WCRX (FM)

WCRX (88.1 FM) is a radio station based in Chicago, Illinois. WCRX is a non-commercial campus radio station owned and operated by Columbia College Chicago. The station is located at 33 East Congress in Chicago and operated by students in the school's radio department. WCRX provides music, news, sports, and community affairs programming.

WCRX
Broadcast areaDowntown, Near North, South Loop, West Loop in Chicago, Illinois
Frequency88.1 MHz
Branding88.1FM WCRX
SloganChicago's Underground
Programming
FormatDance, Top 40, Hip Hop
Ownership
OwnerColumbia College Chicago
History
First air dateJune 1975 (as WUIC-FM)
November 22, 1982 (as WCRX)
Technical information
ClassA
ERP100 watts horizontal
90 watts vertical
HAAT39 meters (128 ft)
Links
WebcastListen live
WebsiteOfficial website

History

University of Illinois at Chicago

The WCRX license was established as WUIC, the radio station of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, in June 1975. The station broadcast eight hours a day.[1]

Columbia College Chicago

The university filed to sell WUIC to sold the station to Columbia on August 25, 1982. Upon taking control in November, the station received new WCRX call letters.

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References
  1. "Interview editor for radio show". News Journal. September 3, 1975. Retrieved August 11, 2019.


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