Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet Goodbye to 'Eight-Forty-Eight', hello to 'The Morning Shift with Tony Sarabia' September 7, 2012 By: Kate Dries Download Story [View the story "Goodbye to 848, hello to The Morning Shift with Tony Sarabia" on Storify]Goodbye to 848, hello to The Morning Shift with Tony SarabiaWe promised you a big announcement, and WBEZ's CEO Torey Malatia is here to explain it.Storified by · Fri, Sep 07 2012 07:39:48undefinedTumblrFrom WBEZ's CEO Torey Malatia:Eight Forty-Eight premiered in January of 1998 as the first significant manifestation of our institutionalrecommitment to serve our community first. We assembled our best producers, most recognized hosts, and most compelling contributors to offer our audience a one hour magazine that offered a snapshot of our region;;Chicago’s current thinking on issues, its mostexciting artistic expression, its challenges and accomplishments. Eight Forty Eight won awards as the area’s best talk show, it attracted great journalistic talent to our staff and our contributor ensemble, and was even copied by other public radio stationsaround the country. But most importantly it started WBEZ on the road to working diligently to provide relevant, authenticcommunity service to metro Chicago. It inspire other investments in discussion programming that has now led ups to providing Chicago-originated service to more and more of our daily midday broadcasts. As we grow and build on the great work of our colleagues—someof who remain with us here and some who have pursued other creative endeavors over the years, we are thankful to you, our audience, for both your encouragement and your criticism, your patience at our off-days and your delight at our successes. If child isfather to the man, Eight Forty is father to a deep, pervasive commitment to reflecting our community through all of our public service platforms. Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet Categories Eight Forty-Eight, name change, WBEZ, Previous post in The BEZ The Morning Drive Podcast: Friday Next post in The BEZ Helping women heal from the scars of torture, a celebration of Turkish cinema and Weekend Passport View the discussion thread. Top Headlines On WBEZ.org Chicago's biggest 'L' rebuild After Joplin: Rebuilding after a tornado, branch by branch Chicago's best diner breakfasts LoziLu Mud Run: Photo of the Day - May 23, 2013 What’s (still) manufactured in Chicago Where was Rep. Aaron Schock at 25? Spy cam, icefish make climate change connection Historic South Side theater for sale Chicago bike culture 101
