I love CHIRP Radio! Why? As a music fan, they have introduced me to some of my new favorite acts (Kiwi Jr. and The Courettes, I'm looking in your direction). As a local musician, I love how much they support the Chicago music scene. With even greater support, a station like CHIRP can help shine an even bigger spotlight on Chicago and its world class music. I would love for people to someday think of a station like KEXP as "the CHIRP Radio of the Pacific northwest." Every bit helps toward the station achieving that totally modest goal!

CHIRP is radio as it's meant to be: live, local and independent.

We are true radio believers at CHIRP. We love the music that we share with you, and we are committed to our community -- playing local bands every single hour of the day, interviewing Chicago artists for our podcast series, showcasing local nonprofits doing important work, and generally making sure we are shining a light on our city's diverse, vibrant, creative scenes. And we're doing it all without any commercials!

Your generous support makes everything we do possible. We are a truly independent, listener-supported radio station, never beholden to corporate interests.

If you believe in this work, and if you're able, we please make a donation to CHIRP today.

IMPORTANT: If you would like to become a sustaining member by making a recurring donation (monthly or quarterly), or if you want to select a thank you gift, please visit CHIRP's main donation page to make your contribution (and to give in support of the person making this post, be sure to type their full name in the "volunteer to credit" section so they can receive credit for your gift).