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Monday – Friday: 5-9pm
Host: XRT’s Eleventh Hour
Jason Thomas began his radio career at one of the country’s foremost modern rock stations, Live 105 (KITS) in San Francisco. OK, so his first job was answering the request line, tallying up the day’s requests for a nightly feature called, “Most Wanted,” but he was soon wowing the insomniacs of the Bay Area.[Read Jason’s Full Bio]
Always a hot topic of conversation in this lovely town of ours is the weather. Chicagoans can really bitch about the weather with the best of ‘em. When it’s hot, people wish it was cooler, [...]
WXRT–17 hours ago
Gonna be a cold one this weekend, but no worries. We can handle it. Friday night shows at a couple of the coziest spots in town make my weekend to-do list and who can resist [...]
WXRT–11/12/2014
Always a hot topic of conversation in this lovely town of ours is the weather. Chicagoans can really bitch about the weather with the best of ‘em. When it’s hot, people wish it was cooler, [...]
11/11/2014
Concerts, concerts, and more concerts for you this weekend! Lots of live music to take your mind off of what many see is the inevitable beating that the Bears will take at Lambeau on Sunday [...]
WXRT–11/05/2014
The band recently announced their next record on a street corner in Brooklyn and today they’ve shared a track from it via YouTube. Colin Meloy did the busking thing a couple weeks ago in Williamsburg, [...]
WXRT–11/03/2014
We’ve been playing the Chicago song from Sonic Highways (“Something From Nothing”) quite a bit on XRT these past few weeks, and now the band has posted another track for our enjoyment. “Congregation” was recorded [...]
WXRT–10/31/2014
It’s Halloween on Friday night. If you’re one of those Halloween junkies, you’re probably hitting a party on Halloween proper in addition to the one you went to this past Saturday. Are we correct? Hey, [...]
WXRT–10/28/2014
Extra, added sugar is incredibly bad for us. Americans eat way too much of it, and not coincidentally, one third of American adults are obese. Not overweight, but one step beyond even that into the [...]
WXRT–10/28/2014
Caribou is the recording name of Canadian artist Dan Snaith, and if you ask how he came to be known as “Caribou,” there’s actually a helluva story behind that. He released a couple of albums [...]
WXRT–10/23/2014
Whoa, what’s this here? A doubleheader at Metro on Friday night? The legendary venue in Wrigleyville gives us quality entertainment night after night, but this Friday night it’s an early show and a late show. Both [...]
WXRT–10/22/2014
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