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WCKL
Broadcast areaChicago metro area
Frequency97.9MHz(HD Radio)
BrandingK-Love
Programming
FormatChristian contemporary
Subchannels
NetworkK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
April 7, 1942
(82 years ago)(1942-04-07)[1]
Former call signs
  • W83C (1942–1943)
  • WEHS (1943–1963)
  • WHFC (1963–1965)
  • WSDM (1965–1977)
  • WLUP (1977–1987)
  • WLUP-FM (1987–2018)
  • WCKL-FM (2018–2020)
Former frequencies
  • 48.3 MHz (1942–1946)
  • 100.1 MHz (1946–1947)
Call signmeaning
"Chicago's K-Love"
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73233
ClassB
ERP4,000watts
HAAT425 meters (1,394 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°53′56.1″N87°37′23.2″W/ 41.898917°N 87.623111°W/41.898917; -87.623111(WCKL)
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WebcastListen live
Website

WCKL(97.9MHz) is anon-commercialFMradio stationlicensed toChicago, Illinois,featuring aChristian contemporaryformat via theK-Lovenetwork.Owned and operatedbyEducational Media Foundation(EMF), WCKL serves theChicago metro areawith a transmitter located atop theJohn Hancock Center.

One of the oldest surviving FM stations in Chicago, this station signed on the air on April 7, 1942, as W83C. Throughout the station's early existence, it changed callsigns, formats and owners before relaunching itself on March 14, 1977, as WLUP "97.9 The Loop", a nod to theChicago Loop.As WLUP, the station aired various formats ranging from classic rock, pop rock, pop alternative, and adult alternative formats. It changed ownership several times before being sold to Merlin Media in 2011 and subsequently entered alocal marketing agreement(LMA) withCumulus Mediain 2014. This LMA was terminated after Cumulus entered into bankruptcy proceedings, prompting Merlin Media to sell the station to EMF, which relaunched the station as part of the K-Love network on March 10, 2018. The classic rock format and "Loop" branding was retained on the secondHDsubchannelofWKQX.

In addition to a standardanalog transmission,WCKL broadcasts over four HD subchannels and is available online. WCKL-HD2 carriesAir1programming, WCKL-HD3 carries "Boost Radio"Christian hip hopand WCKL-HD4 featuresRadio Nueva Vidaprogramming.

History

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Early years as W83C/WEHS/WHFC

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The station was first granted a construction permit on April 7, 1942, with thecall signW83C, licensed to broadcast at 48.3 MHz[3]on the original 42-50 MHzFM broadcast band.The station was owned byRichard W. Hoffman,who also ownedWHFC.[4][5][6]Its studios and transmitter were initially located at theMedinah Athletic Clubbuilding at 505 N. Michigan Avenue, but were moved to theBankers Buildingat 105 West Adams by 1945.[3][7]

On November 1, 1943, the station was assigned the WEHS call sign, and it was granted its first license on October 8, 1945.[3]The callsign stood for "Elizabeth Hoffman's Station", named for owner Richard Hoffman's mother.[6]In January 1946, the station received permission from the FCC to gosilentto convert to operation on the new 88-108 MHz FM broadcast band, which the FCC had created on June 27, 1945.[8]On July 31, 1946, the station was reassigned to 100.1 MHz, and then granted a move to 97.9 MHz on September 23, 1947.[3]WEHS was the first commercial radio station to air "storecasts".[4]It broadcast background music forNational Teagrocery stores in the Chicago area.[9]When the contract with National ran out in the mid-1950s, WEHS simulcast the foreign language and Black programming of co-owned WHFC for six hours a day, the minimum broadcast time to keep the license. In 1952, WEHS's studios and transmitter were moved to WHFC's studio and transmitter site at 3350 S. Kedzie.[3]

