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Chicago metropolitan area The Chicago metropolitan area, also colloquially referred to as Chicagoland, is a metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States. Encompassing 10,286 sq mi (28,120 km2), the metropolitan area includes the city of Chicago, its suburbs and hin ...

(the Chicago market) commands the third-largest

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in the

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after

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and

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and the largest inland market. All of the major U.S.

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s have subsidiaries in Chicago.

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, which is owned by the

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, is carried (with some programming differences) as "

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" on cable and satellite nationwide.

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is also headquartered in Chicago, which, along with

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, are some the largest owners of daily newspapers in the country.

History

Journalists, novelists, architects, engineers, business tycoons, scientists, poets, sports teams, criminals, and millions of laborers shaped Chicago's national and international reputation.

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and representations are important means by which the city is known and negotiated. During the years of rapid urbanization between 1890 and 1930, numerous daily newspapers presented the most important and pervasive versions of the city. Among the significant innovations of Chicago's newspapers in these years that shaped the idea of the city was the emergence of the local color columnist. Groeninger (2005) examines the role of columnists in Chicago newspapers in creating a "city of the mind." After a review of the literature on images of cities, the relationship of newspapers to modern city life in the thought of Robert Park, and the world of Chicago's newspapers at the turn of the 20th century, detailed studies of a number of the most important columnists of the era follow.

George Ade George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that ...

's column of the 1890s in the ''Daily News'', "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," presented a view of Chicago from the perspective of migrants from the small towns of the Midwest. In the same decade

Finley Peter Dunne Finley Peter Dunne (born Peter Dunne; July 10, 1867 – April 24, 1936) was an American humorist, journalist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published ''Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War'', a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Doole ...

's column in the ''Evening Post'', featuring the fictional Irish barkeeper, Mr. Dooley, offered readers a literary version of the Irish working-class neighborhood of Bridgeport.

Ring Lardner Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Wo ...

's ''Tribune'' sports column of the teens, "In the Wake of the News," satirized not only Chicagoans obsession with sports, but also the middle-class culture of opera, musical theater, and the newspaper itself. Several columns in the black newspaper, '' The Whip'', offered images of Bronzeville in the 1920s that both reflected and helped shape the experience of African-Americans on the South Side of Chicago.

Ben Hecht Ben Hecht (; February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplay ...

's "1001 Afternoons in Chicago" column in the ''Daily News'' expressed a new, anti-Victorian sensibility in the post-war era, but his most enduring contributions to the image of Chicago were on the stage and in the new medium of film. The columnists who wrote about everyday life in the city were the most distinctive and powerful newspaper voices in shaping the idea of Chicago and the civic personality of the city itself.

Newspapers

Two major daily newspapers are published in Chicago, the ''

Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

'' and the ''

Chicago Sun-Times The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media, and has the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the '' Chicago ...

''. The former has the larger circulation. There are also a number of regional and special-interest newspapers such as the ''Daily Herald'' (Arlington Heights), ''

SouthtownStar The ''Daily Southtown'' (formerly ''SouthtownStar'') is a newspaper of the Chicago, Illinois, United States metropolitan area that covers the south suburbs and the South Side neighborhoods of the city – a wide region known as the Chicago S ...

'', the ''

Chicago Defender ''The Chicago Defender'' is a Chicago-based online African-American newspaper. It was founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind. Abbott's newspaper reported and campaigned against J ...

'', ''

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'', '' Third Coast Press'' and the ''

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Bridgeport News The ''Bridgeport News'' is an American weekly community, non-partisan independent newspaper that serves the Chicago neighborhoods of Bridgeport, Canaryville, Armour Square, Chinatown A Chinatown () is an ethnic enclave of Chinese people loc ...

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Chicago Shimpo The , published by Chicago Shimpo, Inc. (シカゴ新報社 ''Shikago Shinpō-sha''), is a Japanese-American newspaper published for readers in the Chicago, Illinois area. As of 1995 it was published twice weekly.Lev, Michael A. "Struggling To K ...

