WFMT Content Creators Announce Intent to Unionize with SAG-AFTRA
WFMT Content Creators Announce Intent to Unionize with SAG-AFTRA
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March 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
WFMT Content Creators Announce Intent to Unionize with SAG-AFTRA
Employees at 98.7 WFMT, Chicago’s classical music station, announced their intent early this month to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, the union representing broadcast media professionals.
Amid discontent at classical station, WFMT employees announce intent to unionize
Discontent at WFMT spilled into the public eye last fall, when Dennis Moore, a veteran host, accused the station of firing him rather than accommodating a doctor-approved disability.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Employees at 98.7 WFMT, Chicago’s classical music station, announced their intent early this month to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, the union representing broadcast media professionals.
Working w the excellent @ninametz.bsky.social and our editor Doug George has made us all a little better, I hope. I'll be hanging around "Filmspotting" as needed, and inflicting my musical tastes weekly on Classical WFMT via "Soundtrack." To you all: Thanks for reading, and giving a damn. (3/3)
August 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Working w the excellent @ninametz.bsky.social and our editor Doug George has made us all a little better, I hope. I'll be hanging around "Filmspotting" as needed, and inflicting my musical tastes weekly on Classical WFMT via "Soundtrack." To you all: Thanks for reading, and giving a damn. (3/3)
WELCOME TO AMERICA
Protesters pepper sprayed outside controversial ICE detention center, advocacy group says mrf.lu/wfMt
Protesters pepper sprayed outside controversial ICE detention center, advocacy group says mrf.lu/wfMt
May 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
WELCOME TO AMERICA
Protesters pepper sprayed outside controversial ICE detention center, advocacy group says mrf.lu/wfMt
Protesters pepper sprayed outside controversial ICE detention center, advocacy group says mrf.lu/wfMt
tangentially: this latin-american classical show is great www.wfmt.com/programs/fie...
Fiesta | WFMT
Fiesta on WFMT: Explore the diverse traditions of Latin American and Iberian music. Saturdays, 7pm.
www.wfmt.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
tangentially: this latin-american classical show is great www.wfmt.com/programs/fie...
WWOZ: WWOZ: Support the Music
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WQXR: Support Us - New York Public Radio
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STREAMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Radio is a sound salvation
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June 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
WWOZ: WWOZ: Support the Music
WBGO: Contribute to WBGO!
WQXR: Support Us - New York Public Radio
WFMT: Support WFMT | WFMT...
WBGO: Contribute to WBGO!
WQXR: Support Us - New York Public Radio
WFMT: Support WFMT | WFMT...
Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle - "Saturday Love"
YouTube video by Alexander O'Neal Official
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September 25, 2026 at 1:19 PM
OK, last call: it’s intermission at the Pritzker. If you tune in to 98.7 WFMT, you can still hear live a spectacular performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana.
www.wfmt.com/2025/08/15/c...
www.wfmt.com/2025/08/15/c...
Carmina Burana | WFMT
Experience the grandeur of Carmina Burana, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, three world-class soloists, and Uniting Voices children’s chorus. Giancarlo Guerrero conducts this season fina...
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August 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
OK, last call: it’s intermission at the Pritzker. If you tune in to 98.7 WFMT, you can still hear live a spectacular performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana.
www.wfmt.com/2025/08/15/c...
www.wfmt.com/2025/08/15/c...
Son House / Studs Terkel @ WFMT, Chicago, IL 1965-04-19 https://ijwthstd.blogspot.com/2025/04/son-house-studs-terkel-wfmt-chicago-il.html
Son House / Studs Terkel @ WFMT, Chicago, IL 1965-04-19
LIMITED TIME / LAST TIME Son House w/Studs Terkel WFMT Studios Chicago, IL US Recording date: 1965-04-19 Broadcast date: 2014-01-03 Lineag...
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April 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Son House / Studs Terkel @ WFMT, Chicago, IL 1965-04-19 https://ijwthstd.blogspot.com/2025/04/son-house-studs-terkel-wfmt-chicago-il.html
Hanging out with the quality folk at the WTTW/WFMT gala at Civic Opera House last night. My buds Geoffrey Baer and Janice Feinberg are there too
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hanging out with the quality folk at the WTTW/WFMT gala at Civic Opera House last night. My buds Geoffrey Baer and Janice Feinberg are there too
Now listening on WFMT (available for streaming)
Live from the @metopera.bsky.social
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Live from the @metopera.bsky.social
Die Frau ohne Schatten
December 7, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Now listening on WFMT (available for streaming)
Live from the @metopera.bsky.social
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Live from the @metopera.bsky.social
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Now listening on WFMT
Richard Strauss: Capriccio
Richard Strauss: Capriccio
November 30, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Now listening on WFMT
Richard Strauss: Capriccio
Richard Strauss: Capriccio
That's why WFMT has been off air all morning! Cool video.