L & P Broadcasting Corporation purchased WEHS in February 1963, along with WHFC, for $1 million.[3][10]The Chess family ofChess,Checker and Cadet Records fame owned L & P Broadcasting (the "L" stood forLeonard Chesswhile the "P" stood for brotherPhil Chess).[10][11]Leonard primarily ran the record labels and recording studio while brother Phil was president of the radio company. The WHFC call sign was moved to WEHS on March 3, 1963,[3]while WHFC was assigned theWVON( "The Voice of the Negro" ) call sign. WHFC aired anR&Bformat and simulcast WVON 24 hours a day.[12][13]

WSDM

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On March 8, 1965, WHFC's call sign was changed to WSDM,[3]which stood for "SmackDab in theMiddle ", in reference to the station's position at the middle of the FM dial.[14]The station was also known as "the station with the girls and all that jazz",[15]as it featured all female DJs known as "Den Pals",[16]which included Yvonne Daniels, Danae Alexander, Cody Sweet, Penny Lane, Nancy Plum,[17]Connie Szerszen,known on the air as "Dawn", andLinda Ellerbee,known on the air as "Hush Puppy".[14][18][19][20][21]WSDM played "pop-orientedjazzand jazz oriented pop ".[20][22]Program director was Mickey Shorr and later Burt Burdeen.[19][23]

In 1968, the station began airing a nighttimeprogressive rockprogram calledUnderground Denon weekends.[24][25]In early 1971, WSDM began to mixrock musicwith its light jazz.[26]The station positioned itself as "jazzed up rock".[27]Ownership of the station was transferred toPhil Chesseffective October 22, 1971.[3]Phil Chess' son, Terry Chess, was general manager.[28]In 1972, WSDM's transmitter was moved to theJohn Hancock Center.[3]Cindy Morganwas a DJ on the station in the 1970s.[29]

WLUP

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The Loop's logo during most of its 40 years as a rock station. Without the frequency, it remains the logo forWKQX-HD2's iteration of The Loop.

The call sign was changed to WLUP on March 14, 1977.[3]The station adopted analbum-oriented rock(AOR) format and was rebranded as "The Loop", referring to the nickname ofChicago's central business district.[30][31]Jay Blackburn was Program Director and Tommy O'Toole served as the station's first morning host and was the first Loop DJ to sign on the air.[32][33][34]The first song O'Toole played on "The Loop" was "Morning Has Broken"byCat Stevens.[32][34]The original Loop air staff included Tommy in mornings, William "Captain Billy" Martin in middays, Lester "Les" Tracy in afternoons, and Bob Shannon evenings.[34]Other early Loop DJs included Greg Budell, Ford Colley, Don Davis, and Glory-June Greaif.[34]

Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, owned by Hawaiian CongressmanCecil Heftel,purchased the station effective March 5, 1979, for $3 million.[3][35]Lee Abrams was hired as consultant.[34]The rock format was kept in place, but emphasis was put on harder-edged rock.[34]Jesse Bullit was the program director.[34]Steve Dahl,who had been unemployed sinceWDAI(94.7 FM) went to adiscoformat in December 1978, began hosting mornings on March 19, 1979.[36]On July 12, 1979, Dahl staged one of the most famous promotions in radio and sports history,Disco Demolition Night.[34][37]Garry Meier,known over the air at the time as "Matthew Meier", was an overnight DJ, and was later teamed with Dahl as the morning newsman.[38]Soon thereafter, Meier became Steve's full-time sidekick, and used his real name, Garry Meier.[38][39][40]

In 1979, Jeff Schwartz became head of sales andMitch Michaelswas hired as afternoon DJ.[34][41]Michaels became program director shortly thereafter.[42]Sky Daniels was also hired in 1979, and served as disc jockey and music director.[34][39]Chuck Swirskyprovided sports reports for a period in the early 1980s.[43]Buzz Killman was newsman.[44]On February 6, 1981, Steve Dahl was fired for what WLUP's management and Dahl said was a contract dispute, though Heftel Broadcasting said it was for violating "community standards".[45][38][40]Garry Meier left the station as well, to remain Dahl's sidekick.[45]A series of morning men including Matt Bisbee,Mark McEwen,and the team of R.J. Harris and Pat Still tried their hand untilJonathon Brandmeierwas hired in late 1982.[44][46][47]Kilman remained as newsman, andBruce Wolfjoined the station as a sports reporter in 1982.[44][48]Greg Solk became program director in 1983.[49]Dr. Dementowas carried on WLUP from 1978 through 2010, just prior to when Dr. Demento ceased over-the-air broadcasting.[50][51]Steve and Garry returned in 1986 to host afternoons.[52]