'' *'' Chicago Standard'' *'' Clear Ridge Reporter'' * ''Dziennik Związkowy'' (''Polish Daily News'') *'' Edgebrook Times'' *'' Edison Review'' *'' Exito'' *''

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Hyde Park Herald The ''Hyde Park Herald'' is a weekly newspaper that serves the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Overview The newspaper was founded in 1882. For the ''Heralds first seven years, it was a suburban newspaper covering affairs in an in ...

'' *'' Inside-Booster'' *'' Korean News'' *'' Korean Times'' *''

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'' *'' La Voz de Chicago'' *''

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'' *'' Lumpen'' *'' McKinley Park Life'' *'' Mt. Greenwood Express'' *'' Nadig Press-Journal'' *'' Near North News'' *'' New Metro News'' *'' News-Star'' *'' North Lawndale Community News'' *'' North Loop News'' *'' Northwest Leader-Post'' *'' Norwood Review'' *'' River North News'' *'' Sauganash Sounds'' *''

Scottsdale Independent Scottsdale may refer to: * Scottsdale, Arizona, United States * Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia * Scottsdale Reserve, New South Wales, Australia * A former trim level for the Chevrolet C/K C/K is a series of trucks that was manufactured by Gene ...

'' *'' Shoreland News'' *''

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Super Express USA Super Express USA is the largest Polish-American newspaper in the United States. The newspaper has been published daily except Sundays and Holidays since April 15, 1996 and is distributed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Penns ...

'' *'' Third Coast Press'' *'' Tri-City Journal'' *'' Ukrainske Slovo (Ukrainian Community Newspaper - Est 2002)'' *'' Westside Journal'' *''

World Journal ''World Journal'' () is a Pan-Blue Taiwanese broadsheet newspaper published in North America. It is the largest Chinese language newspaper in the United States and one of the largest Chinese language newspapers outside of Greater China, with a ...

Business, legal, entertainment and other local periodicals

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Chicago Journal of International Law The ''Chicago Journal of International Law'' is a semiannual, student-edited law review published by the University of Chicago Law School since spring 2000. The journal publishes articles covering international law, international relations, and re ...

'' *'' Chicago Life'' *'' Chicago Parent'' *''

The Chicago Reporter ''The Chicago Reporter'' is a monthly periodical based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Founded in 1972, it covers poverty and race issues. It was founded by John A. McDermott, who sought to create "the nation's first publication devoted to analyzing a ...

'' *'' Chicagoland Golf'' *''

Crain's Chicago Business ''Crain's Chicago Business'' is a weekly business newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, IL. It is owned by Detroit-based Crain Communications Inc., Crain Communications, a privately held publishing company with more than 30 magazines, including ''Adve ...

'' *'' Jettison Quarterly'' *'' PerformInk'' *'' South Shore Parent'' *'' Third Coast Review'' *''

Time Out Chicago ''Time Out'' is a global magazine published by Time Out Group. ''Time Out'' started as a London-only publication in 1968 and has expanded its editorial recommendations to 328 cities in 58 countries worldwide. In 2012, the London edition beca ...

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UR Chicago ''UR Chicago'' is an online magazine covering regional and national lifestyles and entertainment. It was a print magazine between 1997 and 2008. History and profile Founded in 1997, ''UR Chicago'' was published by Pure Entertainment Group. The ma ...

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Windy City Times ''Windy City Times'' is an LGBT newspaper in Chicago that published its first issue on September 26, 1985. History ''Windy City Times'' was founded in 1985 by Jeff McCourt, Bob Bearden, Drew Badanish and Tracy Baim, who started Sentury Public ...

Defunct newspapers

*'' Chicago Conservator'' *''

Chicago Daily News The ''Chicago Daily News'' was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. History The ''Daily News'' was founded by Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy, and William Doughert ...

'' *'' Chicago Free Press'' *''

Chicago Inter Ocean The ''Chicago Inter Ocean'', also known as the ''Chicago Inter-Ocean'', is the name used for most of its history for a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from 1865 until 1914. Its editors included Charles A. Dana and Byron Andrews. Histo ...

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Chicago's American The ''Chicago American'' was an afternoon newspaper published in Chicago, under various names until its dissolution in 1974. History The paper's first edition came out on July 4, 1900, as '' Hearst's Chicago American''. It became the ''Morning ...