March 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
That's why WFMT has been off air all morning! Cool video.
yeah i gotta hit up wfmt today and get a water bottle
If you enjoy classical radio, now is a great time to support it. My recent piece for the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Column | Public radio cuts could silence classical music in America
Sweeping funding cuts to public radio could deal a devastating blow to classical music communities.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
yeah i gotta hit up wfmt today and get a water bottle
tangentially wfmt plays a lot of samuel coleridge-taylor and i’ve really come to like him recently (obviously they play a ton of florence price)
From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
tangentially wfmt plays a lot of samuel coleridge-taylor and i’ve really come to like him recently (obviously they play a ton of florence price)
Today in #LaborHistory 5/16/1912: #StudsTerkel was born. Best known for his oral histories & his radio program, WFMT, #Chicago. Interviewed Bob Dylan, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Zappa, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Luther King and Tennessee Williams, and many union & social justice activists
May 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 5/16/1912: #StudsTerkel was born. Best known for his oral histories & his radio program, WFMT, #Chicago. Interviewed Bob Dylan, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Zappa, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Luther King and Tennessee Williams, and many union & social justice activists
Now listening on WFMT
Ivo Stanchev as René, King of Provence, Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta, Boris Pinkhasovich as Robert, Duke of Burgundy, and Dmytro Popov as Count Vaudémont. WFMT doesn’t name the conductor 🤷♂️
Ivo Stanchev as René, King of Provence, Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta, Boris Pinkhasovich as Robert, Duke of Burgundy, and Dmytro Popov as Count Vaudémont. WFMT doesn’t name the conductor 🤷♂️
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Now listening on WFMT
Ivo Stanchev as René, King of Provence, Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta, Boris Pinkhasovich as Robert, Duke of Burgundy, and Dmytro Popov as Count Vaudémont. WFMT doesn’t name the conductor 🤷♂️
Ivo Stanchev as René, King of Provence, Sonya Yoncheva as Iolanta, Boris Pinkhasovich as Robert, Duke of Burgundy, and Dmytro Popov as Count Vaudémont. WFMT doesn’t name the conductor 🤷♂️
Black Tulip Concert
*Still available at the following below. -- Editor
WFMT -
Live from WFMT | Black Tulip
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#earlymusicnewsorg
*Still available at the following below. -- Editor
WFMT -
Live from WFMT | Black Tulip
www.youtube.com/live/h5zMx9O...
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#earlymusicnewsorg
Live from WFMT | Black Tulip
YouTube video by WFMT
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November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Black Tulip Concert
*Still available at the following below. -- Editor
WFMT -
Live from WFMT | Black Tulip
www.youtube.com/live/h5zMx9O...
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#earlymusicnewsorg
*Still available at the following below. -- Editor
WFMT -
Live from WFMT | Black Tulip
www.youtube.com/live/h5zMx9O...
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#earlymusicnewsorg
RIP Tom Lehrer. Earlier this year, WFMT host/musical comedian @robbieellismusics.bsky.social arranged some of Tom’s songs to perform with the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony (spot me in the violins)
youtu.be/Q0mTQ8wfZJ0?...
youtu.be/Q0mTQ8wfZJ0?...
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - for orchestra
YouTube video by Robbie Ellis
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July 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
RIP Tom Lehrer. Earlier this year, WFMT host/musical comedian @robbieellismusics.bsky.social arranged some of Tom’s songs to perform with the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony (spot me in the violins)
youtu.be/Q0mTQ8wfZJ0?...
youtu.be/Q0mTQ8wfZJ0?...
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho | WFMT
Johann Strauss Jr. at 200
This year we celebrate the bicentennial of Johann Strauss, Jr., born October 25, 1825.
www.wfmt.com/2026/09/26/j...
Johann Strauss Jr. at 200
This year we celebrate the bicentennial of Johann Strauss, Jr., born October 25, 1825.
www.wfmt.com/2026/09/26/j...
Johann Strauss Jr. at 200 | WFMT
A playlist of favorite vocal waltzes and operetta arias and ensembles.
www.wfmt.com
September 27, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho | WFMT
Johann Strauss Jr. at 200
This year we celebrate the bicentennial of Johann Strauss, Jr., born October 25, 1825.
www.wfmt.com/2026/09/26/j...
Johann Strauss Jr. at 200
This year we celebrate the bicentennial of Johann Strauss, Jr., born October 25, 1825.
www.wfmt.com/2026/09/26/j...
You really get a sense of how classical radio sees its own demographic base (age- and tax bracket-wise) because they run a regular ad informing listeners that we can appoint Classical WFMT as a beneficiary in our estate planning
May 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
You really get a sense of how classical radio sees its own demographic base (age- and tax bracket-wise) because they run a regular ad informing listeners that we can appoint Classical WFMT as a beneficiary in our estate planning
Throwback Tuesday? One WFMT mousepad has more current branding than the other.
November 19, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Throwback Tuesday? One WFMT mousepad has more current branding than the other.