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WBEZ makes cuts.

If I remember correctly, 91.1 was originally a class D FM - not an LPFM - based in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. (I lived just off the north end of Lake Shore Drive so I never heard it during my time in Chicago.) When did that become a translator and what was the reasoning?
 
Mark Roberts said:
If I remember correctly, 91.1 was originally a class D FM - not an LPFM - based in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. (I lived just off the north end of Lake Shore Drive so I never heard it during my time in Chicago.) When did that become a translator and what was the reasoning?
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You’re thinking of WRTE 90.7 — which was at one time a relay of Vocalo. WRTE is still under Chicago Public Media ownership but is relaying WDCB.
 
JustinT said:
You’re thinking of WRTE 90.7 — which was at one time a relay of Vocalo. WRTE is still under Chicago Public Media ownership but is relaying WDCB.
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Right you are...yes, with a mighty 6 watts. Was owned by a museum specializing in Mexican immigrant art, as I recall. Thanks!
 
I think a WBEZ simulcast on 89.5 would make the most sense. Unless they lease or sell the station to make up their funding deficit. Or maybe a NPR simulcast would bother Lakeshore public radio.

It’s too bad tho - there really wasn’t any other station in Chicago that played music like that.

Minnesota Public Radio is trying something similar with “Carbon Sound.” We shall see if they are effective.
 
A friend works at WBEZ and still has a job, but shakes their head at the decision-making, including taking in the Sun-Times, a once-thriving newspaper that in 2022 sold 63,000 copies daily and 70,000 on Sunday and bleeds red ink. Then there's the new $6 million studio – so I've been told – and finally, that the layoffs were made by the outgoing CEO, who may be leaving but was given a 19 percent raise to over $600,000 annually in recent months. Make of it what you will.
 
tvnut said:
A friend works at WBEZ and still has a job, but shakes their head at the decision-making, including taking in the Sun-Times, a once-thriving newspaper that in 2022 sold 63,000 copies daily and 70,000 on Sunday and bleeds red ink. Then there's the new $6 million studio – so I've been told – and finally, that the layoffs were made by the outgoing CEO, who may be leaving but was given a 19 percent raise to over $600,000 annually in recent months. Make of it what you will.
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Despite seeming to be a bloated and excessive salary, $600 k a year for a fund-raising-dependent non-profit is within the normal range. Pay less and you get less, and that means the ability to raise funds.
 
pattywells said:
I think a WBEZ simulcast on 89.5 would make the most sense. Unless they lease or sell the station to make up their funding deficit. Or maybe a NPR simulcast would bother Lakeshore public radio.

It’s too bad tho - there really wasn’t any other station in Chicago that played music like that.

Minnesota Public Radio is trying something similar with “Carbon Sound.” We shall see if they are effective.
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Hyfin in Milwaukee, The Drop in Denver, The Vibe in Houston are other ones.

To be honest, Vocalo feels very sleepy to me in comparison to the others I mentioned.
 
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