PRX's - 'Sound Opinions' Chicago Based Program
PRX’s – ‘Sound Opinions’ Chicago Based Program
Another public radio program we love!! And it airs in the XPN listening area right before our beloved, Mountain Stage Radio Show!
Sound Opinions explores histories, praises, rages, and criticism of everything from classic rock to classic hip hop to indie rock, R&B and every other genre in between. The two hosts of Sound Opinions spend over a decade competing with each other as top pop music journalist -Jim DeRogatis at the Chicago Sun-Times and Greg Kot at the Chicago Tribune. Now they’ve joined forces for an hour to sometime agree and sometimes agree to disagree about hot topics and artist in popular music. One cool thing on each show, they allow callers to leave phone messages about their own personal opinions on the topics of discussion and then they play them on air at the end.
You can listen to Sound Opinions on the Chicago’s public station, WBEZ 91.5. This show is distributed by PRX (Public Radio Exchange) ‘Public Radio Exchange is an online marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of public radio programming. PRX is also a growing social network and community of listeners, producers, and stations collaborating to reshape public radio.’
Sundays at 5pm in XPN listening areas -
-from xpn’s website
Every Sunday at 5pm, Sound Opinions fires up smart and spirited discussions about a wide range of popular music, from indie rock to classic rock, hip hop to R&B, and every genre under the sun.
Take two nationally respected rock critics, the latest music news, personal commentary, and exclusive interviews and performances, add a huge pile of records old and new, and the result isSound Opinions — the world’s only rock and roll talk show.
Based in Chicago, Sound Opinions is hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, two of the finest and best-recognized pop music writers in the nation. For over a decade they were dedicated competitors at Chicago’s two daily newspapers—Jim at the Chicago Sun-Times and Greg at the Chicago Tribune. Today, Jim writes about music for Vocalo.org and teaches criticism at Columbia College in Chicago, the largest and most diverse private arts and media college in the country.
Every week, Sound Opinions fires up smart and spirited discussions about a wide range of popular music, from indie rock to classic rock, hip hop to R&B, and every genre under the sun.
Sound Opinions‘ consistently informed, engaging, and controversial dialogue makes it a unique and essential source for the top stories, albums, and trends in music. This is cutting-edge criticism and journalism presented in the great tradition of Siskel and Ebert. The discussion is as indispensible to the hardcore music fan as it is to the casual music fan who feels out of touch.
Sound Opinions is a direct result of the experience and credibility of its creators. Greg and Jim write for some of the nation’s most prestigious rock magazines, including Rolling tone,Spin, and Vibe. Both are critically acclaimed authors – Greg wrote Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
Before coming to WBEZ Chicago in December 2005, Sound Opinions aired for seven successful years on one of the Midwest’s most powerful rock radio stations, Chicago’s WXRT.The show has built a thriving and loyal community of inquisitive and engaged fans hungry for smart conversation and new sounds.