In late December 1986, Heftel Broadcasting merged with Statewide Broadcasting, owner ofWCFL(1000 AM).[53]In April 1987, WCFL became WLUP, and the FM station was assigned the WLUP-FM call sign.[54][55]WLUP (AM) became a partial simulcast of WLUP-FM, and Steve and Garry moved to the AM station.[55]In 1988, WLUP-AM-FM were sold to the newly formed Evergreen Media.[56][57]By 1989, the AM station would evolve to mostlytalkwith a few rock songs mixed in per hour.[58][59]

In the early 1990s, WLUP aired a popular television commercial featuring a fat man dubbed "Joey Bag O' Donuts" dancing.[60][61]In the time span since the original commercial was aired, the footage of the dancing fat man in the commercial has been used by numerous other radio stations across the country and abroad.[60]

In September 1992, Steve and Garry returned to mornings on WLUP-FM.[62][40]In September 1993, the pairing of Steve Dahl and Garry Meier broke up.[40]Shortly thereafter, Dahl moved to AM 1000, which had recently addedESPNsportsprogramming and changed call letters to WMVP.[63]

On September 27, 1993, the station's lineup was overhauled, and it shifted towards ahot talkformat.[64]Garry Meier moved to middays on WLUP-FM, Brandmeier would move to afternoons, andKevin Matthewsmoved to mornings for a time (though Brandmeier would later move back to mornings, and Matthews would move to middays).[65][66][67]Danny Bonaducehosted evenings,Ed Schwartzhosted overnights, andSekahosted a program Saturday evenings.[66][68][67]Liz Wildewas hired to host evenings in March 1995, but her show was cancelled by November of the same year.[69]In February 1996, sister stationWYNYinNew York Citysimulcasted WLUP for a day as part of a week-long stunt of simulcasting sister stations nationwide before flipping formats torhythmic adult contemporaryas WKTU.[70]In June 1996, WMVP (1000 AM) dropped their sports format and returned to simulcasting WLUP.[71]

WLUP switched to a format featuring a "blend ofpop rock,pop alternative, andadult alternative"music on September 30, 1996.[72][73][74]Brandmeier remained the morning man andDave Fogelwas brought in for afternoons.[75][76]In 1997, Evergreen and Chancellor Media merged.[77]In order to stay under federally mandated ownership limits, Evergreen opted to sell WLUP toBonneville Internationalin July.[78][79]On July 21 at 5 a.m., after stunting with all-The Whosongs as part of a Who concert that previous weekend, WLUP switched back to a rock format.[80][81]The first song under the relaunched "Loop" was "Rock and Roll"byLed Zeppelin.[80]Also that month, Jonathon Brandmeier would be released from the station due to the ownership change.[82]In June 1998, WLUP shifted toclassic rockand adopted the slogan, "Classic Rock That Really Rocks".[83]During this period, full-time on air personalities included Byrd (now withWDRVChicago),Steve Downes,Eddie Webb, Pete McMurray, Seaver,Cara Carriveau,Sari, and Mark Zander.[84][85][86][87][88][89]

In October 2004,Emmis Communicationstraded three of their stations in Phoenix to Bonneville for WLUP-FM and $70 million; the swap was completed in December of that year.[90][91][92]While under Emmis ownership WLUP evolved into amainstream rockformat, but in January 2011 it reverted to classic rock.[93][94]

