Noncommercial media in Chicago

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ISSUES related to Clear Channel Incorporated in Chicago
- Clear Channel Incorporated issues
  - F.A.I.R. site articles.
  - Free Press site articles.
  - 1200+ station licenses have been taken over so far, in just a few years. This greatly concentrates control of U.S. broadcasting. Local needs, artists, and preferrences are ignored. Clear Channel has staged its own pro-war rallies, to counter news about huge worldwide antiwar demonstrations. Main management is all done at the San Antonio, Texas, home office, not at local communities. Remotely-programmed stations fail to give local information, even about catastrophic emergencies. Clear Channel blacklisted the Dixie Chicks' music nationally because they spoke against President Bush. Clear Channel can suddenly switch stations from popular formats if its research says greater profit may be possible with a new format. Clear Channel lobbies Congress and the FCC against media diversity protection. ...
- Additional issues for Chicago
  - Clear Channel should not be allowed any Chicago radio licenses. Certainly not more than one license. Clear Channel has cut Chicago station staffs drastically; all six Clear Channel stations are now controlled from a single office. Main management is done far away in Texas. Anti-labor policies. ...
  - Chicago FM 93.9, WLIT-FM
  - Chicago FM 96.5, WNUA-FM
  - Chicago FM 102.7, WVAZ-FM
    - A Chicago African-American committee says the firing of manager Marv Dyson shows Clear Channel is not in touch. Chicago Sun-Times, June 2004.
  - Chicago FM 103.5, WKSC-FM
  - Chicago FM 107.5, WGCI-FM
    - A Chicago African-American committee says the firing of manager Marv Dyson shows Clear Channel is not in touch. Chicago Sun-Times, June 2004.
  - Chicago AM 1390, WGRB-AM (was WGCI-AM)
    - A Chicago African-American committee says the firing of manager Marv Dyson shows Clear Channel is not in touch. Chicago Sun-Times, June 2004.

GENERAL INFORMATION about Clear Channel Incorporated in Chicago

Clear Channel Incorporated companies include 1200+ U.S. radio stations, 40 TV stations, worldwide outdoor advertising, concerts and other major entertainment events and tours, ...
Clear Channel has bought up 1200+ U.S. radio station licenses and boasts that it "provides advertisers with the reach of 110 million radio listeners nationally with local targeting opportunities."
Clear Channel Incorporated's web site
Licenses for radio broadcasting services to Chicago (formats, coverage, websites)
- Chicago FM 93.9, WLIT-FM
- Chicago FM 96.5, WNUA-FM
- Chicago FM 102.7, WVAZ-FM
- Chicago FM 103.5, WKSC-FM
- Chicago FM 107.5, WGCI-FM
  - WGCI-FM is consistently Chicago's No. 1 audience station, since 19??.
- Chicago AM 1390, WGRB-AM (was WGCI-AM)

Licenses for broadcasting services to Chicago

WLIT-FM 93.9	233 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 2800	60601	312-540-2000	map
WNUA-FM 96.5	233 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 2800	60601	312-540-2000	map
WVAZ-FM 102.7	233 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 2800	60601	312-540-2000	map
WKSC-FM 103.5	233 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 2800	60601	312-540-2000	map
WGCI-FM 107.5	233 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 2800	60601	312-540-2000	map
WGRB-AM 1390 (was WGCI-AM)	233 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 2800	60601	312-540-2000	map