Home

Get Involved with CHIRP Radio

Volunteering For CHIRP

CHIRP is an all-volunteer organization. Members meet monthly to work on issues and events and chart progress. Meetings take place on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30PM. CHIRP has many active departments that sometimes meet outside of the regular monthly meeting. The departments are Events, Outreach and Partnerships, Tech, Legislative, Fundraising, Marketing and Merchandise/Design, News, Promotions, Live Sound and Online Media. All volunteers are asked to serve on at least one department.

If you’re interested in volunteering with CHIRP, your required first step is to attend a quarterly new volunteer meeting. To find out about the next date, please e-mail Micha Ward.

Becoming a DJ

Anyone hoping to DJ for CHIRP must first attend a new volunteer meeting. From there, volunteers will be expected to participate in other areas and demonstrate their commitment to the organization overall. All potential DJs must attend a CHIRP DJ orientation (offered 2-3 times per year), then submit an application and go through an audition process. Those with limited or no prior on-air experience will need to go through the full CHIRP DJ training process. All CHIRP DJs are expected to play a wide array of music from a mix of genres and eras — CHIRP does not allow specialty shows that focus on a single style of music or time period.

Submitting Music For Potential Airplay

If you’re an artist who would like to submit music to CHIRP, you can send it to our music director, Billy Kalb, at:

CHIRP
attn: Music department
4045 N. Rockwell
Chicago, IL 60618

Proposing A Ticket Giveaway

If you’d like to propose a ticket giveaway, please contact our promotions department here.

Proposing A Partnership

If you have a business or organization and you’d like to propose a partnership with CHIRP, please contact our partnerships department here.

Wishlist / In Kind Donations

You can also help CHIRP without becoming a volunteer. CHIRP can always use donations of the following items:

• white paper
• printer cartridges
• other office supplies
• fluorescent light bulbs
• cleaning supplies (paper towels, 409, windex, etc.)
• coffee
• monetary gifts or gift cards

For information on specific items, contact Shawn Campbell.

If you have questions about making a major gift or becoming a sustaining member of CHIRP (giving on a monthly basis), you can contact our Development Department.