Chicago Area Media & Retail Contacts

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The Chicago Sun Times
350 N. Orleans
Chicago, IL 60654
T: 312.321.3000
F: 312.321.2566
@SunTimes

Miriam Dinunzio Weekend Editor	Work 312.321.2555	mdinunzio@suntimes.com
Dave Hoekstra Country	Work 312.321.2145	dhoekstra@suntimes.com
Denise O’Neil Ticket Line	Work 312.321.2152	doneal@suntimes.com
Thomas Conner Pop Music Critic/Club Hopping	Work 312.321.3033	tconner@suntimes.com
Darel Jevens Sunday Show Editor	Work 312.321.2009	djevens@suntimes.com

The Chicago Tribune
435 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
T: 312.222.3232
F: 312.222.0236
@ChicagoTribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Matthew Pais RedEye Movie Critic/Music Editor	Work	mpais@tribune.com
Greg Kot Rock/Pop Critic	Work 312.222.3406	GKot@tribune.com
Kevin Williams Editor: On the Town	Work 312.222.3506	KmWilliams@tribune.com
Howard Reich Jazz Critic	Work 312.222.4189	hreich@tribune.com
Arain Fauzia Music Editor	Work 312.222.3357	farain@tribune.com
Scott Powers Entertainment/Music Editor	Work 312.222.4985	slpowers@tribune.com
Rebecca Keith Palmore Metromix Producer	Work	RKPalmore@tribune.com

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The Chicago Reader
11 E. Illinois
Chicago, IL 60611
T: 312.828.0350
F: 312.828.9926
@Chicago_Reader
http://www.chicagoreader.com/

Philip Montoro Music Editor	Work	pmontoro@chicagoreader.com
Miles Raymer Critic - Sharp Darts	Work	mraymer@chicagoreader.com
Peter Margasak Music Critic	Work	peter@petermargasak.com
Deanna Isaacs Music Critic	Work	disaacs@chicagoreader.com
Kevin Warwick Music Critic	Work	kwarwick@chicagoreader.com

Newcity
47 West Polk St, Ste 100-223
Chicago, IL 60605
T: 312.715.8777
@NewCity
http://newcity.com/

Brian Hieggelke Editor & Publisher	Work	brian@newcity.com
Jan Hieggelke Publisher	Work	jan@newcity.com
Mike Hartnett Associate Publisher	Work	mike@newcity.com

Time Out Chicago
247 S. State St., 17th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
T: 312.924.9555
F: 312.924.9350
@TimeOutChicago
http://timeoutchicago.com/

Brent DiCrescenzo Music Editor	Work	bdicrescenzo@timeoutchicago.com
Areif Sless-Kitain Music Editor	Work	aslesskitain@timeoutchicago.com
Joshua P Ferguson Clubs Editor	Work	jferguson@timeoutchicago.com
Ruth Welte Web Editor	Work	rwelte@timeoutchicago.com
Erin Osmon Associate Music Editor	Work	eosmon@timeoutchicago.com

The A.V. Club
212 W. Superior St., Ste. 200
Chicago, IL 60610
T: 312.676.6458
F: 312.751.4137
@AVClubChicago
http://www.avclub.com/chicago/

Marah Eakin A.V. Club Music Editor

Work

meakin@theonion.com

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Chicago Magazine
500 N. Dearborn, Ste 1200
Chicago, IL 60610
T: 312.222.8999
@ChicagoMag
http://www.chicagomag.com/

Cassie Walker	Work	cwalker@chicagomag.com
Marcia Coburn	Work	mcoburn@chicagomag.com
Lena Singer	Work	lsinger@chicagomag.com

Illinois Entertainer
4223 W. Lake St., Ste. 420
Chicago, IL 60624
T: 773.533.9333
F: 773.751.5051
@ILEntertainer
http://illinoisentertainer.com/

Steve Forsteneger Editor	Work	ed@illinoisentertainer.com
Add events to calendar	Work	iecal@illinoisentertainer.com

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Daily Herald (NW)
P.O. Box 280
Arlington Heights, IL 60006
T: 847.427.4300
F: 847.427.1301
@NWHerald
http://www.dailyherald.com/

Lisa Miner Features Editor	Work ext. 4516	lminer@dailyherald.com
Scott Morgan Music Listings	Work	smorgan@dailyherald.com
Laura Stewart Music Listings	Work	lstewart@dailyherald.com

Southtown Star
6901 W. 159th St.
Tinley Park, IL 60477
T: 708.633.6777
F: 708.243.5999
http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/

Dennis Robaugh Managing Editor

Work 708.633.6706

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Windy City Times
5443 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
T: 773.871.7610
F: 773.871.7609
@WindyCityTimes1
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/

Andrew Davis Managing Editor	Work	andrew@windycitymediagroup.com
Amy Wooten Listings Editor	Work	amywooten@windycitymediagroup.com
Jean Albright Calendar Listings Editor	Work	calendar@windycitymediagroup

Chicago Pride
3712 N. Broadway #471
Chicago, Illinois 60613
T: 312.264.2500
@GoPride
http://chicago.gopride.com/

Chicago Defender
4445 S. King Dr.
Chicago, IL 60653
T: 312.225.2400
F: 312.225.9231
@ChiDefender
http://www.chicagodefender.com/

Kathy Chaney Managing Editor

Work

kchaney@chicagodefender.com

Hoy
435 N. Michigan Ave., 12th floor
Chicago, IL 60611
T: 312.527.8400
http://www.vivelohoy.com/

John Trainor General Manager	Work 312.527.8429
Fernando Diaz Managing Editor	Work 312.527.8445

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Note: A majority of the radio stations below are college stations and have frequent staff changes.

