Gilbert "Gil" Daspit

Gil Daspit is a longtime Chicago native who is a popular DJ for WHPK in Chicago.

His show entitled "Jazz Walk with Gil Daspit" is part of the Jazz Format programming of WHPK that is operated from the University of Chicago in the Hype Park section of Chicago, IL.

Scheduling for "Jazz Walk with Gil Daspit" can be found on the Internet at:

http://whpk.uchicago.edu/jazz/

 

The Jazz Format, swinging you around and driving you home. WHPK's famed DJs play the sounds of Jazz from the inside to the outside; their musical knowledge will educate, enlighten, and entertain. Jazz broadcasts every weekend and most evenings with a variety that includes Latin Jazz, Be Bop, Swing, Big Band, Free Jazz, the sounds of yesterday and tomorrow.

WHPK is a recognized student organization of the University of Chicago, and a non-profit, non-commercial radio station, licensed to the University. WHPK broadcasts at 100 watts of power at 88.5 FM. Its mission is to entertain and educate by broadcasting programming that consists of a wide range of voices and musics that are underrepresented elsewhere. This mission is two fold in its focus, extending both to the listening audience and to the membership of WHPK. Within this mission, it places highest value on freedom of expression and ideas. For this reason general programming decisions are made by the station staff, and immediate programming decisions regarding the construction of a show are made primarily by the DJs. Its membership of students and non-students makes possible our unique programming. WHPK's programming is designed to reach its listening community which includes the University, Hyde Park, and the South Side of Chicago.