area chicagoland & northwest indiana branding 93.9 my fm slogan more variety from the 90 s til now general chicago s christmas music station nov. dec. frequency 93.9 mhz also on hd radio first air date april 7 1958 ; 58 years ago 1958 04 07 as webh format fm hd1 mainstream ac christmas nov. dec. hd2 soft ac delilah radio erp 4 000 watts haat 482 meters class b facility id 70042 callsign meaning lite fm previous branding former callsigns webh 1958 1970 wwel 1970 1972 wlak 1972 1989 owner iheartmedia inc. amfm broadcasting licenses llc sister stations webg wgci fm wgrb wksc fm wvaz wvon webcast listen live via iheartradio website www.939myfm.com wlit fm 93.9 fm 93.9 my fm is a radio station licensed to chicago illinois featuring a format of mainstream ac music . the station is currently owned by iheartmedia inc. formerly clear channel communications until september 2014 . wlit has studios located at the illinois center complex on michigan avenue in downtown chicago and it broadcasts from a 4kw transmitter and antenna based atop willis tower formerly sears tower . wlit broadcasts with the maximum authorized power for a class b fm station at the specified antenna height . 1 contents 1 history 2 imaging 2.1 hd programming 2.2 christmas broadcasting 3 references 4 external links history edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message 93.9 fm in chicago began operation april 7 1958 with the call sign webh which stood for the edgewater beach hotel the location of its original studios under the ownership of buddy black broadcasting co. broadcasting yearbook 1958 retrieved august 26 2016 in 1969 the station was sold to rich communications corp. a group owner of stations wamo am fm pittsburgh 25 % ; wild am boston ; wlto am miami ; and wufo am amherst n.y. 2 the new owner changed the webh call sign to wwel in january 1970 . 3 the station broadcast beautiful music an easy listening format with mostly instrumentals and a couple of soft vocal songs per hour . wwel was ww el from mid 1970 to 1972 to describe the easy listening format that was broadcast . in 1971 wwel was sold to sudbrink broadcasting 4 a group owner of stations wavo am fm decatur ga. ; wzip am and wwez fm cincinnati ; wrms am beardstown ill. ; wriz am coral gables fla. ; kynd fm pasadena tex. ; wlyf fm miami ; wtow am towson md. ; wlif fm baltimore ; and wezw fm wauwatosa wisc. 5 in march 1972 the wwel call sign was changed to wlak . 6 wlak adopted the beautiful music format produced and distributed by stereo radio productions as did the other sudbrink fm stations . in 1978 wlak was sold to storer broadcasting co. group owner of radio stations ktnq am kgbs fm los angeles ; wgbs am miami ; wspd am toledo oh. ; and whn am new york as well as seven television stations . 7 storer sold wlak to viacom international in 1981 . 8 in 1983 wlak switched to soft ac playing 99 % vocal songs and virtually no instrumentals . core artists included neil diamond barbra streisand and others . wlak was very successful in the format and was one of the first in the nation preceding its sister station wltw in new york . wlak changed call letters in 1989 to wlit and rebranded as 93.9 the lite . in the mid 1990s wlit evolved out of soft ac and into a straight ac format . viacom sold its radio stations to chancellor broadcasting in 1997 . in 1999 chancellor restructured as amfm inc. in 2000 wlit fell under the ownership of clear channel communications after clear channel s merger with amfm . it later became 93.9 lite fm . 93.9 lite fm logo used from 2012 to 2013 wlit became chicago s only adult contemporary station on august 1 2011 when former rival wcfs fm flipped to a simulcast of wbbm am . this marked the first time in years chicago had had only one adult contemporary radio station . on june 17 2013 wlit rebranded as 93.9 my fm . 9 10 11 the change updated the station s playlist to be more current recurrent based . its slogan was previously more variety from the 80 s til now but in 2014 the slogan was changed to more variety from the 90 s til now . however despite the slogan change the station continues to play small amounts of music from the 1980s . imaging edit wlit used jingles consistently to brand its station . it started in 1994 with a custom package produced by what it was called tm century now tm studios of dallas . in 2000 wlit started using reelworld productions in seattle with a grand total of 5 custom packages that soon became the main formula for ac radio jingle imaging nationwide . after wlit rebranded to 93.9 lite fm in 2012 the station used reelworld s hallam fm 2006 and kmyi 2009 packages with some reelworld one ac cuts . the wlit hasn t used any jingles since the rebrand to 93.9 my fm . imaging wise the station used randy reeves from 2000 2004 and current imaging voice cam brainard since 2004 though wlit used scott fisher and joe cipriano in the past . with the my fm rebrand the station went back to cam brainard s voice and the station hasn t turned to another imaging voice since . wlit also uses reelworld s production vault imaging library for all of its imaging . hd programming edit in february 2006 wlit began broadcasting in hd radio . wlit s hd 2 was originally a simulcast of the now defunct real oldies wrll now wvon 1690 am then changed to a mix of disco music and 1970s 1980s called flashback . in august 2009 the format changed again this time to a gold based ac format known as chicago s classic lite and later branded as delilah . 