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Gay Chicago ''Gay Chicago'' is a defunct LGBT online news organization in Chicago, Illinois, which ceased publishing in print form on September 21, 2011. ''Gay Chicago'' replaced ''Gay Chicago Magazine'' which was founded in 1976 by Ralph Paul Gernhardt an ...

'' *'' Gay Chicago News'' *'' Red Streak'' *'' Southeast Chicago Observer''

Broadcast radio

The Chicago metropolitan area is currently the third-largest radio market in the United States as ranked by

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. The following list includes full-power stations licensed to Chicago proper, in addition to area suburbs. Currently, radio stations that primarily serve the Chicago metropolitan area include:AM Query – AM Radio Technical Information – Audio Division (FCC) USA

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* 560

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) * 640

WMFN WMFN (640 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a black-oriented news format. The station is owned by Birach Broadcasting. Licensed to Peotone, Illinois and currently serving Chicago, it first began broadcasting in Zeeland, Michigan in 1990 un ...

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) * 670

WSCR WSCR (670 AM) – branded as 670 The Score – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois, servicing the Chicago metropolitan area and much of surrounding Northern Illinois, Northwest Indiana and parts of the Milwa ...

Chicago (

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)¹ * 720 WGN Chicago ( Talk)¹ * 750 WNDZ Portage, IN ( Brokered) * 780 WBBM Chicago (

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)¹ * 820 WCPT Willow Springs (

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) * 890 WLS Chicago (

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WNTD WNTD (950 AM) is a radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc. Its has separate day-time (1,000 watts; non-directional) and night-time (5,000 watts; directional) transmitter locations. It is currently one of ...

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) * 1000

WMVP WMVP (1000 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, carrying a sports format. Owned by Good Karma Brands, the station serves the Chicago metro area as the market affiliate of ESPN Radio, the flagship station of the Chica ...

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)¹ * 1030

WNVR WNVR (1030 AM, "Polskie Radio Chicago") is a radio station licensed to serve Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States. WNVR is one of eight stations owned by Polnet Communications. It broadcasts Polish language programming 24 hours a day.

Vernon Hills ( Polish) * 1080

WNWI WNWI (1080 AM) is a time brokered radio station broadcasting an ethnic radio format. Licensed to Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States, it serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by the Birach Broadcasting Corporation. WNWI operat ...

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) * 1110 WXES Chicago (

ESNE Radio ESNE Radio is a Spanish-language Catholic radio network based in the United States, owned by El Sembrador Ministries. Headquartered in Chatsworth, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, ESNE broadcasts on 14 stations in the United States, Mexico and ...

)² * 1160 WYLL Chicago (

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) * 1200 WRTO Chicago (

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WKRS WKRS (1220 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Sports format. Licensed to Waukegan, Illinois, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from TUDN Ra ...

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) * 1230 WJOB Hammond, IN ( Talk/

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WSBC WSBC (1240 AM) is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, which broadcasts brokered programming. It is owned by Newsweb Corporation. History WSBC began broadcasting in 1925 and originally broadcast at 1430 kHz.Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

) * 1270

WWCA WWCA (1270 AM) is a radio station in Gary, Indiana. It airs a Catholic format, and is part of Relevant Radio's Spanish language network. History Radio station WWCA, an ABC Radio affiliate in Gary, experienced its peak in popularity during the 1 ...

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) * 1300 WRDZ La Grange ( Polish) * 1320 WKAN Kankakee ( Talk) * 1330

WKTA WKTA (1330 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a multicultural ethnic format. Licensed to Evanston, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Polnet Communications, Ltd. The transmitter's po ...

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) * 1340

WJOL WJOL (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk/sports format. Licensed to Joliet, Illinois, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. WJOL carries a variety of local progr ...

Joliet ( Talk) * 1370 WLTH Gary, IN (

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WGRB WGRB (1390 AM) is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois owned by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014). It airs a gospel music format targeted to Chicago's African-American religious community. On Sundays, th ...

Chicago (

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) * 1410 WRMN Elgin ( Talk) * 1420 WIMS Michigan City ( Talk/

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WEUR WEUR (1490 AM) is a time-brokered radio station licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Daniela Wojcik, through licensee CSWWII, LLC. Programming The maj ...

