Chicago Radio Market and/or Tapeables Page

as of 4 October 99

2...2...2 lists in one! The following contains every station in the Chicago metropolitan area, and with special notations for those I can record from home and/or work.

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Notations:

Bold -- Stations I can record easily from home or work, and in stereo (where available)

Italics -- To make the "tapeable" aspect of this list more complete, it includes a number of out-of-market stations I can record well at home or while traveling around Chicagoland

-#- -- In the Chicago market, but is tough or impossible to record

All other stations (neither notation), can be recorded, tho would require either some travel on my part, or at home only through the melodiously monophonic Superadio II

!!! -- Personal faves [!-good, !!-great, !!!-Yes!!!]

$ -- Stereo AM, TV

= -- Simulcast (with other station mentioned)

{Universal Media Netweb} -- Satellite program (if/when known)

Will also make note of special programs which may be of interest, though these are now covered in more detail on a separate page.

Notes of caution to the Typical Radio Geeks out there...this list is in proper frequency order, AMs followed by FMs. It may also confuse them, but the only stations with "-FM" as part of their call sign are those licensed to carry such a suffix. Despite the popular misconception these days, there is still no such thing as a call-sign with an "-AM" attachment. Furthermore, unlike many of them, I keep use of hyphens ("-") to a tasteful minimum.

Oh yeah, in the programming notes, it's "news" or it's "talk"...what most folks seem to call "news-talk" is really just lots of talk talk!!.

[530]

IDOT traffic TIS net

[560] WIND

Mexican AC, news, sports (inc. White Sox)

(dropped $tereo, darn)

[580] WILL

NPR news, talk, public affairs [U of IL/Urbana]

[620] WTMJ

Talk, sports (Brewers, Packers, U of WI, Bucks) $

Sunday Soundstage [!!!]; Art Bell, inc. "Dreamland"

[670] WMAQ

news, sports (inc. Bears, Blackhawks), sports-yap $

When Radio Was; Larry King

[720] WGN

talk, sports (inc. Cubs, Northwestern U), news, sports-yap $

[750] WNDZ

religion, ethnic, paid talk

[780] WBBM [!!!]

news $

[800]

O'Hare parking TIS

[820] WYPA

talk, religion [Catholic Family Radio] = 930

[850] WAIT

MoR-Standards {AM Only}, local talk $

"Rat Pack Weekend" (syndicated) Saturday 1-3pm

[890] WLS

talk talk, satellite talk $

Jay Marvin returns (M-F 7pm)...I can listen to WLS again!!

[920] WOKY

MoR standards {AM Only} $

(has a good local show)

[930] WAUR

talk, religion {Catholic Family Radio} = 820

[950] WNTD

Spanish talk, sports {Radio Unica}

[1000] WMVP

local & satellite sports-yap {ESPN}, sports (inc White Sox, Bulls)

[1030] WNVR

Polish talk, news, rock, etc

[1050] WLIP

MoR-standards {AM Only} $

local Music of the Stars [!!!]

[1060] WHFB

news {CNN Headline News}

[1080] WNWI

basic block ethnic, mostly eastern European

[1110] WMBI

religion, Spanish religion

[1160] WSCR

sports-talk (mostly local), sports

[1200] WLXX

Caribbean Spanish

[1220] WKRS

local & satellite talk, news

{alt.site}

[1230] WJOB

talk, AC and MoR eves/wknds; sports (Cook County Cheetahs)

[1240] WCRW, WEDC

Gone gone gone! Merged into WSBC, sniffle

[1240] WSBC

various block ethnic, MoR, talk, etc (= WCFJ)

[1270] WWCA

Spanish AC-ballads

(Still IDs as Gary)

[1280] WBIG

talk {Squawk America}; local coupon/voucher sales Sat am, some Mexican weekends

[1300] WRDZ

children-hits-oldies-Disney infomercials {Radio Disney} = 1500 $

[1330] WKTA

block ethnic and religious, metal overnights

[1340] WJOL

MoR-Standards {AM Only??}

Art Hillyer [!!!])

(supposed to have a blues show, some late night)

[1360] WLBK

full-serve talk, AC-oldies for DeKalb area [for now]

[1370] WLTH

talk, gospel (when on)

[1390] WGCI

gospel $

(still has one "dusties" show, late Saturday night [!!!])

[1410] WRMN

local & satellite talk; Mexican parts of wknds; coupon/voucher sales; sports (Schaumburg Flyers)

[1430] WEEF

block ethnic

[1450] WCEV

block ethnic

[station on 1pm-10pm]

[1450] WVON

urban talk, blues overnight

[1470] WCFJ

block ethnic (= WSBC)

[1480] WFXW [!]

full-serve AC-oldies

[1490] WPNA

block ethnic (mostly Polish, Spanish, Irish, Arabic)

[1500] WDDZ

kids { Radio Disney} = 1300

[1500] WAKE

satellite talk

[1510] WWHN

gospel

[1530] WJJG

local & satellite talk, Italian, Indian & other ethnic $

local Saturday With Sinatra s/on to 830am; Owner has wacky morning talk show

[1570] WBEE [!!!]

jazz, gospel, talk, blues

[1580] WKKD

news {CNN Headline News}, when not oldies = 95.9

[1590] WONX

Spanish, block ethnic (Indian [!!], Jewish, other)

(dropped $tereo)

[1600] WCGO

MoR-Standards {Stardust}

[1600] WMCW [!]

full-serve AC $

[1610] KMB824 (and others)

IDOT traffic TIS network

[1620] WNWZ910

Village of Bensenville local info

[88.1] WCRX

dance hits, rap, AoR/metal, more [Columbia Coll - central]

[88.1] WSSD

urban talk, gospel, some blues [se]

(has commercials, and a sales manager!?!)

