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| WTTW Chicago Public Media and WFMT Radio |
On June 1, 2016, the
Chicago Area Archivists (CAA) organized a tour of
WTTW Chicago Public Media and
WFMT Radio, both of which are housed in the same building at 5400 N. St. Louis Avenue. The tour was led by Allison Schein, Studs Terkel Radio Archive manager at WFMT Radio.
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| Chicago archivists on the set of WTTW's Chicago Tonight |
After leading tour participants through television sound stages, radio studios, and the WTTW Video Library, Allison shared the details of her work on the
Studs Terkel Radio Archive. She explained the history of the project and the steps she has taken to make the digitized content of the archive accessible to the public. Of particular interest were
SoundCloud for hosting audio content and
Trint, a paid service that can help produce transcripts from oral history interviews.
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| Allison Schein and CAA members in a WFMT Radio recording studio |
Special thanks to CAA for organizing this highly informative tour!
