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WKQX (101.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, featuring an alternative rock format known as "Q101". Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area. WKQX's studios are located in the NBC Tower, while the station transmits from atop the John Hancock Center.
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Illinois, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations
The station's initial country music competitors in Chicago were 670 WMAQ, 104.3 WJEZ, and 1160 WJJD, which switched to the adult standards Music of Your Life format within weeks of "US-99"'s debut. [38] In years when the station lacked major local competition, it has ranked as the nation's most-listened-to country station. [44] [45]
[5] [6] In 1977 the station's call sign was changed to WCSJ-FM to match 1550 AM; [1] the two stations continued to simulcast. [7] By 1983, the stations were airing a country music format. [8] In 1988, 104.7 FM separated its programming from 1550 AM and changed its call letters to WUEZ-FM. [3] As WUEZ-FM, the station aired an easy listening format.
It was divested and sold to Withers Broadcasting in 2008 as part of Clear Channel's plan to exit small market radio. [2] In July 2009, the top 40 format and call sign were moved to 105.1 FM in Murphysboro, Illinois, with the active rock format and WTAO-FM call sign coming over to 92.7 FM. The stations announced a reversal of the call sign swap ...
WXRT (93.1 FM), also known as XRT and 93-XRT is an alternative rock radio station in Chicago, Illinois.The station is owned by Audacy, Inc.. The station broadcasts from a transmitter atop John Hancock Center and its studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza near Chicago's Millennium Park.
The station began broadcasting on March 10, 1960, holding the call sign WNWC ("North West Communities"). [1] [5] [6] In July 1961, the station was purchased by Bob Atcher and Thomas Hogan. [5] [7] WNWC would air a wide variety of non-rock music. [5] It aired four hours of country music a day before increasing it to 12 hours a day in November ...
The station began broadcasting September 21, 1986, holding the call sign WLRT. [1] [2] The station aired a lite rock format. [2] [1] In 1993, the station adopted a country music format and was branded "T93". [6] In 1998, the station was sold to Big City Radio, which also purchased WCBR-FM in Arlington Heights (also on 92.7) at the same time. [7]