Oak Park ( Polish/

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) * 1500 WAKE

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) * 1500

WPJX WPJX (1500 AM) is a radio station, licensed to Zion, Illinois, that airs a heavy metal format.Zion Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously Romanization of Hebrew, transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Isra ...

( Heavy metal) * 1510 WWHN Joliet (

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WCKG WCKG (1530 AM) is a radio station licensed to Elmhurst, Illinois, United States. The station serves the Chicago area and is owned by DuPage Radio, LLC. The station operates during daytime hours only. Hours of operation are determined by the Feder ...

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WBGX 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 currently owned by Great Lakes Radio-Chicago, LLC. WBGX is a locally owned radio station that ...

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) * 1590 WCGO Evanston ( Talk/

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WVON WVON (1690 AM "The Voice of the Nation", originally "Voice of the Negro") is a radio station serving the Chicago market, which airs an African-American-oriented talk format. WVON is owned by Midway Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcasts at ...

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WRME-LD WRME-LD (channel 33) is a low-power television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, affiliated with Jewelry Television. The station's audio channel, transmitting at 87.75 MHz (or VHF channel 6), lies within the FM band; as a result, W ...

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WLUW WLUW (88.7 FM) is a college radio station owned and operated by Loyola University Chicago, serving Chicago, Illinois and its northern suburbs. History WLUW was founded in the 1970s, although it originally was not associated with Loyola Unive ...

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WMXM WMXM is an independent college radio station at Lake Forest College. According to its website, the goal of the station is to provide listeners an alternative to commercial radio through unique programming and music selection. The station broadcas ...

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WONC WONC (89.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an album-oriented rock format. Licensed to Naperville, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by North Central College. History The station h ...

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WNUR-FM WNUR-FM (89.3 FM) is a 7,200–watt radio station based in Evanston, Illinois that broadcasts to Chicago and its northern suburbs. It is the student radio station of Northwestern University. History WNUR first began broadcasting on May 8, ...

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

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WBEW WBEW (89.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational (NCE), Class B1 public radio station at Chesterton in Northwest Indiana. Since June 2007, the station has been branded Vocalo, initially airing listener submitted content and later airing an urb ...

Chesterton, Indiana Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships in Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 14,241 at the 2020 Census. The three towns of Chesterton, Burns Harbor, and Porter are known as the Dunel ...

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Urban contemporary Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban conte ...

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WBEZ WBEZ (91.5 FM) – branded ''WBEZ 91.5'' – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the Chicago metropolitan area. Financed by corporate underwriting, government funding and li ...

Chicago (

/ talk)* * 91.7 WZKL

Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aq ...

( K-Love)* * 92.3

WPWX WPWX (92.3 FM) is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Hammond, Indiana and serving the Chicago metropolitan area in addition to Northwest Indiana, and is owned by Crawford Broadcasting. The station broadcasts from a transmitter a few ...

Hammond, IN (

Mainstream urban Mainstream may refer to: Film * ''Mainstream'' (film), a 2020 American film Literature * ''Mainstream'' (fanzine), a science fiction fanzine * Mainstream Publishing, a Scottish publisher * ''Mainstream'', a 1943 book by Hamilton Basso ...

) * 92.5 WCLR DeKalb ( K-Love)* * 92.7

WCPY WCPY (92.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Arlington Heights, Illinois, and serving the Chicago area. WCPY airs a Polish language format during the daytime, as "Polski FM", while airing a Dance Hits format at night known as "Dance Factory ...

Arlington Heights ( Polish/

) * 93.1

WXRT WXRT (93.1 FM), also known as XRT and 93-XRT is an adult album alternative (AAA) radio station in Chicago, Illinois. For many years, their slogan has been "Chicago's Finest Rock". "Chicago's Home For Music Lovers" has been used as its slogan si ...

Chicago (

Adult album alternative Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format. See pages 9 and 10Mills, Joshua. "A New Radio Music Format: Rock for Prosperous Adults" New York Times, Feb 28 1994, p. 2. ProQuest. Web. Accessed September 4, 2 ...

) * 93.5 WVIV-FM Lemont (

CHR) * 93.9

WLIT-FM WLIT-FM (93.9 Hertz, MHz, "93.9 Lite FM") is a radio station in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a soft adult contemporary format. Its studios are located at the Illinois Center complex in the Chicago Loop, while th ...

