Inside XRT
1988 Programming Move — From The P.D.’s Desk [Inside XRT]
WXRT Program Director Norm Winer (then and now) takes the back cover and a few minutes in May of 1988 to fill listeners in on the move from the old on-air studio, down the hall […]
1988: Our Year In Music [Inside XRT]
In this January 1989 issue of Inside XRT then-Music Director, Lin Brehmer sums up the previous year in music. Now, just over 20 years later his observations of the artists still ring true. On the […]
1987: The Music Year That Was [Inside XRT]
Lin recaps the year in music for 1987, noting the year’s surprises, comebacks, and success stories, and pays special attention to a few local gems that went unnoticed in the grand scheme of things. Click […]
The Debut Of ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Volume 1 [Inside XRT]
It’s hard to believe that the “On XRT: Live from the Archives” compilation album is already on its 114th volume. Over the past twenty years, XRT has shared recordings of special concerts and in-studio performances […]
Lin Brehmer… From Every Angle [XRT 4D Flashback]
The beginning of the 90′s marked an era of change both for XRT and the city of Chicago. The 80′s had ended and grunge had taken off, and Lin Brehmer began his stint as morning […]
The Debut Of 93XRT.com [4D Flashback]
In the early 1990′s, the internet was still a new phenomenon to hit the world. Years before digital music sites and online radio stations, WXRT was at the forefront of bringing the radio to the […]
4D Movie Review — The Film Year In A Nutshell [Inside XRT]
In this issue of Inside XRT, The Regular Guy sums up the movies of 1988. He points out that any year that has 15 sequels release in it can’t be that good of a year, […]
Timbuk 3 + Graham Parker + The Robert Cray Band = XRT’s First Free Fourth Of July Concert [Inside XRT]
In the June 1988 issue of Inside XRT, the station announces the first ever Free Fourth of July Concert, a tradition that XRT has continued consistently and has become a landmark event 25 years later. […]
Frank E. Lee And The XRT Airstaff Of ’88 [Inside XRT]
We’ll be living in the 1980′s now thru Sunday night during the first in a series of four monthly XRT 4D Flashback Weekends. Tune in to hear exclusive audio essays contributed by the entire XRT […]
Off Air, DJs Stay Tuned In [Inside XRT]
In this front cover article form November 1989, we hear from Johnny Mars, Frank E. Lee, Wendy Rice, and Tom Marker about their process of finding new music, and how XRT chooses what to put […]
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