{"id":1471,"date":"2013-12-02T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2013-12-02T21:48:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T03:48:48","slug":"wcpt-comes-out-with-gay-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/12\/02\/wcpt-comes-out-with-gay-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"WCPT comes out with gay programming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chicago\u2019s progressive talk radio station is about to add a variety of programming elements geared to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.<\/p>\n

Centerpiece of the initiative is \u201cOut Chicago,\u201d a two-hour weekly talk show airing at 11 a.m. Sundays on WCPT AM 820 (simulcast on WCPY FM 92.5, WCPT FM 92.7 and WCPQ FM 99.9), starting Jan 5.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Newsweb Radio station will air a series of one-minute vignettes culled from \"Out Chicago\" hourly from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. Each segment will spotlight a gay angle on topics ranging from health, legal, real estate and personal finance matters to music and club events and theater.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut Chicago\u201d will be hosted by Chicago actor Scott Duff, who\u2019ll be joined by a weekly guest co-host. Together they\u2019ll cover news and issues related to Chicago\u2019s LGBT community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an ideal content and branding overlay for WCPT\u2019s progressive talk format,\u201d said Michael Damsky, a consultant for Newsweb Radio. A former general manager of WLS AM 890, WLS FM 94.7 and WXRT FM 93.1, the veteran Chicago radio executive created the programming initiative with Windy City Media Group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWCPT is the only radio station serving the needs of Chicago\u2019s vibrant LGBT community and the only broadcast outlet allowing advertisers to directly target this important market segment,\u201d Damsky said.<\/p>\n

As part of what it labels its \u201cPride Radio Project,\u201d WCPT also boasts an openly gay morning personality, Stephanie Miller, whose syndicated show air from 8 to 11 a.m. weekdays.<\/p>\n

Duff, a founding member of About Face Theatre who's\u00a0appeared at Steppenwolf and the Goodman, recently launched\u00a0an LGBT-themed showcase at the Laugh Factory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago\u2019s progressive talk radio station is about to add a variety of programming elements geared to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Centerpiece of the initiative is \u201cOut Chicago,\u201d a two-hour weekly talk show airing at 11 a.m. Sundays on WCPT AM 820 (simulcast on WCPY FM 92.5, WCPT FM 92.7 and WCPQ FM... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}