Chicago (

Soft AC Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ...

) * 94.3

WAWE WAWE (94.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian worship music format, licensed to Glendale Heights, Illinois, United States. The station serves the Chicago Metropolitan Area and is owned by the Educational Media Foundation, broadcasti ...

Glendale Heights Glendale Heights is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 33,176. History Glendale Heights was a small farming area served by the Glen Elly ...

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Air1 Air1 is an American Christian radio network. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), it primarily broadcasts contemporary worship music, and is a sister to the EMF's K-Love network. History In 1986, KLRD began broadcasting Christian ...

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WLS-FM WLS-FM (94.7 MHz) is a commercial classic hits radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area, and is the radio home of Dave Fogel. The WLS-FM studios are located at t ...

Chicago (

Classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 198 ...

) * 95.1

WIIL WIIL (95.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Union Grove, Wisconsin. The station serves Kenosha (its original city of license), Racine, the southern suburbs of Milwaukee and the northern suburbs of Chicago. WIIL is owned and o ...

Union Grove, WI (

Active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

) * 95.5

WCHI-FM WCHI-FM (95.5 MHz) is a mainstream rock formatted radio station located in Chicago, Illinois, owned and operated by iHeartMedia. WCHI-FM has studios located at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago, and it broad ...

Chicago (

Mainstream rock Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada. Format background Mainstream rock stations represent the middle ground between classic rock and active ro ...

) * 95.9 WERV-FM

Aurora An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), also commonly known as the polar lights, is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of bri ...

(

) * 96.3 WBBM-FM Chicago (

Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...

) * 96.7

WSSR WSSR (96.7 FM, "Star 96-7") is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Joliet, Illinois, United States, it serves South and West Suburban Chicago. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through lice ...

Joliet (

Hot AC Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ...

) * 96.9 WWDV

Zion Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously Romanization of Hebrew, transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Isra ...

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Classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, prim ...

) * 97.1 WDRV Chicago (

) * 97.9 WCKL Chicago ( K-Love)* * 98.3

WCCQ WCCQ (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Crest Hill, Illinois, United States, it serves the Joliet area. The station is owned by Alpha Media. History WCCQ began broadcasting on January 28, 1976, and or ...

Crest Hill (

Classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on inn ...

) * 98.7

WFMT WFMT is an FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a format of fine arts, classical music programming, and shows exploring such genres as folk. The station is managed by Window to the World Communications, Inc., owner of WTTW, Chicago ...

Chicago ( Classical) * 99.5

WUSN WUSN (99.5 FM) is a country radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Audacy, Inc. and branded as "US✶99", it is based at Two Prudential Plaza in the Loop, and transmits from atop the John Hancock Center with an HD Radio signal. History ...

Chicago (

Country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, whi ...

) * 99.9

WYHI WYHI (99.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Park Forest, Illinois, south of Chicago, with its transmitter located south of Peotone, Illinois. WYHI is an owned and operated affiliate of the Bible Broadcasting Network. History WKAK From its ...

Park Forest ( BBN)* * 100.3

WSHE-FM WSHE-FM (100.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois with an adult contemporary format focused on the 90s and 2000s with some 80s and 2010s music. The station is currently owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Its studios are located ...

Chicago (

Adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

) * 100.7

WRXQ WRXQ (100.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Coal City, Illinois, United States, it serves the Joliet area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media and features programming from ABC Radio. WRXQ's ...

Coal City (

) * 101.1

WKQX WKQX (101.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercial Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, featuring an alternative rock format known as "Q101". Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Chicago metropolit ...

Chicago (

Alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial ...

) * 101.9 WTMX Skokie (

) * 102.3

WXLC WXLC is an FM radio station that operates on the 102.3 frequency, based in Waukegan, Illinois. The format is currently hot adult contemporary and its owned by Alpha Media. WXLC broadcasts throughout Lake County, Illinois and Kenosha County, Wis ...

