moment was presenting the case for low power FM radio in Chicago to President Obama's technology advisor in the White House, and helping to successfully lobby for the passage of the Local Community Radio Act.

When she's not CHIRPing, Jenny works in the Cultural, Civic and Literary Engagement Department of the Chicago Public Library. She is an avid volunteer with the American Cancer Society and with her family has raised over $150,000 for cancer research and programs since 2001.

CHIRP relies on your support to pay our bills - Donate to Jenny's personal fundraising page and help her raise money for CHIRP this year! 

You can find Jenny's two most recent shows below:

Jenny Lizak's Playlists

12/15 - 5pm hour
Balkan Beat Box - Give album artwork 5:57pm Balkan Beat Box Look Like You Give (Nat Geo)
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - It 5:52pm Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 8 Days Of Hannukah It's a Holiday Soul Party (Daptone)
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Kendra Morris - Babble album artwork 5:49pm Kendra Morris Epilogue Babble (Wax Poetics)
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Ella Thompson - Ripple on the Wing album artwork 5:46pm Ella Thompson One More Step Ripple on the Wing (Hopestreet)
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5:39pm California Wives Local Twenty Three Affair (self-released)
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The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage album artwork 5:34pm The Hold Steady You Little Hoodrat Friend A Positive Rage (Vagrant)
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Wussy - Cincinnati Ohio album artwork 5:29pm Wussy The Great Divide Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)
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Erasure - Snow Globe album artwork 5:24pm Erasure There'll Be No Tomorrow Snow Globe (Mute)
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Purity Ring - Shrines album artwork 5:19pm Purity Ring Grandloves Shrines (4AD)
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard - Neptunes album artwork 5:16pm Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard Neptunes Neptunes (Smugglers Way)
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Chief Cleopatra - Luna album artwork 5:09pm Chief Cleopatra Dreamlights Luna (Park the Van)
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Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers album artwork 5:06pm Sam Cooke Local Mean Old World Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers (Specialty)
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Kelly Finnigan - A Lover Was Born album artwork 5:04pm Kelly Finnigan Be Your Own Shelter A Lover Was Born (Colemine)
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12/15 - 4pm hour
4:58pm A Sunny Day In Glasgow Shut Your Mouth, It's Christmas New Christmas Classics EP (Geographic North)
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No Joy - More Faithful album artwork 4:54pm No Joy Everything New More Faithful (Mexican Summer)
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Main Era - Archie album artwork 4:51pm Main Era AC130 Archie (Pleasure Tapes)
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4:45pm Superchunk Honey Bee Come Pick Me Up (Merge)
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Josh Caterer - The SPACE Sessions album artwork 4:41pm Josh Caterer Local I Know You Love Me The SPACE Sessions (Pravda)
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Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More album artwork 4:38pm Kim Deal Coast Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
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Yelle - Safari Disco Club album artwork 4:33pm Yelle J'ai bu Safari Disco Club (Co-op)
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Dinner - Psychic Lovers album artwork 4:28pm Dinner Turn Me On Psychic Lovers (Captured Tracks)
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4:25pm NAO11 Heavenly Final Outro (self-released)
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Silversun Pickups - Better Nature album artwork 4:19pm Silversun Pickups Latchkey Kids Better Nature (New Machine Recordings)
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Metric - Fantasies album artwork 4:15pm Metric Gimme Sympathy Fantasies (Last Gang)
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Friedberg - Hardcore Workout Queen album artwork 4:12pm Friedberg The Greatest Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
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Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time album artwork 4:08pm Courtney Barnett Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To Things Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop/Milk)
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Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock album artwork 4:04pm Bob Mould Sunny Love Song Sunshine Rock (Merge)
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4:01pm Black Cat Heart Attack Local Today is the Day A Rough Tongue (Hit Refresh)
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12/1 - 5pm hour
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live! album artwork 5:58pm Bob Marley & the Wailers Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) Live! (Universal)
Track Notes: Going out to #TheResistance Buy Bob Marley & the Wailers Live! at Reckless Records Buy Bob Marley & the Wailers at iTunes Buy Bob Marley & the Wailers Live! at eMusic Add to Collection
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents Of The United States Of America album artwork 5:53pm The Presidents of the United States of America Peaches The Presidents Of The United States Of America (Columbia)
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