city chicago illinois broadcast area chicago market branding access radio chicago 1240 frequency 1240 khz format brokered programming power 1 000 watts unlimited class c facility id 16847 transmitter coordinates 41 58 53.00 n 87 46 20.00 w 41.9813889 n 87.7722222 w 41.9813889 ; 87.7722222 callsign meaning world storage battery company 1 owner newsweb corporation sister stations wndz wait website official website wsbc 1240 am is a radio station broadcasting a brokered format . licensed to chicago illinois usa the station serves the chicago area . the station is owned by newsweb corporation . 2 3 wsbc radio tower at 4949 w belmont avenue in chicago . 4 the station features broadcasts in a variety of languages principally russian on weekdays 7 10 a.m. and noon 6 p.m. weekends also have broadcasts in spanish greek ukrainian and romanian . wsbc hired the nation s first full time african american radio announcer jack cooper in 1929 . 5 the call letters acronym referenced its first owner the world storage battery company . in 1933 gene dyer purchased wsbc from c.j. gordon who had operated it since august 1932 . at the time dyer also owned wges in chicago . 6 for many years wsbc shared time on its frequency with stations wcrw and wedc . by 1998 wsbc s owners had bought out the latter two stations and established wsbc as a full time operation . 7 8 the sousa archives and center for american music holds the frank scheibenreif slovak czech and romi sound recording collection ca. 1930 1950 . 9 this collection includes 1 001 recordings including 753 78 r.p.m. 140 45 r.p.m. and 108 lps ; and one book documenting eastern europe music prior to world war ii principally from czechoslovakia and used by scheibenreif for the wsbc show slovak american radio review . references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . wsbc facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wsbc station information profile . arbitron . fybush scott july 18 25 2001 . the big travelogue part one monday june 24 . fybush scott . retrieved november 16 2010 . see broadcast history at oldtimeradio.com dyer buys wsbc pdf . broadcasting . april 15 1933 . retrieved 10 october 2014 . chicago s notable timeshares . zecom communications . retrieved november 15 2010 . chicago radio timeline . zecom communications . retrieved november 15 2010 . http www.library.illinois.edu archives archon index.php p collections controlcard & id 10656 & q scheibenreif external links edit query the fcc s am station database for wsbc radio locator information on wsbc query nielsen audio s am station database for wsbc 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 this article about a radio station in illinois is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wsbc & oldid 743371274 categories radio stations in chicagoforeign language radio stations in illinoisrussian language radio stations in the united statesrussian american culture in illinoisillinois radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 10 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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