12 christmas broadcasting edit from november through christmas day each year wlit changes its branding to the holiday lite and format to continuous christmas music resuming its regular branding and format on december 26 . during the period between december 26 and january 2 the christmas music moves to the hd2 channel while the main terrestrial station resumes the regular format . after the mid 2013 rebranding the all christmas tradition was continued without reference to lite . 13 14 references edit fcc fm query . retrieved august 27 2016 . actions pdf . broadcasting magazine . december 8 1969 . call letter actions pdf . broadcasting magazine . january 26 1970 . the media pdf . broadcasting magazine . october 18 1971 . too much concession to citizen group pdf . broadcasting magazine . december 20 1971 . call letter actions pdf . broadcasting magazine . march 13 1972 . approved pdf . broadcasting magazine . april 17 1978 . storer sells its final am sic to viacom pdf . broadcasting magazine . september 14 1981 . venta lance june 17 2013 . lite s out in chicago . radio insight . retrieved july 8 2013 . wlit fm drops the lite changes to 93.9 my fm . chicagoland radio and media . june 17 2013 . retrieved july 8 2013 . wlit now my fm with updated playlist . chicago tribune . june 17 2013 . http 939myfm . iheart.com articles my fm promotions 118262 listen to delilah 247 13198118 wlit goes all christmas just after midnight . chicago tribune . november 13 2014 . wlit fm begins its annual teasing of listeners waiting for christmas music . chicago radio and media . november 3 2014 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wlit radio locator information on wlit query nielsen audio s fm station database for wlit v t e radio stations in the chicago market by am frequency 560 6701 7201 750 7801 820 850 8901 930 950 10001 1030 1050 1080 1110 1160 1200 1220 1230 1240 1270 1300 1330 1340 1370 1390 1410 1420 1430 1450 1450 1490 1500 1500 1510 1530 1570 1590 1690 by fm frequency 87.72 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.7 90.7 90.9 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.3 92.5 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 95.9 96.3 96.7 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.3 98.7 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.3 100.7 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.1 107.5 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 162.425 162.500 162.550 digital radio 780 1300 1390 1690 89.3 1 89.3 2 89.5 1 89.5 2 90.1 1 90.1 2 90.1 3 90.7 1 90.7 1 90.9 1 90.9 2 90.9 3 91.5 1 91.5 2 92.3 1 92.3 2 93.1 1 93.1 2 93.1 3 93.9 1 93.9 2 94.7 1 94.7 2 95.5 1 95.5 2 95.9 1 95.9 2 96.3 1 96.3 2 96.7 1 97.1 1 97.1 2 97.9 1 97.9 2 97.9 3 98.7 1 99.5 1 99.5 2 100.3 1 100.3 2 101.1 1 101.1 2 101.9 1 101.9 2 102.3 1 102.7 1 102.7 2 103.5 1 103.5 2 104.3 1 104.3 2 105.1 1 105.1 2 105.1 3 105.5 1 105.9 1 105.9 2 106.3 1 106.7 1 106.7 2 107.5 1 107.5 2 by callsign kwo39 kxi41 kxi58 kzz81 w219cd w244bq w248bb w264bf w280em waes wait wake wbbm1 wbbm fm wbeq wbew wbez wbgx wbmf wccq wcev wcfl wcfs fm wcgo wckg wclr wcpt wcpt fm wcpq wcpy wcrx wcsj fm wdcb wdgc fm wdrv wedc weef wefm webg werv fm wetn wfel lp wfmt wfxf wgci fm wgen fm wgn1 wgrb wgve fm wrme lp2 whfh whpk whsd wiil wiit wims wind wjch wjkl wjmk wjob wjol wkbm wkkc wkqx wkrs wksc fm wkta wley fm wlit fm wlje wlpr fm wls1 wls fm wlth wltl wlra wlip wlup fm wluw wmbi wmbi fm wmvp1 wndz wntd wnur fm wnvr wnwi wojo wonc wonu wpjx wpna wppn wpwx wrdz wrll wrmn wrlr lp wrse wrte wrtw wrto wrxq wsbc wscr1 wshe fm wspy fm wsrb wsri wssr wtmx wtzi wusn wvaz wviv fm wvix wvon wwca wwdv wwhn wwtg wxav wxlc wxrd wxrt wyca wyll wzrd wzsr wzvn internet stations wgn plus wgn.fm q101 chicago defunct stations wcfj wcfl wcgo wcrw wedc wenr wkkd wmaq wmcw wnib wrll satellite radio local traffic weather xm channel 217 sirius channel 151 nearby radio markets benton harbor st. joseph kankakee lasalle peru milwaukee racine rockford south bend 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 v t e adult contemporary radio stations in the state of illinois stations wako lawrenceville wbow paris wdkb dekalb wdnl danville webq fm eldorado wgfa fm watseka wgfb rockton whms champaign wish fm galatia wjdk seneca wjek rantoul wkay knoxville wlit chicago wmoi monmouth wnoi flora wnsv nashville wpmb vandalia wpxn paxton wqcy quincy wshe fm chicago wswt peoria wssq sterling wtye robinson wxef effingham wxfm mount zion wzim lexington wzsr woodstock see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in illinois v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts