CHICAGO, IL – January 22, 2019 – Window To The World Communications, Inc. (WWCI), parent organization of WFMT and wfmt.com, announced today that president and CEO Sandra Cordova Micek has selected George Preston for the position of vice president and general manager of WFMT effective March 1, 2019. Preston will be responsible for strategic programming, production, fundraising, broadcasting operations, and …

CHICAGO, IL – November 26, 2018 – Window To The World Communications, Inc. (WWCI), parent organization of WTTW and WFMT, announced that Timothy Russell will fill the position of Vice President of Community Engagement, effective today. In this new role, Russell will be responsible for crafting and executing community engagement activities for the organization. He was previously Chief Global Diversity …

CHICAGO – Sept. 21, 2018 – Classical WFMT, Chicago’s classical music radio station, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Introductions program with a live broadcast from the Youth Arts Showcase Fest (YAS!) on Saturday, Sept. 22, 11:00 a.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Introductions host and producer Michael San Gabino will emcee the event featuring the …

CHICAGO – August 28, 2018 – WFMT, Chicago’s classical music radio station, announced today that its Program Director DAVID POLK, 35, has been named to the first-ever Crain’s Chicago Business Notable LGBTQ Executives List. According to Crain’s, honorees “must be based in the Chicago area, serve in a senior role (within three levels of their CEO), hold a leadership position …

CHICAGO – July 23, 2018 – WFMT, Chicago’s classical music radio station, announced today that weekend morning host Dennis Moore has been named the new host of its weekday Morning Program, starting on Monday, August 6. He is taking over from the departing Carl Grapentine, who held that position for 22 years. WFMT host Maggie Clennon Reberg will move from …

CHICAGO, IL – April 26, 2018 – Window To The World Communications, Inc. (WWCI), parent organization of WTTW and WFMT, announced today that its Board of Trustees has selected Sandra Cordova Micek for the position of president and chief executive officer effective May 1, 2018. Micek will be responsible for all strategic, financial, operating and development activities of the organization. …

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive, one of the world’s great spoken-word collections, consisting of more than 5,600 programs in various genres created at Terkel’s hometown fine arts radio station WFMT in Chicago between 1952 and 1997, will become available to the general public on what would have been Terkel’s 106th birthday, May 16, 2018. The Studs Terkel Radio Archive (STRA) …

CHICAGO – February 20, 2018 – Classical WFMT, Chicago’s classical music radio station, today announced that longtime Morning Program host CARL GRAPENTINE, 69, will retire this summer from full-time employment at WFMT. His last day as a regular host will be July 27, but he will continue to work on special projects for the station. “It’s time,” said Carl. “46 …

Window to the World Communications, Inc., parent organization of WTTW and WFMT, has announced the public launch of the Imagining More campaign. The purpose of the capacity-building campaign is to strengthen the organization and increase its flexibility in an evolving media environment. The Imagining More campaign will reach the audience of Window to the World Communications on all its platforms: …

Schmidt joined the organization in August of 1991 as senior vice president of WFMT and The Radio Network, and was later appointed president and CEO of Window To The World Communications, Inc. in July 1998. For 26 years, Schmidt has led the organization’s strategic growth, solidifying its place as one of the most respected PBS member stations and revered classical …

CHICAGO – December 14, 2016 – The Studs Terkel Radio Archive (STRA) and its managing organizations, the WFMT Radio Network (a division of Window to the World Communications, Inc.) and the Chicago History Museum, are pleased to share the news that the National Endowment for the Humanities has selected the STRA as a recipient of a Digital Programs for the Public …

CHICAGO – December 12, 2016 — The WFMT Radio Network, the global fine arts radio syndication division of Window to the World Communication, Inc., will be launching several major initiatives to expand its Jazz radio production and syndication in the coming year. The centerpiece of this development is the debut of a newly branded 63-hour a week Jazz Network produced …

WFMT, Chicago’s classical and fine arts radio station and The WFMT Radio Network announced that Relevant Tones and creator/host Seth Boustead have been honored with a 2016 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Radio Broadcast Award, “for outstanding print, broadcast, and new media coverage of music.” The winners were selected by a four-person panel from ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers).

CHICAGO – November 16, 2016 – WFMT, Chicago’s classical and arts radio station, today announced that out of 65 groups and individuals who applied, two local ensembles, the KAIA String Quartet and the Kontras Quartet, have been selected for WFMT’s new In Residence program, slated to take place sometime in 2017. Each group will have a three-month residency as part …

Monday, August 15 at 7:00 pm CHICAGO – August 8, 2016 – WFMT, Chicago’s classical radio station, today announced that it will air the Ravinia Festival Women’s Board’s 50th Anniversary Gala Concert, which marked the long-awaited return to the Ravinia podium of renowned conductor James Levine, leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. This one-time-only broadcast will take place on …

Eleven live broadcasts, between June 15 and August 17 to air on WFMT, on wfmt.com, and via mobile apps CHICAGO – June 1, 2016 – WFMT, Chicago’s classical and fine arts radio station, today announced its broadcast schedule for Grant Park Music Festival’s 2016 season, from opening night on June 15 through August 17. All broadcasts will begin at 6:30 …

CHICAGO – January 28, 2016 – Throughout the month of February 2016 leading up to this year’s Academy Awards®, WFMT will explore the relationship between music and the silver screen, including a new daily feature, The Film Score with Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, beginning on Monday, February 1. The Film Score will air weekdays at 10:00 am and …

CHICAGO – January 8, 2016 – WFMT, Chicago’s classical and fine arts radio station, will devote four Fridays in January 2016 to the relationship between music and other art forms, such as painting, poetry, and dance. What music has inspired great visual, dramatic, and literary artists of the past and present? WFMT hosts and producers explore these topics and others …

WFMT, Chicago’s classical and fine arts radio station, will welcome a very special guest on the morning of Monday, September 21: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Ginsburg’s son James runs Cedille Records, Chicago’s nonprofit classical label. Starting at 10:00 am, Justice Ginsburg will join WFMT’s midday program host Lisa Flynn live in the broadcast booth …

Inspired by the success of last season’s Bach Organ Project, WFMT presents The Bach Keyboard Festival — all of Bach’s keyboard music in eleven live concert events from September 18 through November 1. Featured are more than 70 pianists and harpsichordists from Chicago and beyond, including Jory Vinikour, Lara Downes, David Schrader, Winston Choi, Stephen Alltop, Adam Neiman, Ariella Mak-Neiman, Anthony …

WFMT, Chicago’s classical and fine arts radio station, located at 98.7FM and wfmt.com, has named CANDICE AGREE as afternoon drive time host.   She will be heard weekdays 4:00-7:00 p.m. starting in early September.  Ms. Agree has served as the station’s weekend morning host since fall 2013. Suzanne Nance, WFMT’s current afternoon drive host, is leaving the station to become program …