WEEF

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WEEF
City of license	Deerfield, Illinois
Slogan	"Chicago's In Language Radio"
Frequency	1430 AM (kHz)
First air date	1963
Format	Multicultural Ethnic
Power	1,600 watts day 750 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	72957
Transmitter coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Former callsigns	WEEF, WVVX, WQVQ
Owner	Polnet Communications, Ltd.
Website	WEEF's website

WEEF 1430 AM is a radio station licensed to Deerfield, Illinois. The station broadcasts a Multicultural Ethnic format and is owned by Polnet Communications, Ltd.^[1]

History

WEEF began broadcasting in 1963^[2] and originally aired a Middle of the road format.^[3]^[4] Until the mid 1970s, the station was simulcast on 103.1 WEEF-FM (later WVVX-FM).^[3] In July 1972, the station's adopted a Progressive rock format.^[3] In 1973, the station's callsign was changed to WVVX. Eventually brokered ethnic programming began to replace the progressive rock programming, and by the late 1970s it aired a full-time multicultural ethnic format.^[5] Along the way the station's callsign had been changed to WQVQ, before it was changed back to WEEF on February 12, 1979.^[6]

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Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 217 Sirius Channel 151 Nearby radio markets LaSalle–Peru Rockford Kankakee South Bend Milwaukee-Racine Radio Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Radio See also List of radio stations in Illinois List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ² = Audio signal of WRME-LP (oldies audio, with video of traffic conditions)

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↑ KTMC fcc.gov. Accessed January 1, 2014
↑ Music As Written - Chicago (p. 26) Billboard. August 24, 1963. Accessed January 1, 2014
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Vet Windy City MOR Station to Progressive Duston, Anne. (p. 16, 35) Billboard. July 29, 1972. Accessed January 1, 2014
↑ Billboard. "Stations By Format". October 16, 1965. (p. 62)
↑ Stations, everywhere: a listeners' guide to the AM and FM bands Chicago Tribune Magazine. March 4, 1979. Accessed December 29, 2013
↑ Call Sign History fcc.gov. Accessed January 1, 2014

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