DJs

CHIRP is all-volunteer. Click any DJ to see their show schedule and bio.

• Alex Archibeque

  Take a load off, crack open a drink, and kick off those shoes. Let me handle the music.

• Alex Gilbert

  Alex is a graphic designer, artist, DJ, and occasional CHIRP Music Trivia host.

• Andy

  Musical Variety Program
  I'm a radio and music junkie. Love discovering new Chicago artists.

• Anna Flores

  I'm a lover of music, art, travel, food, and people. My CHIRP journey has gone from listener and donor, to volunteer, to now DJ and Volunteer Coordinator!

• Austin B. Harvey

  The Liquid Diet
  Austin is an assistant music director and co-manager of the softball team. He co-owns and manages Beermiscuous in Lakeview.

• BDC

  The Shape of Things to Come
  Join me for The Shape of Things to Come every Thursday from noon to 3 pm!

• Beatnik

  I am a self-confessed media nerd––writer by day, and music/movie/book devourer by night.

• Bobby Evers

  I am a writer and person who rides the CTA and watches movies.

• Carolyn Kassnoff

  Carolyn has been DJing with CHIRP Radio since 2010. She loves playing requests!

• Chesney

  Psychotic Distraction
  Host: Chesney Stuff: https://www.facebook.com/PsychoticDistraction

• Chris Siuty

  !!!THE FRIDAY NIGHT FREAKOUT!!!
  OUT THERE SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND! Punk, hip hop, noise, garage rock, psych... you get it... YOU GET IT.

• Commodore Jones

  Ahoy there!

• DJ Craig Reptile

  Make All Sound New
  DJ Craig Reptile is a DJ, CHIRP volunteer and Assistant Music Director.

• DJ Eco

  DJ Eco, known familiarly as Cole, is a 2025 weekly DJ and CHIRP volunteer since Spring 2023.

• DJ M-Dash

  M-Dash Pinch-Hits For Your Favorite DJ
  I'm just as likely to play old '60s and '70s reggae as I am to play alternative, trip-hop, hip-hop and Britpop. I once confused BTS with the BTK Killer (there's a difference?).

• D-Josh

  Enthusiastic Amateur with a deep love of music. Join me and listen to a wide range of stuff: hip hop, jazz, metal, classic rock, inde, punk, soul, disco, R&B, shoegazer...

• DJ rexi

  New bio coming soon!

• DJ Rynk

  Escaped Notice
  Stay tuned for rock, folk, jazz, soul and new sounds. And stay human.

• DJ Stevo

  The Friday Afternoon Happy Hour
  DJ Stevo got his start in radio at the late, great WKDI student station at Northern Illinois University.

• DJ Swallow

  DJ & Marketing Director. Catch my show Mondays 6–8PM — indie, punk, jazz, blues, psych, soul, and local Chicago music.

• DJ thepanderson

  The Tipping Point
  Disco, divas (of all genders) and other delights await to ferry you over to Side B of your week.

• DJ Wags

  So how did a weird kid who grew up in a hick town in middle of nowhere Wyoming become DJ Wags? Let me tell you!

• Drew

  The Restaurant at the End Of The Universe
  Once CHIRP began broadcasting, it made listening to radio a pleasure again

• D Rock

  Apocalipstick Beatz
  i'm a dj: Apocalipstick Beatz every Tuesday from 12pm to 3pm!

• Eddie

• em tee vee

  a girl has no show
  Spinning mostly women, BIPOC, queer, and Chicago artists. Big fan of punk but I reach for all genres. Tell me what you wanna hear!

• Eric Wiersema

  Liberation Frequency
  I'm an accountant who moonlights as a DJ and wish it was the other way around...

• Geoffrey Wessel

  Geoffrey's Regular Show
  Geoffrey plays the records you want to hear, and some you didn't know you needed to hear.

• Jack Ryan

• Jason Moody

  Eclectic blend of the then, now, nower and nowest of music variety. Dig it!

• JDANG

• Jenny Lizak

  Jenny Lizak first honed her DJ skills on a Fisher Price record player, and later, a Care Bears cassette player.

• Jenny West

  Music For Chameleons
  Bringing you the greatest, the latest, and everything in between!

• Jessi D

  Jessi D hails from Tempe, Arizona, and is proud to be part of the never-ending adventure that is Chicago.

