Wttw11

Air Check
Dear Member,
Throughout its 60 year history, 98.7WFMT has been dedicated to showcasing the wide variety
of classical music performers and performances around the Chicago area – and bringing these
performances to the widest audience possible. WFMT’s broadcasts have run the gamut from skilled
virtuosos at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera, to the city’s
talented semi-professional and amateur soloists and groups, to its youngest
aspiring musicians. And Chicago’s summer music festivals provide even
more opportunities for local musicians to shine on WFMT. So I hope you’ll
tune in on evenings throughout the summer for our Rush Hour concerts,
Ravinia and Grant Park Music Festival broadcasts, and for WFMT’s live
broadcasts from Make Music Chicago 2012.
There’s plenty of music to enjoy on WTTW11 as well this month – we
bring you a new special from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Love Never Dies;
programs featuring the Beatles tribute band RAIN and Australian Pink
Floyd; and concerts by Les Miserables star Alfie Boe and Yanni protégé
Nathan Pacheco. For something entirely different, we explore Rick Steves’ Hidden Europe; Ed Slott
helps you plan for the future with Retirement Rescue!; the popular Britcom Doc Martin returns with
new episodes; and we mark Pride Month with a variety of relevant programs, including Independent
Lens: We Were Here and A Place to Live: Triangle Square.
On WFMT, we’ll present live broadcasts all day from Make Music Chicago 2012 from venues citywide
on Thursday, June 21, the first full day of summer. Originating in Paris as Fête de la Musique, this
musical holiday for all ages and all genres now takes place in 110 countries and 460 cities around the
world. We’re also pleased to present another season of Rush Hour Concerts, broadcast live from St.
James Cathedral beginning Tuesday, June 5, at 5:45 pm. And our Matthew Bucksbaum Family Lyric
Opera Broadcasts continue on Saturdays at noon with The Magic Flute, Ariadne auf Naxos, Show
Boat, Rinaldo, and Aida.
As always, you can find more program information, exclusive web content, and audio and video
streaming on wttw.com and wfmt.com. And your support is critical to making all of this happen every
month throughout the year. We hope you will continue to support us in the days to come through
our Fiscal Year End appeal.
Sincerely,
Dan Schmidt
President & CEO
Guide
Window To The World
Communications, Inc.
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Chicago, Illinois 60625
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Daniel J. Schmidt
Chief Operating Officer
Greg Cameron
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Reese Marcusson
Executive Vice President
for Radio & Project Development
Steve Robinson
Guide Staff
Publisher
Anne Gleason
Art Director
Tom Peth
Television Contributors
Julia Maish, Dan Soles
Radio Contributors
Andrea Lamoreaux, Peter Whorf
Distribution Manager
Pat Sheppard
Advertising Sales
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Network Chicago Guide
(ISSN 1543-9585)
June 2012
Volume 27, Number 175
Inside the Guide
3 Member Connections
4 Member Perks
5 TV Listings
6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
8 WTTW Kid Grid
12 Do it Yourself Saturdays
18 Primetime Grid
20 At-a-Glance
21 Radio Listings
31 Sponsors
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On the cover: Make Music Chicago; photo credit: Mari Nord.
2 JUNE 2012