[88.1] WLTL

classic rot, hits [Lyons Township HS -- w]

[88.1] WLRA

eclectic rock, classical, others [Lewis U -- sw]

[88.1] WETN

religious, ez christian, jazz [Wheaton Coll -- w]

[88.1] WNTH

hits, AoR (school hours and some Saturdays) [New Trier Twp HS - n]

[88.3] WXAV

various rock, jazz, etc [St Francis Xavier Coll -- sw]

[88.3] WZRD [!!!]

eclectic rock, noise, etc [NE IL Univ -- n]

Hour Of Slack Saturday

(may have dropped Over the Edge??)

[88.3] WDGC

album rock [Downers Grove HS -- sw]

[88.3] WDSO

hits, rock, whatever [Chesterton HS -- se]

[88.5] WHPK [!!!]

jazz, reggae, more [U of Chicago -- se]

[88.5] WGBK

hits, oldies, AoR (down to school days only) [Glenbrook South HS - n]

[88.5] WHFH

hits, dance (school hours only??) -#- [Homewood-Flossmoor HS -- s]

[88.5] WHSD

hits, rock (school hours, occasional Saturday morns) [Hinsdale South HS -- w]

[88.7] WLUW

dance, rock, ethnic, blues/zydeco, religious, etc [Loyola U - n]

Somebody Else's Troubles (folk, country) Sat 10-noon

[88.7] WRSE

hits, album rock, other [Elmhurst Coll -- w]

[88.7] WCSF

?? (have not heard lately...weekdays only now?) [Coll of Saint Francis -- sw]

[88.7] WGVE [!]

jazz, blues, gospel [Gary Schools -- se]

[88.9] WOUI

jazz, reggae, rap (weekdays only?) [IL Institute of Technology -- s]

[88.9] WEPS

classical, public affairs, rock (school hours only) [Elgin Public Schools -- nw]

[88.9] WMXM

rock, MoR (weekdays, some Sundays) [Lake Forest Coll -- n]

[88.9] WJCG

religious talk {Moody Bible}

[88.9] WRRG

dance, hits, rock, etc [Triton Coll -- w]

[88.9] WARG

hits, dance, rock (weekdays only?) -#- [Argo HS -- sw]

[89.1] WONC

album rock, classic rock [North Central Coll -- w]

[89.3] WKKC

dance, rap, urban, sports-yap [Kennedy-King Coll -- s]

"Old & New School requests" Sat. 8-10pm

[89.3] WNUR [!!]

jazz, AoR, reggae, creole, etc [Northwestern U - n]

[89.5] WNIJ

NPR, jazz, blues [Northern IL U -- far w]

[89.7] WONU

Contemporary christian [Olivet Nazarene U -- far s]

[90.1] WMBI-FM

religious, ez Christian [Moody Bible Institute]

[90.5] WRTE [!]

urban and Latin dance sounds, in English or Spanish [w]

[90.5] "90.5" [!]

70s hits pirate

(Harwood Heights...heard on the occasional Saturday aft.)

[90.5] "WKPX" [!!]

alt.rock, urban-dance pirate

(LaGrange...on many Fridays, occasional Saturday)

Has e-mail [w]

[90.5] WMTH

album rock, chicken rock, chicken .... (school hours and football Saturdays only) [Maine East HS - nw]

[90.9] WDCB [!!!]

jazz, educational, classical, folk, "alternative", blues [Coll of DuPage - w]

Many, many shows I like

[91.5] WBEZ [!!]

NPR talk, public affairs, jazz, etc

Many shows I like

[91.9] WJCH

religion {Family Radio}

[92.3] WYCA

block religion, gospel

[92.7] WKIE

hit-AC = 92.7 (WKIF Kankakee), 92.5 (WDEK DeKalb)

[93.1] WXRT [!!]

eclectic AoR-classic, jazz, blues

Blues Breakers, Saturday Morning Flashback

[93.5] WJTW

satellite AC

[93.9] WLIT-FM

soft AC

[94.3] WJKL

sports-yap (1-on-1 Sports), metal, other brokered-time

Several shows I like, for now....

