Outside the Loop RADIO

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!

(podcasting “from” out in the Staples, just off Ashland / north of Milwaukee)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt oh-so-thankful radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann pay another visit to the OTL NewsDesk, they learn about a controversy involving the CTA, they spread some holiday cheer, and then they talk about an organization dedicated to alternative transit in Chicago.

OTL NewsDesk;
OTL continues its Mike Quigley Watch, with exclusives galore

Mike Doyle - scribe/poobah, Chicago Carless;
on the “CTA’s Holiday Homeless Harrassment”

OTL spreading Holiday Cheer;
with “Brand New Day” by the Sacred Heart Schools Justice Day Choir

Rob Sadowsky - executive director, Active Transportation Alliance;
on expanding the mission of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation

(segue music this week from Morry Sochat & the Special 20s)

 

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(podcasting “from” out in back of the Congress Theatre)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt elevating-to-new-heights radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen asks Andy Hermann about another radio show, they learn about the Bloomingdale Trail, they talk with a local resident driving Barack Obama’s old car, and then they hear about the vibe at the Proposition 8 protest in Chicago.

there’s OTL… and then there’s other radio shows;
Andy “cheats” on Mike and the show,
but manages to get a plug on Luke Burbank’s Seattle radio program

Ben Helphand - president, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail;
on building a public park on an abandoned elevated railway

Natasha Brown - owner, Obama Mobile;
on how she ended up with Present-elect Obama’s old car

Ben Gonzales - photographer, gopho.com;
on the vibes and scenes at the Proposition 8 protest in Chicago

(segue music this week from Tangleweed)

 

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(podcasting “from” out in back of the as-of-yet-constructed Museum of Broadcast Communications)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt all-inclusive radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann visit the OTL NewsDesk, they check in about the latest at the Wilson Yard, they discuss a controversy at the Radio Hall of Fame, and then they follow up on a local political candidate after the election.

OTL NewsDesk (debut!);
update on Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley (from OTL #105), John McCain votes in Chicago, and Johnnie Lee Savory (from OTL #102) and the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Center on Wrongful Convictions

Molly Phelan - Fix Wilson Yard;
with an update (from OTL #104) on the development of a six-acre tract of land in Uptown

Rick Garcia - political director, Equality Illinois;
on Dump [James] Dobson, and the induction of Focus on the Family into the Radio Hall of Fame

Jeremy Karpen;
former candidate for 39th District Illinois State Representative (as heard in OTL #103), who’s running again in 2010 under the local Green Party

(segue music this week from Ben Weasel)

 

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(podcasting “from” out in back of the Chicago Brauhaus in Lincoln Square)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt yes-we-can radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann look at local politics and missed connections due to President-elect Obama, they discuss parking issues in Chicago, they learn about a beer fest, and then they follow up on pollution in our local waterways.

closer-to-home stories due to President-elect Barack Obama;
Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley’s words from OTL #105,
Chicago Craigslist “missed connections” ads from the Grant Park rally

The Parking Ticket Geek - man behind the curtain, TheExpiredMeter;
on parking near the Obama rally, and other automotive issues in Chicago

Jeff Sparrow - board member, Illinois Craft Brewers Guild;
on The Sixth Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer

Katie Coleman - development associate, Environmental Law & Policy Center;
on falling into the Chicago River, her story featured at the Chi-Town Daily News, and her response to OTL #109

(segue music this week from MacGuffin)

 

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