In July 2017, the hosts of WLUW 88.7 FM’s weekly electronic-music program, Abstract Science, celebrated the show’s 20th anniversary with a blockbuster 20-hour broadcast. (Gossip Wolf managed to tune in for a few of those hours, anyway. Sleep is important!) Those hosts include longtime selectors Chris Widman, Henry Self, Luke Stokes, Joshua P. Ferguson, and […]
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Dave ‘Medusa’ Shelton was a fairy godmother to Chicago’s club scene
Dave Shelton didn’t just found the legendary Medusa’s—he also helped everyone in his orbit shine like a star.
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Daisychain gives women and nonbinary DJs the platform they deserve
Alicia Greco’s weekly podcast has already posted 110 mixes, fostering a community that won’t stay marginalized much longer.
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Keeping the beat
Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
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CHIRP sees the transmitter at the end of the tunnel
Ten years after the Chicago Independent Radio Project recruited its first volunteers, it’s finally hitting the airwaves.
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The hosts of WLUW’s Abstract Science reflect on the electronic music radio show’s 20-year history ahead of its thousandth episode
Four EDM lifers celebrate a milestone by taking over 88.7 FM for 20 consecutive hours.
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Chicago radio thrives at the left of the dial
Corporate consolidation has flattened out Chicago’s big commercial radio outlets, but low-power and college stations still have plenty of personality.
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Why little rappers still believe in big radio
Little rappers still believe in big radio thanks to DJs like Nehpets at Power 92.
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Blake Edwards of Vertonen on Danish composer and explosives expert Else Marie Pade
Current musical obsessions of Blake Edwards (aka noise artist Vertonen) and WLUW veteran Philip von Zweck
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Best shows to see: Drake, Bottle Rockets, Snow Angels, Gorguts, Their/They’re/There
The best shows to see on Thu 12/12 through Sun 12/15
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Not Just a Record Fair
This Sunday the Chicago Independent Radio Project goes live on the Web.
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Mick Dumke on the Radio
He’ll be on WLUW’s Outside the Loop talk show, discussing the parking meter fiasco and other timely topics.
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Big Ben on the air
Ben Joravsky talks about the Fifth Congressional District race on the Outside the Loop radio show.