WTBC-FM
Broadcast area | Chicago, Illinois |
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Frequency | 100.3 MHz (HD Radio) 100.3-2 FM (80's Hits) |
Branding | 100.3 WSHE |
Programming | |
Format | Adult Contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WDRV, WWDV, WTMX | |
History | |
First air date | 1947 (as WFMF) |
Former call signs | WFMF (1947-1974) WLOO (1974-1988) WXEZ-FM (1988-1990) WPNT-FM (1990-1997) WNND (1997-2004) WILV (2004-2015) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 10059 |
Class | B |
ERP | 5,700 watts |
HAAT | 425 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°53′56.00″N 87°37′23.00″W / 41.8988889°N 87.6230556°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wshechicago.com |
WSHE-FM (100.3 FM, "100.3 WSHE") is a radio station licensed in Chicago, Illinois. The station is currently owned by Hubbard Broadcasting,[2] The station is also broadcast on HD radio.[3] but has had a number of owners and utilized a variety of call letters and broadcast a variety of formats since its original incarnation in 1947 as WFMF. It is currently broadcasting an adult contemporary format from studios at One Prudential Plaza .
History
Bonneville announced the sale of WILV, as well as 16 other stations, to Hubbard Broadcasting on January 19, 2011.[4] The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.[5]
On March 2, 2015, WILV relaunched under new WSHE-FM call letters.[6] The on air line-up remained the same as WILV, continuing with Brian Peck hosting mornings, Megan Reed middays, Cara Carriveau afternoons and Robb Rose on evenings.
HD radio
WILV began broadcasting in HD in 2006. On their HD 2 channel, the first format was the previous "Love" format WILV ran from 2004-2006. It changed to a nonstop mixshow format called "Club Love" in 2008 after the station tweaked to its current Gold Adult Contemporary format. On May 20, 2009, the HD 2 channel changed again, this time to "The Mormon Channel" a national HD 2 network run by Bonneville on HD 2 stations in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and others. By March 2013, it was broadcasting Voice of Russia.
In January 2014, WILV-HD2 became the new home of the "Totally '80s" format formerly heard on sister station WTMX's HD2' channel, as WTMX-HD2 flipped to smooth jazz.[7]
Formats And Branding Over The Years
- Easy Listening as WLOO "FM 100" and later WXEZ (1974-1990)
- Hot AC as WPNT "100.3 The Point" (1990-1994)
- Hot AC as WPNT "FM 100" and "100.3, Chicago's FM 100" (1994-1997)
- Hot AC as WPNT "Chicago's 100.3" (1997-Fall 1997)
- AC as WNND "Windy 100FM" and "Windy 100" (September 1997-December 2001)
- AC as WNND with a Soft AC lean "Windy 100, Time For You" and "Windy 100.3, Time For You" (December 2001-2002)
- 80s-90s Hot AC as WNND "100.3 WNND" (December 2002-November 2004)
- Rhythmic-leaning Soft AC as WILV "100.3 Love FM" (November 2004-January 2006)
- Rhythmic Oldies as WILV "100.3 Love FM, Chicago's Feel Good Music" (January 2006-2008)
- Adult Hits as WILV "100.3 Love FM, Feel Good Favorites of the 80s & More" (2008-2009)
- Adult Hits as WILV "Chicago's 100.3" (2009-2010)
- Adult Hits as WILV "Rewind 100.3" (2010-2013)
- Adult Hits as WILV "Chicago's 100.3" (2013-2015)
- Hot AC/Modern AC/AC hybrid as WSHE "100.3 WSHE" (2005-)
References
- ^ "Chicago Market Ratings". Radio-Info.
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(help) - ^ "WILV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "HD Radio Station Guide". HD Radio. iBiquity.
- ^ "$505M sale: Bonneville sells Chicago, D.C., St. Louis and Cincinnati to Hubbard". Radio-Info.com. January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
- ^ "Hubbard deal to purchase Bonneville stations closes". Radio Ink. May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ She Comes to Chicago's 100.3
- ^ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=25
External links
- Official website
- The Mormon Channel website
- Facility details for Facility ID WSHE ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database