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Radio Wed Jan 13 2010
CHIRP Radio is Going Up (and Partying Down)
(In the interest of disclosure, Dan Morgridge is a current volunteer and DJ with CHIRP.)
While one gets antsy upon waiting two minutes for a sandwich at the local Potbelly's, try waiting over two years to get yourself a radio station. The 200+ volunteers of CHIRP have gone through almost 30 months of fundraising, venue searching, political activism and physical construction to get their station ready for launch. Now the station is all but ready to go, and the station is throwing a kick-off party before they flip the switch.
This coming Sunday eve, the Empty Bottle will host all all-local smorgasboard with The Hollows, The Yolks, Rabble Rabble, and a number of CHIRP DJs for a cherry on top. Doors open at 9:00PM, Cost is $8, and it's 21+.
Even if you can't make it out, fear not — provided you can defeat your hangover a little early, the true launch of the station won't happen until the next day at noon. Visit the station site to watch the hours count down, and then to start hearing local Chicago radio happen at the drop of mid-noon, Sunday!