RADIO STORIES BY ROBERT LOERZEL

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STORIES FROM CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO'S "EIGHT FORTY EIGHT" SHOW ON WBEZ 91.5 FM

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Feb. 9, 2011

Profile of Chicago band the Singleman Affair.

Nov. 10, 2010

Chicago's role in TV history.

June 16, 2010

A history of the juvenile courts in Illinois.

April 29, 2010

The legacy of Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft.

March 1, 2010

The evolution of Chicago's handgun ban.

Feb. 16, 2010

What a century-old ruling could mean for Chicago's handgun ban.

Oct. 16, 2009

Chicago's First Airplane Flight, One Hundred Years Ago.

Oct. 2, 2009

Vertebrats song "Left in the Dark" lives on.

Sept. 18, 2009

World music at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

July 31, 2009

New park is named after the Battle of Fort Dearborn.

July 1, 2009

Chicago's history with Tommy guns.

June 11, 2009

The story behind Kanye West's benefit concert.

May 29, 2009

The life and music of Jay Bennett.

April 28, 2009

"The Wizard of Oz," the 1902 stage version.

(The above stories were reported and written by Robert Loerzel, with production by the staff of "Eight Forty Eight" and Chicago Public Radio.)

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