Waukegan (

) * 102.3

WYCA WYCA (102.3 FM) is licensed to Crete, Illinois, south of Chicago, with studios in Hammond, Indiana, and transmitter in Beecher, Illinois, south of Crete. The station is owned by Dontron, Inc., a subsidiary of Crawford Broadcasting Co. WYCA is ...

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...

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) * 102.7

WVAZ WVAZ (102.7 FM, "V103") is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. Licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, WVAZ is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., alongside sister stations WCHI-FM, WGCI-FM ...

Oak Park (

) * 103.1

WPNA-FM WPNA-FM (103.1 MHz) is a Polish radio station in Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by The Polish National Alliance, through licensee Alliance Radio, LLC. The station is licensed to Highland Park, Illinois and its transmitter is located in Arlington ...

Highland Park ( Polish music) * 103.5

WKSC-FM WKSC-FM (103.5 MHz) – branded "103.5 Kiss FM" – is a commercial Top 40 (CHR) radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format. Its studios are located at the Illinois Center complex o ...

Chicago (

) * 104.3

WBMX WBMX (104.3 FM, 104.3 Jams) is a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a classic hip hop radio format. WBMX's studios and offic ...

Chicago (

Classic hip hop Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after ...

) * 104.7 WCFL

Morris Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...

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)* * 105.1

WOJO WOJO (105.1 FM broadcasting, 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 d ...

Evanston (

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mex ...

) * 105.9

WCFS-FM WCFS-FM (105.9 MHz) – branded ''Newsradio 105.9 WBBM'' – is a commercial all-news radio station licensed to the Chicago suburb of Elmwood Park, Illinois. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station services the Chicago metropolitan area, operati ...

Elmwood Park (

) * 106.3

WSRB WSRB (106.3 FM) is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. It is licensed to the Southland suburb of Lansing, Illinois, and transmits within that city from a tower along the north ...

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, maki ...

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) * 107.5

WGCI-FM 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 Communicat ...

Chicago (

) * 107.9

WLEY-FM WLEY-FM (107.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Aurora, Illinois, serving Aurora, Chicago, Naperville, Joliet and much of surrounding Northeast Illinois. Owned by Spanish Broadcasting System, it broadcasts a regional Mexican format brand ...

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The Chicago metropolitan area is currently defined by Nielsen Media Research as the third-largest television market in the United States, with all of the major U.S.

television networks A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid- ...

having affiliates serving the region. As of October 2022, it is the largest US television market of which at least one station carrying commercial network programming is not owned by a particular network's parent company. Currently, television stations that primarily serve the Chicago metropolitan area include:

Broadcast

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WBBM-TV WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington ...

Chicago (

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

)* * 5

WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo outlet WSNS-TV (c ...

Chicago (

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...

)* * 7

WLS-TV WLS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on North Stat ...

Chicago ( ABC)* * 9

Chicago (Nexstar]) * 11

WTTW WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Owned by not-for-profit broadcaster Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is sister to commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). T ...

Chicago ( PBS) * 13

WOCK-CD WOCK-CD, virtual channel 13 ( VHF digital channel 4), is a low-power, Class A Shop LC– affiliated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Skokie-based KM Communications. WOCK-CD's studios a ...

Chicago (

Shop LC Shop LC, formerly known as Liquidation Channel and The Jewelry Channel, is an American cable television network based in Austin, Texas, which mainly specializes in selling jewelry. The network is a subsidiary of the Indian-based Vaibhav Global ...

) * 23

WWME-CD WWME-CD (channel 23) is a low-power, Class A television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, which serves as the flagship station of multicast networks MeTV and Heroes & Icons. It is owned by locally based Weigel Broadcasting alongside f ...

Chicago (

MeTV MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television program ...

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WPVN-CD WPVN-CD (channel 24) is a low-powered, Class A television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by HC2 Holdings. WPVN-CD's studios are located on West Belmont Avenue in northwest Chicago, and its transmitter is locate ...

Chicago (

Azteca América Azteca América (, sometimes shortened to Azteca) is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by INNOVATE Corp., which acquired the network from the Azteca International Corporation subsidiary of TV Azteca. Headquartere ...

)* * 26

WCIU-TV WCIU-TV (channel 26) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is the flagship television property of locally based Weigel Broadcasting, which has owned the station since its inception, and is sister ...

