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Re: [IRCA] South Suburban Chicago AM Station Turns In It's License



As I am 35 miles NW of Chicago these guys were never much of a factor. I presume they got clobbered by WMBD Peoria at night as they are a major pest here.

73 KAZ

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>From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Nov 9, 2015 4:08 AM
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>Subject: [IRCA] South Suburban Chicago AM Station Turns In It's License
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>From Tom Taylor's Radio Newsletter:
>Chicago-market brokered-ethnic WCFJ/1470 has been taken silent by owner
>Newsweb, which will surrender the license to the FCC. Robert Feder says the
>station went dark Saturday, with Newsweb Radio President Charley Gross
>explaining that âthe station was not profitableâwe are turning in the FCC
>license.â Thousand-watt WCFJ Chicago Heights has a demanding technical
>array, which requires six towers for its daytime signal and three towers at
>night. It uses a total of eight sticks, in the farmland south of Chicago,
>serving the Indiana-Illinois state line. In addition to some talk stations,
>Fred Eychanerâs Newsweb operates three other ethnic stations in the Windy
>City (WSBC/1240, WNDZ/750, WAIT/850). Gross says âthe rest of our stations
>are good.â Those include stations near-and-dear to Eychanerâs heart,
>progressive talk WCPT-AM/FM (820/92.5).
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