Chicago Public Media (CPM) is a not-for-profit media company that operates as the primary

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member organization for

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

. It owns three non-commercial educational

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stations and one FM translator, and produces the programs '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' for NPR stations and ''

This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internati ...

'' which is self-distributed but uses PRX for distribution to other radio stations. On January 30, 2022, Chicago Public Media formally took over the ''

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'' daily newspaper.

Radio stations

* 91.5

WBEZ WBEZ (91.5 FM) – branded ''WBEZ 91.5'' – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the Chicago metropolitan area. Financed by corporate underwriting, government funding and li ...

is Chicago's main public radio station. CPM and WBEZ were both known as "Chicago Public Radio" in the past. It is rebroadcast by 90.7 WBEQ in Morris, 91.1 WBEK in Kankakee, and translators 91.1 W216CL in Chicago and 91.7 FM W219CD in Elgin. * 89.5

WBEW WBEW (89.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational (NCE), Class B1 public radio station at Chesterton in Northwest Indiana. Since June 2007, the station has been branded Vocalo, initially airing listener submitted content and later airing an urb ...

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is an urban formatted station branded "Vocalo". * 90.7

WRTE WRTE (90.7 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a public radio / jazz format. It is licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States, and serves the city of Chicago. The station is owned by Chicago Public Media. WRTE broadcasts in the HD ...

in Chicago has rebroadcast

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-owned

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station WDCB since 2016. The organization was started to take over the operation of 91.5

from the

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in 1990. Until April 2010, the company's legal name was The WBEZ Alliance, Inc. and it used the name Chicago Public Radio (CPR) for its primary radio station and corporate identity. On June 22, 2012, it was announced that CPM had purchased troubled

from the National Museum of Mexican Art. Chicago Public Radio/Chicago Public Media also previously managed

Loyola University of Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Its namesake is Saint ...

WLUW WLUW (88.7 FM) is a college radio station owned and operated by Loyola University Chicago, serving Chicago, Illinois and its northern suburbs. History WLUW was founded in the 1970s, although it originally was not associated with Loyola Unive ...

(88.7 FM), heard on the North Side of Chicago and adjacent suburbs, for several years in the early 21st century, until 2007.

Print media

On January 30, 2022, Chicago Public Media formally took over the financially-troubled ''

'' daily newspaper, which thereby became not-for-profit. A nonbinding agreement for the deal had been announced in September 2021, and the board of Chicago Public Media had signalled its approval on January 18, 2022. The final arrangement was backed with $61 million from several philanthropic organizations.

Productions

* Chicago Amplified — a web-based audio archive of educational events in Chicago. * Off-Air Series — non-broadcast events held around the Chicago area. * ''

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'' — a daily talk show from 2001 to 2005. * '' Sound Opinions'' — a rock music talk show with news, interviews, commentary, and performances; in 2020 production transferred from Chicago Public Media to Columbia College Chicago; distributed by Public Radio Exchange; previously on 93.1 WXRT. * '' Third Coast International Audio Festival'' — formerly part of Chicago Public Media; its program ''Re:sound'' aired on

until circa 2019. * ''

'' — a radio magazine based around a theme in each episode. As of 2017 through 2022, the show is self-distributed, using Public Radio Exchange to send episodes to radio stations; the related TV show with the same name ran for 2 seasons from 2007 to 2009. * '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' — a comedy quiz show co-produced with

and distributed through NPR. * '' Worldview'' — a daily international-affairs program that ran from 1994 to 2019.

References

External links

Chicago Public Media
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