mobile app.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t just stream live programming and give you access to our podcast,\u201d she said. \u201cIt provides a new experience we call the \u2018rePlayer,\u2019 which allows you to control the weekly program schedule. You can access whatever programming you want, when you want to listen to it, on any device.\u00a0So if you want to hear the next \u2018Fresh Air\u2019 at 8 a.m. tomorrow, you can with just a few simple swipes of the screen. Just want to hear the lead news stories at the top of the hour? You can jump to them and listen. You decide \u2014 not us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Established in 1943 by the Chicago Board of Education, WBEZ operated as an educational extension of the Chicago Public Schools for 47 years. It became independent in 1990 when Chicago Public Media acquired the station\u2019s license under the nonprofit WBEZ Alliance.<\/p>\n
In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, WBEZ tied for 17th place overall with a 2.5 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 549,900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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