Top Music Stations in Chicago, IL
You have a blast listening to music, while working, working out, and driving in your car. Sometimes though, you have troubles finding a music station that fits you. Sometimes your favorite station changes and what used to be a couple of minutes of commercials once an hour has become a couple of minutes of music once an hour! Or maybe you are new to Chicago, IL, just visiting the area, or possibly just need a change. You have come to the right place.
Here we have all of the top Chicago, IL music stations in one place, you are sure to find one that meets your tastes. Try out all of the Chicago, IL stations and then give us your opinion on the best, worst, and any we don’t have on the list that should be. Whether you are in Chicago, IL for a visit or have lived here for years, we want to hear your opinion.
We have catered our list of Chicago, IL stations to the local opinions we have received so don’t stop sending them in. Music is an important part of our lives, in Chicago, IL, and anywhere else. Music stations are also a personal thing. What is music to you? Is it what gets you through your daily commute in Chicago, IL? Is it what you jam to in the shower? Is it what calms and centers you at work?
V103
Chicago, IL
WVAZ (102.7 MHz, “V103”) is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago region. Licensed to Oak Park, WVAZ is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014), alongside sister stations WGCI-FM, WKSC-FM, and WGRB.
WBEZ
Chicago, IL
WBEZ is a nonprofit public radio station broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois. Financed primarily by listener contributions, the station is affiliated with both National Public Radio and Public Radio International; it also broadcasts content from American Public Media. The station and its parent organization were previously known as Chicago Public Radio; since 2010, the parent company has been known as Chicago Public Media. Some of the organization’s output is branded as WBEZ and some as Chicago Public Media. WBEZ broadcasts in HD.
WBBM-FM
Chicago, IL
WBBM-FM, known on air as “B96”, is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station in Chicago owned by Entercom. The station broadcasts at 96.3 MHz with an ERP of 3.3 kW from a transmitter atop Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), and its studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza in the Loop. WBBM-FM’s main competition is WKSC-FM, as well as urban rivals WGCI-FM and WPWX.
93.9 MY fm
Chicago, IL
WLIT-FM 93.9 FM, (93.9 LITE FM) is a radio station licensed to Chicago, featuring a format of Mainstream AC music. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014). WLIT has studios located at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago, and it broadcasts from a 4kw transmitter and antenna based atop Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower). WLIT broadcasts with the maximum authorized power for a Class B FM station at the specified antenna height.
WHPK
Chicago, IL
WHPK-FM, operating out of a bell tower at the University of Chicago, is a non-profit community radio station, now broadcasting to the South Side of Chicago for over fifty years. Legend has it that WHPK’s founders chose its call letters to reflect their local listenership, Woodlawn, Hyde Park, Kenwood, and the station remains committed to this community, and to remaining, for years to come, the Pride of the South Side.
94.7 WLS
Chicago, IL
Until October 1, 2012, WLS-FM was a classic hits leaning oldies station featuring music of the late ’60s and ’70s with some pre-1964 oldies and some ’80s hits mixed in moderation. The station actually switched to oldies on September 26, 2005, first carrying only syndicated “The True Oldies Channel” programming, but later adding local personalities including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame disc jockeys John Landecker, Scott Shannon, Dick Biondi, along with Greg Brown, Danny Lake, Brant Miller, and Fred Winston. The station’s official callsign changed to WLS-FM again on June 26, 2008.
98.7 wfmt
Chicago, IL
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 and jazz. The station is managed by Window To The World Communications, Inc., owner of WTTW, one of Chicago’s two Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television stations. WFMT is also the primary station of the WFMT Radio Network, and the Beethoven and Jazz Satellite Networks.
101.9 fm The Mix
Chicago, IL
WTMX Chicago features the Eric and Kathy Morning Show, the signature entertainment morning radio program in Chicago and Todays New Hits. WTMX (101.9 FM “The Mix”) is an Adult Top 40 radio station licensed to Skokie, IL in the Chicago market. It is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting.
107.5 FM WGCI
Chicago, IL
WGCI-FM (107.5 FM)is a Mainstream Urban radio station that has a city of license of Chicago, under ownership of Clear Channel Communications. WGCI was considered to be the most popular urban contemporary radio station in Chicago, the nation’s third largest radio market, and one of the most well-known and best-programmed urban contemporary stations throughout the 1980s and 1990s at a time when its music selection focused more on old school and house music. WGCI broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 3700 watts (3.7 kilowatts) at 107.5 megahertz (MHz) from atop the Willis Tower (the former Sears Tower) in Downtown Chicago, and has studios located on Michigan Avenue.
The Loop 97.9
Chicago, IL
The Loop was born in 1977, out of a goofy station that had all girl DJs and played sappy “Adult Rock.” In ’79, an eccentric Hawaiian guy bought the station and brought in guys like Steve & Garry, Sky Daniels, and a dozen or so other misfits. First order of business was losing the James Taylor and pumpin’ out Nugent, Zeppelin, and everything that rocked blowing up the disco record and the rest is history.
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