• Jim K

  CHIRP is a way for me to stay plugged into new music now that nobody's making me mixtapes anymore.

• Jim Mulvaney

  I try to keep my visit with folks on Chirp fun, fast and entertaining. Hopefully Informative, local with some songs they haven't heard in a while.

• Joanna Bz

  My name is pronounced Jo-AN-uh BE-zee.

• Joe Held

  Rebellious Jukebox

• Josh Thompson

• Julie

  I'm a portrait photographer whose work you can see at Portraits by Julie.

• Jumping Spider

• Katie Kay

  I love playing lots of local favorites, new releases, and a variety of genres

• Kevin Fullam

• Kevin Shields

  I listened to CHIRP for years before becoming a volunteer in the summer of 2022.

• Klee

  Witching Hours
  Welcome to the Witching Hours with Klee! Playing everything you need to put off Monday morning as long as possible.

• K-Tel

  I grew up on the radio and devoured everything rock-and-pop I could get my hands on.

• Liz Mason

  Well Now We're Both Awake
  After working in college radio in the '90s at the University of Oregon as both DJ and music director, Liz Mason is thrilled to be on CHIRP 107.1 FM Wednesdays from 6am-9am CT.

• Manny V

  Manny V, an accomplished business professional aspiring to hold on to my roots as a college club and mobile DJ.

• Mary Nisi

• Matt Barr

  I have been a CHIRP DJ since 2019, and a Music Director since 2024.

• Matt Garman

  Picking out the good stuff for the people since '96. Diversity, curiosity, quality, flow, twists.

• Mauricio Reyes

  Radio Maoheem
  I just wanna hear a good beat.

• Meister

  The Riff Hypnotic
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• Melissa!

  Hi!

• Michael B.

  I'm a former author and journalist (bylines at Grantland, Wired, Slate, Deadspin and 538) turned documentary filmmaker.

• Michael Griffith

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• Mick Rick

  Bringing you ramblings and whimsy live from the the auditory plane. Come one, come all: Stop by for a deep track, fun fact, or a little cheeky discourse. Requests always welcome!

• Mike Bennett

  Mike was an original member of the CHIRP board of directors, a former vice-president of the CHIRP board, and he now is a board member emeritus.

• Mike Heslinga

  My name is Mike Heslinga, I host Monday nights 8 to 10 p.m. Thanks for listening!

• Mike Nikolich

• moimoi

  I am moimoi (not my actual name) and I am your host for GOLD SOUNDZ, Saturdays from 6pm-9pm Central.

• Natty Dubs

  Catch DJ Natty Dubs spinning tracks on Monday mornings from 6 to 9am.

• Nicole Oppenheim

  Ear Candy
  Old school funk, Riot Grrrl, darkwave, golden age hip hop, Britpop, shoegaze. Girls to the front.

• Nik

  digs any record that has a groove or that is richly orchestrated.

• Ninja

  Jenn Rourke (Ninja) has been a radio DJ since 2001.

• Peter Buckshot

  Atlanta native.

• Sarah Spencer

  Welcome to the Alien Broadcast with me, Sarah Spencer.

• Scott McKenna

  Patiently waiting for the inevitable Michael McDonald/Elizabeth Fraser collaboration—YachtGaze.

• Shawn Campbell

  Shawn Campbell is a radio true believer who knew what she wanted to do from the time she was ten years old.

• Shelby

  Since September of '07, Shelby is incredibly happy to call Chicago her home.

• Steven Grady

  Steven has been collecting records since May of 1973, to be exact.

• subtextclapper

  My name is Matt, I work for a non-profit. I've been a CHIRP Volunteer since 2018 and a DJ since 2026.

• Superfrye

  Superfrye approaches radio the same way she approaches life: with open ears and no interest in staying in one lane.

• The Audible Snail

  Punk | Folk | Hip Hop | Feminist Radio | Storytelling Queen

• The Candy Lady

• The Panda

  The Panda loves live, local, and independent music just like you!

• Tony Breed

  New wave and post-punk; garage and girl groups; bossa nova, French pop, and vocal jazz; music to make you move your body first thing in the morning every Friday.

• Tyler Clark

  Local Mythologies

• Urban Unrest

• Val Woj

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• Willie McDonagh

  There are more songs in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in commercial radio. Let's listen to some of them!

• Yang

  Sounds like a robot (someone from Periscope said I sound like BMO from Adventure Time.