Holy moley I’ve missed this station! I’m so glad it’s back, and it’s just as great as I remember. When I first moved to Chicago as a kid, this was the only station I could get on my portable radio, and I fell in love with smooth jazz because of it. ...
So I had to research baseball and jazz. I found three songs, but only one that fits the bill for us smooth jazz fans. It’s a bossa nova for which pianist Dave Frishberg wrote both the lyrics and melody. Released in 1969, it was entitled "Van Lingle Mungo." The other song was cal...
JSHOP students discover 6 keys to journalistic success during WBEZ Radio tour August 2, 20240 By Laila Dyer and Jada Strong NABJ JSHOP Reporters Many may recall WBEZ as Chicago’s “smooth jazz station,” but it’s[...] For teens, by teens: True Star Media shines light on Chicago’s ...
“I was driving in my car down Santa Monica Boulevard in L.A.,” Pankow remembers, “and I turned the radio on KHJ and ‘Make Me Smile’ came on. I almost hit the car in front of me, ’cause it’s my song, and I’m hearing it on the biggest station in L.A. At that point...
know enough about nazi bands to stretch it even a half hour. Our station boasted a broadcast range “from Evanston to Uptown” … maybe… if the weather conditions were right. Even if the little tinny boombox in the projection booth was the only one tuned to our show, we were radio ...
Inspired by dreamlike fantasies and nightmarish terrors, Chicago artistChemise Cagouledebuted today the enchanting music video for the trippy lo-fi single "Violet." The video, directed by Ryan Nanni and starring underground artists Jazzeppi Zanaughtti and Ben Morino, features a compilation of glamorou...
Flat screen TV’s replace the old boob tubes, leather couches replace hard plastic chairs, and smooth R&B replaces the usual top 40 playing at most alleys. This is almost too nice to bring your buddies to! Dinner for two will run about $40-50 depending on your choices and bowling ...
On Aug. 5, 1921, local Pittsburgh radio station KDKA aired the Pittsburgh Pirates' 8-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Radio soon became synonymous with baseball, where voices like Vin Scully, Mel Allen, and Bob Murphy charmed millions of listeners in the decades to come with soothing voc...
Microphone bleed, thus, is almost as versatile and complex as the very genres of music themselves – much like jazz can be smooth or discordant, folk can be ethereal or gritty, so too can microphone bleed morph from slight, inconspicuous whispers to deafening, intrusive noises. The proximity,...