Radio
Luminescence Media Group NFP has several radio programs in development. Its current radio project is the documentary, Blizzard.
Blizzard is a vox populi radio documentary capturing regular people's feelings about snow, recorded during Chicago's huge snow storm of 1979. In Blizzard Chicagoans describe the impact of the big snow on daily life and human relations as well as transportation and government - painting a complex portrait of urban humanity in the face of hostile weather. Some people view snow as playful, other view it as a hassle, and still others have unique perspectives that - in one case - involve perhaps too much alcohol.
The lack of response to this snow storm by the city's government is widely credited with bringing about Jane Byrne's upset victory over incumbent mayor Michael Bilandic in the Democratic primary, leading to her historic election as Chicago's first woman mayor. The public reaction that led to this election result, occurring six weeks after the storm, is explicitly captured during the documentary. Public transit passengers, displaced from the non-operational "L" and waiting for the bus, spend several minutes discussing the mayor's role in handling the snowstorm.
Originally broadcast under a different title on WNIB-FM (now WDRV-FM), Blizzard is being re-edited for broadcast today and is receiving a new narration track.
For more information and audio excerpts, visit the web site for Blizzard.