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Joanna Bz DJ Profile

My name is pronounced Jo-AN-uh BE-zee. 

Music- in one way or another- has been a hobby of mine since childhood. Around age 8, I established my own radio station, WJOJO, where I was the sole DJ, engineer, programmer, weather reporter, and commerical actor. Equipped with a tape recorder and an RCA record player, I played from my and my mom's 45 collection. By the time I reached middle school, I'd forgotten about WJOJO, but advanced my fandom to attending rock concerts like Corey Hart, Duran Duran, Flesh for Lulu, and Gene Loves Jezebel. Many years later after moving to Chicago I played bass in the goof-pop bands Los Shut Up and Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop. And after many years of listening to CHIRP Radio, I joined up as a volunteer and learned how to DJ and host my own show (for real). WJOJO doesn't exist, but you can catch my show Thursdays, 6-9AM. I promise I won't play Corey Hart. 

 

You can listen to Joanna's two most recent shows below:

Joanna Bz's Playlists

9/5 - 8am hour
8:34am King Princess Trust Nobody Cheap Queen (Zelig)
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MUNA - MUNA album artwork 8:31am MUNA Runner's High MUNA (Saddest Factory)
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8:26am Fontaines D.C. In The Modern World Romance (XL)
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Screaming Females - Ugly album artwork 8:22am Screaming Females Rotten Apple Ugly (Don Giovanni)
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Cheap Time - Cheap Time album artwork 8:20am Cheap Time Ginger Snap Cheap Time (Peeploid Music)
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8:16am Clickbait Local Pumpkin Spice At Your Leisure (Self-Released)
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Oceanator - Everything is Love and Death album artwork 8:11am Oceanator Get Out Everything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)
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Sweet Cobra - Threes album artwork 8:07am Sweet Cobra Local Escaped Goat Threes (Hawthorne Street)
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Ovlov - TRU album artwork 8:05am Ovlov Short Morgan TRU (Exploding in Sound)
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God Bullies - War on Everybody album artwork 8:03am God Bullies Ordinary Man War on Everybody (Amphetamine Reptile)
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9/5 - 7am hour
Parannoul - Sky Hundred album artwork 7:57am Parannoul 고통없이 (Painless) Sky Hundred (self-released)
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The Limiñanas - Shadow People album artwork 7:51am The Limiñanas Motorizatti Marie Shadow People (Because Music)
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Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble - Find Me Finding You album artwork 7:46am Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble Double Voice: Extra Voice Find Me Finding You (Drag City)
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The Sea and Cake - The Sea and Cake album artwork 7:42am The Sea and Cake Local Bring My Car I Feel to Smash It The Sea and Cake (Thrill Jockey)
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Metronomy - Posse EP Volume 2 album artwork 7:39am Metronomy Contact High (featuring Miki and Faux Real) Posse EP Volume 2 (Ninja Tune)
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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music album artwork 7:32am Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes Nightrider (featuring Freddie Gibbs) What Kinda Music (Beyond the Groove/Blue Note/Caroline)
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Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo album artwork 7:28am Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Scottie Beam (featuring Rick Ross) Alfredo (ESGN)
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7:26am Lava La Rue CHANGE STARFACE (Dirty Hit)
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Robert Pollard - Robert Pollard Is Off To Business album artwork 7:21am Robert Pollard No One But I Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (GBV Inc.)
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Brat Curse - Brat Curse album artwork 7:18am Brat Curse Who Do You Call? Brat Curse (Anyway)
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Fig Dish - Feels Like the Very First Two Times album artwork 7:14am Fig Dish Local Take Me Whole Feels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)
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7:07am Yannis & The Yaw and Tony Allen Under the Strikes Lagos Paris London (Transgressive PIAS)
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Girl Ray - Prestige album artwork 7:03am Girl Ray Tell Me Prestige (Moshi Moshi)
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9/5 - 6am hour
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery album artwork 6:59am Electric Light Orchestra Shine A Little Love Discovery (Jet)
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J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) album artwork 6:53am J.R.C.G. Junk Corrido Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
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White Hex - Gold Nights album artwork 6:48am White Hex United Colours of KL Gold Nights (Felte)
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The Cure - The Top album artwork 6:44am The Cure The Caterpillar The Top (Sire)
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Mediavolo - Away Within album artwork 6:40am Mediavolo Made It So Far Away Within (AtHome)
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God album artwork 6:33am Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Conversion Wild God (PIAS)
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The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart album artwork 6:30am The Flaming Lips Chewin The Apple Of Your Eye Transmissions From The Satellite Heart (Warner Bros.)
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