The show is hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot and features interviews with musicians and industry figures as well as dissections of classic albums and musical movements.
Kot and DeRogatis also review recent record releases and share under-the-radar albums they call "Buried Treasures."
Sound Opinions began life as a regular feature on Ed Schwartz's overnight program on WLUP-AM in 1993 featuring then Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis and Bill Wyman who was the rock critic for the Chicago Reader at that time.
[3] As of September 1, 2020, Sound Opinions has existed as an independent production based at Columbia College Chicago.
Its users, or "SOMBies," discussed music, the Chicago scene, pop culture, politics, and occasionally their personal lives.