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WNVR (1030 kHz, "Polskie Radio Chicago") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Vernon Hills, Illinois, and serving the Chicago metropolitan area. WNVR is one of eight stations owned by Polnet Communications. It simulcasts a Polish language radio format with sister station WRDZ (1300 AM). [2]
WBGX (1570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a gospel format. Located in Harvey, Illinois, United States, it serves the Chicago area. The station is owned by Brian Byrnes. [5] WBGX is a locally owned radio station that brokers time to churches in order to serve the Chicago and South Suburban areas.
According to the FCC online database, WNZK is the only AM radio station in North America using two frequencies, one by day, one at night. At one time, several radio stations in Detroit were multi-lingual. 97.9 FM aired a similar ethnic format for many years with a similar call sign, WMZK. It used the same "Station of the Nations" slogan until 1980.
WFUR 1570 was constructed and put on the air in 1947. It was licensed as a 1,000-watt, daytime-only station. A trio of war veterans operated WFUR from 1947–1950. The programing was typical for that time period: Weekdays playing secular music and programs and some paid church programs on the weekends. One of the paid programs was the "Hour of ...
WCTS signed on in 1965 on 100.3 FM, with a format consisting mostly of conservative evangelists and Bible teachings by the Fourth Baptist Church in north Minneapolis.. Colfax Communications, a startup company based in Minneapolis, purchased the FM station in early 1993 and in turn bought 1030 AM to sell back to the seminary so the seminary would continue to have a broadcast voice.
WGRB (1390 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it airs an urban gospel format. On Sundays, the station broadcasts the services of several African-American churches in the area. The studios are at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago.
WCFJ (1470 AM) was a radio station licensed to Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States. [3] Its transmitter was located south of Crete, Illinois and served Chicago's south suburbs and South Side, as well as Northwest Indiana. [4] The station's original call sign was WMPP.
By 1977, the station had adopted a multicultural ethnic format. [1] [13] On October 25, 1977, the station's callsign was changed to WQVQ. [3] In 1978, the station was sold to Metroweb Corporation for $260,000. [3] [14] Its call sign was changed back to WEEF on February 12, 1979. [3] In 1984, the station was sold to Gordon and Myra Winston for ...