(reportedly will go 24/7 sports-yap in the fall, if "1-on-1 Sports" survives til then)

[94.7] WXCD

classic rot

a couple shows shows I like; Kevin Matthews mornings

[95.1] WVUR

various rock (weekdays only??) -#- [Valparaiso U -- se]

[95.1] WIIL

current to classic AoR

[95.5] WNUA [!]

soft jazz-AC [aka "smoothjazz"]

Ramsey Lewis amd

[95.9] WKKD-FM

local & satellite oldies {Good Times}, some = 1580; much talk wknds; sports (Kane County Cougars)

[96.3] WBBM-FM

dance hits

5 O'Clock Traffic Jam

[96.7] WLLI

classic rot (satellite??)

Route 66 Blues Weds 7-9pm [!]

[96.9] WNIZ

classical, R&B-blues = 97.1

[97.1] WNIB [!!!]

classical, R&B-blues = 96.9

Mr. A R&B overnight [!!!], Those Were The Days old radio Sat aft

[97.9] WLUP

classic rot

[98.3] WCCQ [!]

country

[98.7] WFMT [!!!]

classical, folk, jazz

Midnight Special (folk music & comedy) Saturday eve [!!!]

[99.5] WUSN

country hits

[99.9] WPZA

Mexican {La Zeta}

[100.3] WNND

soft-to-mid AC

[101.1] WKQX

alt.hits

(Mancow flagship mornings)

[101.5] "WARP"

standards-MoR, soft AC, folk, comedy

(apartment-wide audio relay)

[101.5] "WZCM"

60s-80s album rock pirate

(northeast Hoffman Estates, a bit of a hike but worth it to tape 'em...have heard traces at home, tough because of WNSN, WIBA-FM, WBNQ, etc)

[101.9] WTMX

uptempo AC

Retro 80s at 8 [!!]

[102.3] WYAA

gospel

[102.3] WXLC

hits-up AC

[102.7] WVAZ [!!!]

urban oldies & AC

Herb Kent oldies Sat AM and Sun aft [!!!]

[103.1] WXXY

80s oldies = WYXX (Morris/103.1)

Robert Murphy amd, Fred Winston pmd [!!]

[103.5] WUBT

urban (burnout) oldies

[103.9] WZCH

Mexican {La Zeta}

[103.9] WXRD [!!]

satellite "Real Country"

[104.3] WJMK

60s-70s (burnout) oldies

Dick Biondi [!!] eves

[105.1] WOJO

Spanish hit-AC

[105.5] WYKT

various AoR and alt.rock, metal overnight

[105.5] WZSR

satellite AC

[105.5] WLJE [!!]

country

[105.9] WCKG

personality-humor yap; paid-talk and classic rot late night and weekend

Howard Stern amd, Johnny B middays, Steve Dahl pmd [!]

[106.3] WYBA

gospel

[106.7] WYLL

religious talk

[107.1] WSPY

satellite AC

[107.1] WZVN

satellite AC

[107.5] WGCI-FM

urban hit-AC

{their SCA has a web site}

[107.9] WLEY

light Mexican

[162.55] KWO39

NOAA weather

[2] WBBM-TV

CBS (fuzzy) $

(alt.site)

[5] WMAQ-TV

NBC (fuzzy) $

alt.site

[7] WLS-TV

ABC (fuzzy) $

[9] WGN-TV

WB $

(Cubs, and some White Sox)

[11] WTTW

PBS $

[20] WYCC

educational, some PBS

[23] W23AT

ethnic (Polish, Chinese, Korean, Indian, more) $

[26] WCIU

independent $

Svengoolie, horror-film host, Saturdays 2-4pm

[28] WOCK-LP

ethnic (Korean, Indian), BOX overnight and Sunday $

[32] WFLD

FOX $

[36] W36AO

TBN (fuzzy)

(local TV listings now plugging WWTO, ch. 35 out of far-off LaSalle, but few area folks will get anything from that, and few more can get their several LPTVs)

[38] WCPX

PAX, informercials, religion overnight

[Has been dabbling in witchcraft...ooops, sorry ha...stereo lately]

[44] WSNS

TEL

[50] WPWR-TV

UPN $

[56] WYIN Gary, IN

PBS, educational $

[60] WEHS

HSN

To be whatever Barry Diller's network winds up being, eventually maybe

[62] WJYS

independent, shopping overnight $

[66] WGBO

UNI $

Tapes I Need

I trade aircheck tapes...I do NOT buy or sell airchecks, but am happy to swap. Please write first...no unsolicited tapes will be replied to or returned.

I also enjoy corresponding via cassette..."talk-tapes" or "talk-letters". They can at least be a lively supplement to normal letters!

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New to MarkTime RadioWorld!

Slightly more detailed notations of good Chicago-area radio programs.

Some Chicagoland radio history here.

Los Angeles market radio list.

Newly rewritten pirate radio articles.

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Fresh-caught Chicago market ratings over by here

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Coming Soon to MarkTime RadioWorld!

Expanded Midwest coverage, with several nearby radio markets!

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My Other Radio Pages Include...

The (Radio) Front Pages
Some tapes from the Aircheck Collection
The same stuff, and more, by state/province
Or, by call-sign (updated less often than above tho)
My Pirates Page
Another form of Pirates here, ha
Chicagoland Radio History starts here
Establish Contact For Tape-Trades, etc
Southern California radio list