Chicago (

The CW ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

) * 32

WFLD WFLD (channel 32) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside Gary, Indiana–licensed MyNetworkTV ...

Chicago ( Fox)* * 34

WEDE-CD WEDE-CD, virtual channel 34 (UHF digital channel 28), branded on-air as MCTV, is a low-powered, Class A religious independent television station serving Chicago, Illinois, United States that is licensed to Arlington Heights. The station is owne ...

Arlington Heights (

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independe ...

) * 35 WWTO-TV Naperville ( TBN)* * 38

WCPX-TV WCPX-TV (channel 38) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network. The station is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, and maintains offices on De ...

Chicago (

Ion Television Ion Television is an American broadcast television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998, as Pax TV, focusing primarily on family-oriented en ...

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WESV-LD WESV-LD, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 31), is a low-powered Estrella TV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Estrella Media. The station transmits from the Willi ...

Chicago (

Estrella TV Estrella TV () is an American Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by the Estrella Media subsidiary of HPS Investment Partners, LLC. The network primarily features programs, the vast majority of which are produced by the network ...

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WSNS-TV WSNS-TV (channel 44) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC outlet WMAQ- ...

Chicago (

Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...

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WMEU-CD WMEU-CD (channel 48) is a low-power, Class A independent television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is owned by locally based Weigel Broadcasting alongside fellow Weigel flagship properties, CW affiliate WCIU-TV (channel 26) an ...

Chicago (

) * 50

WPWR-TV WPWR-TV (channel 50) is a television station licensed to Gary, Indiana, United States, broadcasting the MyNetworkTV programming service to the Chicago area. It is one of two commercial television stations in the Chicago market to be licensed in ...

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MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its ...

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UniMás UniMás (, stylized as ''UNIMÁS'', and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network's programming, which i ...

)* * 61

WCHU-LD WCHU-LD (channel 59) is a low-power television station licensed to Oakwood Hills, Illinois, United States, serving the Chicago area and primarily airing paid programming from Corner Store TV. It is a translator of Oswego-licensed WAOE (channel ...

Oakwood Hills (

Infomercials An infomercial is a form of television commercial that resembles regular TV programming yet is intended to promote or sell a product, service or idea. It generally includes a toll-free telephone number or website. Most often used as a form of dire ...

) * 62 WJYS Hammond, IN (

) * 66 WGBO-DT Joliet (

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and include ...

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owned-and-operated station In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate ...

Cable

Chicago Access Network Television Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV) is a public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable television service in Chicago, Illinois. The organization is funded by cable companies as part of their cable franchise agreements with the Ci ...

Chicagoland Television Chicagoland Television (branded on-air as CLTV) was an American regional cable news television channel located in Chicago, Illinois. The channel served the Chicago metropolitan area. The channel was formerly owned by Tribune Media (through its T ...

NBC Sports Chicago NBC Sports Chicago (formerly Comcast SportsNet Chicago) is an American regional sports network that broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports teams in the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as college sports events and original sports- ...

NewsNation NewsNation is an American subscription television network owned by the Nexstar Media Group, and is the company's only wholly-owned, national cable-originated television channel. The channel runs a mixture of entertainment programming (consist ...

Government cable channels for Chicago are also carried on channels 23, 25, and 49. Although

EVINE Live ShopHQ (formerly ValueVision, ShopNBC, Evine Live, and Evine) is an American cable, satellite and broadcast home shopping television network and multi-channel video retailer owned by iMedia Brands Inc., in which Comcast holds a 12.5% stake in ...

does have over-the-air affiliates, it is not available via broadcast television in Chicago; however, is available on

Comcast Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...

on channels 89 and 164 and RCN channel 193 in the Chicago market.

Online

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Block Club Chicago ''Block Club Chicago'' is an online newspaper that reports local and neighborhood news in Chicago. The website operates as a non-profit, subscription-based service. After ''DNAinfo'' was shut down in November 2017, ''Block Club Chicago'' was fo ...

'' *'' Chicago Daily Observer'' *'' City Bureau'' *''

Chicagoist Gothamist LLC is the operator, or in some cases franchisor, of eight city-centric websites that focused on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage. It was founded in 2003 by Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. In March 2017, Joe Ricketts, ...

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