In 2005, Emmis brought back Jonathon Brandmeier to do mornings on The Loop and hiredZakk Tylerto host afternoon drive.[95][96]Erin Carmen began hosting middays in 2006, remaining with the station until 2009.[97][98]Brandmeier also exited WLUP in 2009.[95]

On January 15, 2007, Chicago'sNBCowned-and-operated station,WMAQ-TV(channel 5), began a new weekday morning show calledBarely Todaywhich aired from 4:30–5 a.m.[99][100]The new morning show was simulcast on WLUP-FM and hosted byBruce Wolf,who was the former weekday morning traffic/sports anchor for WMAQ.[99][100]The show would be cancelled five months later due to poor ratings.[101]

On June 21, 2011, Emmis announced that it would sell WKQX, sister station WLUP-FM, and New York'sWRXPto Merlin Media, a group headed by formerTribune CompanyexecutiveRandy Michaels.[102]Emmis, who would retain a minority stake in Merlin Media, would grant Merlin alocal marketing agreementto operate WKQX and WLUP-FM from July 15 until the sale to Merlin officially closed on September 1.[103]

On May 3, 2012, Merlin added a satellite-fed version of thesmooth jazzformat on WLUP's HD3 subchannel (97.9-HD3).[104]

Radio personality andWEBNalum Maxwell Slater "Max" Logan (Benjamin Bornstein), best known for his years as host ofThe Maxwell ShowatWMMSandWNCXin Cleveland, took over as the WLUP-FM morning host on July 30, 2012. Former personality Zakk Tyler (Dominic Zaccagnini) also returned.[96]

On January 3, 2014, Merlin Media announced alocal marketing agreement(LMA) withCumulus Mediathat would see Cumulus take over operations of WLUP-FM and sister stationWIQIas well as inherit Merlin's LMA forWKQX-LP.[105][106]The deal included an option for Cumulus to purchase the stations from Merlin.[106]The deal saw Merlin relinquish operations of its last remaining radio stations.[105]The deal also sees an expansion of Cumulus' Chicago reach; the company already owned and operated news/talk stationWLS(890 AM) andclassic hitsstationWLS-FM(94.7 FM).[105][106]

On September 12, 2014, WLUP released morning hosts Maxwell (Benjamin Bornstein) and John Czahor and afternoon host Patrick Capone.[107][108]On September 15, 2014, a new weekday lineup was announced, with Lyndsey Marie hosting middays, Tim Virgin hosting afternoons, and Pyke hosting evenings.[109]Virgin previously worked at The Loop in the mid-1990s.[109]Mornings remained open.[109]On March 30, 2015,Mancow Mullerjoined WLUP as its new morning show host.[110]

WLUP's first ever "Rock Girl", Lorelei Shark, was the official spokesperson and the face of The Loop in the late 1970s and 1980s.[34][111][112]In 2005, the Loop Rock Girl was reintroduced, with Erica Gustafson being the new holder of the title.[112][113]Another prominent Loop Rock Girl prior to the station's 2018 closure wasApril Rose Haydock,who also served in that role in 2007.[114]

Sale to EMF

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In January 2018, as part of Cumulus Media's bankruptcy proceedings, the company requested that aU.S. Bankruptcy Courtrelease the company from several "extremely unprofitable" contracts, including its LMAs with WLUP-FM and WKQX. Cumulus stated that under the agreement, which carries a monthly fee of $600,000, the company had lost $8.4 million on the two Merlin stations.[115]

On March 5, 2018, Merlin Media sold WLUP-FM toEducational Media Foundation(EMF) for $21.5 million; with the sale, EMF announced it would convert the station tonon-commercial educationalstatus. The sale was prompted by Cumulus Media'sChapter 11 bankruptcyfiling, in which it was determined that Cumulus would not proceed with the existing LMA or a sale of WLUP-FM from Merlin to Cumulus. The move gives EMF its second full-power outlet in Chicago; the organization also ownstranslatorsand lower-power stations in the market.[116]On March 6, Cumulus ended manned operations on WLUP-FM and the entire air staff was dismissed; however, theMancowshow continued via its independent online streaming platform. An automated playlist of music continued until March 10 at midnight, when EMF took control of the frequency from Merlin under a new LMA and assumed the K-Love schedule carried by future sister stationWJKL(94.3 FM). Cumulus also retained the WLUP-FM call sign, warehousing it on an existing station inCambridge, Minnesota.Merlin retained the "Loop"intellectual propertyand transitioned that branding toWKQX-HD2in a fully automated form.[117][118]