WBEZ - 91.5 FM NPR Station
848 E. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
P: 312.832.9150
@WBEZ
http://chicagopublicmedia.org/

Aurora Aguilar Editor

Work

aaguilar@chicagopublicradio.org

WDCB - 90.3
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
T: 630.942.4200
F: 630.942.2788
http://wdcb.org/

Mary Pat LaRue Program Director	Work	laruem@cdnet.cod.edu
Paul Abella Music Director	Work	abella@cdnet.cod.edu

WHPK - 88.5
University of Chicago
5706 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
T: 773.702.8289
F: 773.702.7718
@WHPK

WKQX - Q101.1 FM
3108 S. Route 59, Ste. 124-265
Naperville, IL 60564-7804
T: 708.680.Q101
@Q101Chicago

Mike Peterson Program Director	Work	rgregory@wccq.com
Marci Braun Music Director	Work	m.braun@cbsradio.com

WLUW - 88.7 FM
Loyola University
820 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
T: 773-508-9589
@WLUW

Maxx McGathey Program Director	Work 312.915.8807	wluwprogramming@luc.edu
Allan Benedict Music Director	Work 312.915.8808	wluwmusic@luc.edu

WNUR - 89.3 FM
Northwestern University
1877 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
T: 847.491.7102
@WNUR893

David Benjamin General Manager	Work	gm@wnur.org
Desiree Staples Program Director	Work	pd@wnur.org
Dan Sloan Rock Music Director	Work	rock@wnur.org
Denise Lu Publicity Chair	Work	publicity@wnur.org
Killian Coate Streetbeat Producer	Work	streetbeat@wnur.org
Brendan Klinkenberg Streetbeat Producer	Work	streetbeat@wnur.org

WXRT - 93.1 FM
180 N. Stetson – 10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
T: 312.649.0099
F: 312.240.7973
@93XRT
http://wxrt.radio.com/

Norm Winer Program Director	Work
John Farneda Music Director	Work
Richard Milne Local Anesthetic	Work
Marty Lenartz Big Beat/Indies	Work

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Groovin' High Records
1047 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
T: 773. 476.6846
http://www.groovinhighrecords.com/

Gramaphone Records
2843 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60657
T: 773.472.3683
F: 773.472.5176
http://www.gramaphonerecords.com/

Laurie's Planet of Sound
4639 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
T: 773.271.3569
lauriesplanetofsound@gmail.com
http://lauriesplanetofsound.com/

Reckless Records - Lakeview
3126 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60657
T: 773.404.5080
http://www.reckless.com/

Record Exchange
1505 W. Morse Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
T: 773.973.0452

Rolling Stone Records
7300 W. Irving Park Rd.
Norridge, IL 60706
T: 708.456.0861
info@rollingstonesmusic.com
http://www.rollingstonesmusic.com/

See Hear Inc.
217 W. North Ave.
Chicago, IL 60610
T: 312.664.6285

Dave's Records
2604 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60614
T: 773.929.6325
F: 773.929.6027
dave@davesrecordschicago.com
http://www.davesrecordschicago.com/

Dusty Groove
1120 N. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
T: 773.342.5800
F: 773.342.2180
http://www.dustygroove.com/

Favorite Records
1535 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL 60642
T: 773.697.3421
http://www.favoriterecordschicago.com/

Hyde Park Records
1377 E. 53rd St.
Chicago, IL 60615
T: 773.288.6588

Kstarke Records
1109 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60686
T: 773.772.4880

Logan Hardware
2410 W. Fullerton
Chicago, IL 60647
T: 773.235.5030
info@logan-hardware.com
http://www.logan-hardware.com/

Village Records
2010 Roscoe St.
Chicago, IL 60618
T: 773.549.7868

Reckless Records - Wicker Park
1532 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
T: 773.235.3727
http://www.reckless.com/

Reckless Records - The Loop
26 E. Madison St.
Chicago, IL 60602
T: 312.795.0878
http://www.reckless.com/

Permanent Records
1914 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
T: 773.278.1744
permanentwax@gmail.com

Saki
3716 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
T: 773.486.3997
info@sakistore.net
http://sakistore.net/

Transistor
3819 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60613
T: 773.880.7420
hello@transistorchicago.com
http://www.transistorchicago.com/

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