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WBEZ (91.5 FM) – branded WBEZ 91.5 – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the tri-state region of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned by Chicago Public Media and is financed by listener contributions, corporate underwriting and some government funding. [ 2 ]
Chicago Public Radio/Chicago Public Media also previously managed Loyola University of Chicago's WLUW (88.7 FM), heard on the North Side of Chicago and adjacent suburbs, for several years in the early 21st century, until 2007. [5] In 2024, Chicago Public Media declared Melissa Bell as the new CEO for WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times. [6]
The organization's legal name is National Public Radio and its trademarked brand is NPR; it is known by both names. [11] In June 2010, the organization announced that it was "making a conscious effort to consistently refer to ourselves as NPR on-air and online" because NPR is the common name for the organization and its radio hosts have used the tag line "This ... is NPR" for many years. [11]
NPR plans to shut down its official Twitter accounts, saying a recent decision by the Elon Musk-owned platform to label it as "government-funded media" undermines its credibility.
Last week, Twitter labeled NPR's main account as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a label also used to identify media outlets that are controlled or heavily influenced by ...
Torey Malatia was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a village in the Chicago area. He attended Brophy College Preparatory, Arizona State University, where he received B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature. He carried out additional post-graduate study at the University of Toronto. [7]
Elon Musk’s Twitter slapped a new label on the account of American public radio broadcaster NPR that says it is “US state-affiliated media.” Other Twitter accounts with the state-affiliated ...
The Chicago metropolitan area is currently the third-largest radio market in the United States as ranked by Nielsen Media Research. [5] The following list includes full-power stations licensed to Chicago proper, in addition to area suburbs. Currently, radio stations that primarily serve the Chicago metropolitan area include: [6] [7]