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Dan Bindert

Weekend Edition Host, Producer

Each weekend, Dan Bindert’s voice can be heard throughout the morning hours as the local host of Weekend Edition. He also produces occasional music specials and interviews, features and reviews that can be heard on Eight Forty-Eight.

Prior to joining the staff of Chicago Public Radio as a music host and producer in July 2000, Dan hosted jazz and blues programs and produced arts features from 1998-2000 at NPR affiliate WCPN-FM in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dan began his radio career in 1987 as a music and sports announcer at WBSU-FM while studying Communications at SUNY Brockport. In 1989, he began a nine-year stint as an arts producer and music host at NPR affiliate WXXI-AM in Rochester, NY. He was also a music host at WGMC-FM in Rochester, New York, and a news reporter at WCGR-AM/WLKA-FM in Canandaigua, New York.

Dan has written about music and the arts for numerous publications, including Cleveland’s Free Times and Canada’s The Jazz Report. From 1996-98, he served as Music Editor at Rochester, New York’s City Newspaper, where he received a first place national award for “Best Music Criticism” in 1998 from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

Originally from Rochester, New York, Dan resides in Hillside, Illinois, with his wife, Yolanda, and son, Carlos.
Recent Stories
 
Having a Party: Sam Cooke’s Music Remembered

Richard Steele and Dan Bindert host a special about native Chicagoan Sam Cooke's music.

Posted on 11.24.2007
Today's Chicago Blues

Dan Bindert talks with author Karen Hanson about her new book Today’s Chicago Blues.

Posted on 6.26.2007
2007 Chicago Blues Festival Preview Special

Chicago Public Radio's Dan Bindert previews the 2007 Chicago Blues Festival.

Posted on 6.3.2007
Reviving Twinight

Chicago Public Radio’s Dan Bindert reviews a reissue of the long-gone Chicago label Twinight.

Posted on 5.15.2007
The River Queen

Chicago Public Radio’s Dan Bindert talks with author Mary Morris about her memoir The River Queen (Henry Holt, 2007).

Posted on 5.3.2007
'In This Room' Review..

Eight Forty-Eight's Dan Bindert reviews the latest album from Typhanie Monique and Neal Alger.

Posted on 4.23.2007
The Music of Bobby Broom

Chicago Public Radio's Dan Bindert joins guitarist Bobby Broom and his trio in the performance studio for some music and conversation.

Posted on 4.11.2007
Easter Hymns

Musicians John Goldman and Pierre Walker join Chicago Public Radio's Dan Bindert in our performance studio to sing and talk about their new album, Higher Faith.

Posted on 4.5.2007
Introducing Johnny Griffin

Chicago Public Radio's Dan Bindert reviews the re-issue of saxophonist Johnny Griffin's debut release.

Posted on 3.26.2007
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