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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 continued to play Adult R&B music, but during the late evenings and weekends. In August 2011, WSRB dropped the name "Real Radio" and switched back to calling itself "Soul 106-3", but the programming was initially unchanged. [23] In 2014, the station dropped the D.L. Hughley syndicated afternoon show after only a year. (Hughley ...
WSIU (91.9 FM, "Powered by You") is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/information and classical music format. [2] Licensed to Carbondale, Illinois , the station serves Southern Illinois . The station is currently owned by Southern Illinois University Carbondale and features programming from American Public Media , National Public Radio ...
WGCI-FM (107.5 MHz) is an urban contemporary radio station that is licensed to Chicago, Illinois, serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana.It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia (formerly known as Clear Channel Communications until September 2014).
WDCB (90.9 MHz) is a non-commercial public FM radio station licensed to Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It largely airs jazz programming and is owned by the College of DuPage. Most shows are locally-hosted but some select programs come from National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX). [4]
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
WXOL aired a blues oriented format, and its appearance on the dial sparked an immediate increase in the sales of blues records in the Chicago area. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] WGCI (107.5 FM) was also programmed to appeal to black audiences, and it and other FM stations won away many of WVON's listeners. [ 43 ]
WCKL (97.9 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, featuring a Christian contemporary format via the K-Love network. Owned and operated by Educational Media Foundation (EMF), WCKL serves the Chicago metro area with a transmitter located atop the John Hancock Center.