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New Show: ‘Round the Board

A new show has premiered at Lumpen Radio!   ‘Round the Board is a school bus-inspired radio series exploring Chicago’s historic transition to its first fully elected school board. Hosted by journalists Cynthia Salgado and Leslie Hurtado, the eight-part series takes listeners on a route through Chicago’s South and Southwest Side districts, making stops along […]

Lumpen Radio is now a Hybrid-Digital Station

Listen Up, Chicago: Lumpen Radio’s Gone Digital!   BRIDGEPORT — July 29, 2026 — Stay tuned for big updates from Lumpen Radio… After 10 years of bringing community run radio to Chicago’s airwaves, Lumpen Radio has transitioned to a Hybrid-Digital broadcast! Alongside this major upgrade, we are proud to introduce a brand new station ID. […]

Chicago Immigration Hub

The Chicago Immigration Hub is a multilingual network of local newsrooms providing reliable, solutions-oriented news and information centering immigrants and their experience in the Chicago region.   This is a project that groups together media outlets such asLumpen Radio, Borderless Magazine, La Raza, La Voz, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ, South Side Weekly, The […]

CRACKS: A Music Album to Support Lumpen Radio

  The Lost Children Net Label launched a music record called CRACKS on June 27th, 2026, at the Suoni per il Popolo festival. It features different musicians from all around the globe who have made their compositions around the topic of confronting the violence behind borders, surveillance, and deportation. This album is a compilation of […]