The sale of WLUP-FM also ended the annual "Loopfest", a sponsored event the most recent version of which was planned for August 3, 2018 atHollywood Casino Amphitheatre,withLynyrd Skynyrdto support their final tour with.38 Specialand theMarshall Tucker Band.WLUP-FM informed listeners who bought tickets that the event was canceled immediately after the station announced it the previous February, despite leaving event details on its website while not indicating who may take over the sponsorship.[119]

Upon hearing the news of the sale, Steve Dahl pointed to WLUP-FM's legacy and heritage, saying:

As I look back on my 40 years on the radio in this market, I am reminded almost daily of The Loop's impact not only my career, but also rock and roll history in Chicago, and around the world. They just don't make brave risk-taking local radio stations like that anymore, and that's everybody's loss. I hope the last song they play there isAC/DC's 'Highway to Hell'![120]

On March 9, 2018, Dahl gave listeners a chance to say goodbye to WLUP-FM via a simulcast of his afternoon program on WLS.[121]Dahl also brought back alumni Sky Daniels and Kevin Matthews to help give WLUP-FM a proper send off, while WDRV paid homage to the station with a day long tribute led by Bob Stroud, another WLUP-FM veteran, with guests and surprises. WGN's 'Dave Plier Show' also aired a reunion of ex-WLUP-FM DJs, including Kevin Matthews, current WGN hosts Wendy Snyder and Bill Leff, and broadcast executive Larry Wert, paying tribute to its legacy.[122]

The LMA with EMF took effect March 10, 2018 at midnight, at which point the station switched to K-Love. In a last jab at the impending transition to Christian music, WLUP-FM, after spending a majority of their final hour playing songs themed around farewells and/or departures, closed by playing, for their final block of music, "Shout at the Devil"byMötley Crüe,"The Number of the Beast"byIron Maiden,and (as Dahl suggested) "Highway to Hell". The first song played on WLUP-FM as K-Love was "Whom Shall I Fear"byChris Tomlin.[123]EMF's purchase of WCKL-FM was consummated on May 31, 2018.

On January 16, 2020, EMF changed the station's call sign to the current WCKL. Around that time, EMF returned the HD Radio subchannels to the air with itsChristian worship-formattedAir1network on WCKL-HD2 and Christianclassic hitsfromK-Love Classicson WCKL-HD3. In late 2020, with the demise of the K-Love Classics format, that network became "K-Love Christmas" for the duration of the holiday season. Following that, WCKL-HD3 debuted "K-Love 2000s", a Christian classic hits variant. In March 2021, WCKL-HD3 adopted the "Boost Radio" Christian pop/hip hop format fromKXBSinSt. Louisas part of an agreement between that station's owners and EMF, and began simulcasting on translator 97.5 W248BB.[124]

Translators

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP(W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info Notes
W256CA 99.1 FM Joliet, Illinois 145160 10 D 41°32′26.1″N88°2′8.2″W/ 41.540583°N 88.035611°W/41.540583; -88.035611(W256CA) LMS —
W248BB 97.5 FM Chicago, Illinois 144731 250 D 41°53′6.1″N87°37′18.1″W/ 41.885028°N 87.621694°W/41.885028; -87.621694(W248BB) LMS Relays HD3
W268AY 101.5 FM Seward Township, Illinois 145107 250 D 41°53′56.1″N87°37′23.2″W/ 41.898917°N 87.623111°W/41.898917; -87.623111(W268AY) LMS Relays HD4

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