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WBEZ
  • Chicago, Illinois
Broadcast areaChicago metropolitan area
Frequency91.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWBEZ 91.5
Programming
FormatNews/Talk (Public)
SubchannelsHD2: Vocalo (Urban alternative)
AffiliationsAmerican Public Media
BBC World Service
NPR
Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
OwnerChicago Public Media
Sister stations
WBEW
History
First air date
April 7, 1943; 81 years ago (1943-04-07)
Former call signs
WBEZ-FM (1983–88)
Former frequencies
42.5 MHz (1943–1947)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
Federal Communications Commission
Facility ID66649
ClassB NCE
ERP5,700 watts
HAAT425.1 meters (1,395 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°53′56.1″N 87°37′23.2″W / 41.898917°N 87.623111°W / 41.898917; -87.623111 (NAD83)
Translator(s)See § Satellites and translators
Repeater(s)See § Satellites and translators
Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wbez.org
Logo until 2010

WBEZ (91.5 FM) – branded WBEZ 91.5 – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned by Chicago Public Media and is financed by listener contributions, corporate underwriting and some government funding.[2] WBEZ is affiliated with both National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX). It also broadcasts content from American Public Media and the BBC World Service. It produces several nationally syndicated shows for public radio stations, including This American Life and has a co-production credit for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, which is produced by NPR.

WBEZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,700 watts with its transmitter atop the John Hancock Center on North Michigan Avenue. It broadcasts over two HD Radio digital subchannels.[3] It operates full-power repeaters WBEK 91.1 FM in Kankakee and WBEQ 90.7 FM in Morris, as well as several FM translators. WBEZ-HD2, carrying a user-generated content format focused on "urban alternative music" and branded Vocalo.org, is also relayed over WBEW 89.5 FM in Chesterton, Indiana.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBEZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Miner, Michael (2009-11-09). "Chicago Public Radio—an internal report on its new Strategic Plan". Chicago Reader.
  3. ^ "HD Radio AM & FM: Find Stations". Retrieved October 6, 2019.

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