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WPPN
WPPN is an FM radio Radio station, station licensed to Des Plaines, Illinois, Des Plaines, Illinois that targets the Chicago metropolitan area. WPPN broadcasts on 106.7 Megahertz, MHz with a Latin pop, Spanish AC format. The station's studios are located at 625 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, and its transmitter is located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Arlington Heights. Due to WPPN's 50,000-watt signal and north suburban location, it can be heard through much of the Rockford area and southeastern Wisconsin. History Request Radio The station began broadcasting December 3, 1971, holding the call sign WYEN.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000', Broadcasting & Cable, 2000. p. D-137. Retrieved January 14, 2019. The station was owned by Walt-West Enterprises. WYEN aired an all-request format branded "Request Radio", playing music requested by listeners.Claude Hall (writer), Hall, Claude.WYEN Goes All Request, ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''. September 23, 1972. p. 16. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVIV-FM
WVIV-FM (Latino Mix 93.5) is a Spanish radio station licensed to Lemont, Illinois, serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It is part of the family of Univisión Radio, a division of Univisión Communications. The station's studios are located at 625 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, and the transmitter is atop the Oakbrook Terrace Tower in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. History WAJP The station began broadcasting April 17, 1960, and originally held the call sign WAJP. The station was owned by Alfred J. Pohlers and Mary Jane Pohlers, and its call sign was based on Alfred J. Pohlers' initials.Ghrist, John R. (1996). ''Valley Voices: A Radio History''. Crossroads Communications. p. 164-166. WAJP aired a beautiful music format, along with polka shows and other specialty programming blocks.1976 Broadcasting Yearbook', Broadcasting, 1976. p. C-60. Retrieved January 12, 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOJO
WOJO (105.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Evanston, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Tichenor License Corporation, a division of Uforia Audio Network. WOJO's studios are located at 541 N. Fairbanks Ct, Suite 1100, Chicago, and its transmitter is located atop the John Hancock Center. HD Programming The station is also broadcast on HD radio. As of January 2016, *HD1 is a digital simulcast of the traditional (analog) broadcast. *HD2 airs a hip hop format known as "Streetz 95.1". *HD3 is a simulcast of Spanish sports station WRTO History WEAW The station began broadcasting in February 1947, and held the call sign WEAW.Radio Frequency Modulation': Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on H. J. Res. 78; a Joint Resolution Relating to Assignment of a Section of the 50-megacycle Band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRTO (AM)
WRTO (1200 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish sports format. Licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Chicago area. It is owned by Univision subsidiary Univision Radio Illinois, Inc., and features local programming as well as shows originating at other Univision Radio stations. The station is the flagship station of the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer and the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. It also broadcasts select Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Blackhawks games in Spanish. History The station began broadcasting in January 1990, and held the call sign WOPA. It was owned by CID Broadcasting Inc. In 1993, its format was changed from Regional Mexican to Spanish AC. In 1995, the station was sold to Heftel Broadcasting for $4.5 million. Concurrent with the sale, its call sign was changed to WLXX, and it switched back to a Regional Mexican format branded "La X". Feder, Robert. "New WLXX Goes 'Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGBO-TV
WGBO-DT (channel 66) is a television station licensed to Joliet, Illinois, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to the Chicago area. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Aurora-licensed UniMás outlet WXFT-DT (channel 60). Both stations share studios at 541 North Fairbanks Court in the Streeterville neighborhood, while WGBO's transmitter is located atop the John Hancock Center. WGBO was established as WFBN in 1981 and primarily aired subscription television (STV) programming from the Spectrum service. After a consolidation in the Chicago STV market in 1984, the station converted to a more typical independent station. It was owned by the Grant Broadcasting System from 1986 to 1988, during which time it was the least successful station in the company's portfolio. Combined Broadcasting, the consortium of creditors formed in the wake of Grant's bankruptcy, sold the station to Univision in 1994, giving the network its first full-time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Z Rock
Z Rock was a nationally syndicated radio network based in Dallas, Texas, United States that, from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, played heavy metal and hard rock music. The format was one of several 24-hour satellite-delivered music formats offered by the pioneering Satellite Music Network (a company which in 1989 merged with ABC Radio Networks and later became Cumulus Media Networks). Z Rock debuted on Labor Day in 1986 with WZRC in Chicago as its first affiliate. During its early days, Z Rock drew attention for playing unedited, explicit versions of songs. In March 1990, Z Rock was nominated for the Billboard Awards, the only time a full-time hard rock/metal programming service has ever been so honored in the history of ''Billboard'' magazine. After several changes in personnel and programming direction, the network was discontinued on December 31, 1996. Programming Marketing Z Rock targeted fans of heavy metal and hard rock, a group that was increasingly ignored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uforia Audio Network
Uforia Audio Network () is the radio broadcasting and music events division of TelevisaUnivision USA. Formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and Univision Radio, it is the eighth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States, and the largest specifically catering to Hispanic and Latino Americans. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. History Univision, previously known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. (between 2000 and September 22, 2003) and Heftel Broadcasting Corp, was the result of a February 14, 1997 merger of Tichenor Media System, Inc., a private company based in Dallas, Texas, and Heftel Broadcasting, a public company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tichenor had been in broadcasting since the 1940s. McHenry Tichenor operated a station (KGBS on 1240, later KGBT on 1530) in Harlingen, Texas. In 1950, they added KUNO Corpus Christi, Texas. Later station purchases were KIFN in Phoenix, Arizona; WGMA in Hollywood, Florida; & WACO-AM-FM and TV (construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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