branding 93xrt slogan chicago s finest rock frequency 93.1 fm mhz also on hd radio 93.1 hd 2 for channel x xrt new music channel 93.1 hd 3 for last.fm discover first air date 1972 format aaa erp 6 700 watts haat 399 meters 1 309 ft class b facility id 16853 owner cbs radio cbs radio east inc. sister stations wbbm wbbm fm wcfs fm wjmk fm wscr wusn part of cbs corp. cluster with tv station wbbm tv webcast listen live website www.93xrt.com wxrt also known as wxrt 93.1 xrt and 93 xrt is an adult album alternative aaa radio station in chicago illinois . for many years their slogan has been chicago s finest rock . wxrt is a primary sponsor of the chicago nonprofit rock for kids . the station broadcasts from a transmitter atop john hancock center and its studios are located at two prudential plaza in the loop . contents 1 history 2 notable personalities 3 current format and programming 4 april fools jokes 5 references 6 external links history edit wfjl fm 93.1 mhz went on the air in chicago in 1947 . wfjl was operated as a non commercial station by lewis college of science and technology now lewis university fjl being an abbreviation for frank j. lewis . lewis college sold wfjl fm in 1958 to louis lee who changed the call letters to wsbc fm in 1959 . lee changed the call letters again in 1964 to wxrt fm . dan lee louis lee s son sold wxrt in 1995 ; it is now owned by cbs radio . the format as it exists today began in 1972 as a nighttime only freeform rock experiment sharing the 93.1 frequency with a variety of different ethnic and foreign language programming that aired during the daylight hours . the part time progressive rock format was gradually expanded and by 1976 it aired 24 hours a day . by the 1980s the station played primarily new wave and alternative music of that time . as the 1990s approached the station opted to stay with its core audience and move to a aaa format . the office of the radio station was located at 4949 w. belmont ave. on the northwest side of chicago until september 6 2008 when it was relocated to the nbc tower in downtown chicago . on march 16 2010 it was again relocated to the prudential plaza . wxrt was locally owned until 1995 . it was then purchased by westinghouse which had acquired wmaq 670 which has since changed call letters to wscr a few years before . wxrt became part of the cbs conglomerate in 1996 when westinghouse and cbs merged . cbs later merged with infinity radio keeping the infinity name for its radio division . cbs and viacom would merge in 2000 making wxrt an infinity radio station whose parent companies were cbs and viacom . in december 2005 infinity radio officially became cbs radio in anticipation of the cbs viacom split up . wxrt broadcasts in the hd radio format . 1 notable personalities edit lin brehmer host terri hemmert host of breakfast with the beatles current format and programming edit wxrt plays a very broad library of mostly adult oriented rock dating from the mid 50s to the present . the station s playlist includes over 5 000 songs which appear on a regular basis from a wide set of genres including blues reggae folk rock pop and rock and roll . the station is well known for its saturday morning flashback program hosted by wendy rice norm s wife and its breakfast with the beatles a show that originated at wckg in 1985 program on sunday mornings hosted by terri hemmert . blues breakers emphasizes the blues of chicago artists and has been hosted by tom marker since 1984 . jazz transfusion hosted by barry winograd features a wide range of jazz from different eras and genres . local anesthetic hosted by richard milne since 1991 features the latest music from chicago area artists . april fools jokes edit wxrt has performed numerous april fools day jokes over the years . in 1998 wxrt stated during its morning show with lin brehmer that it was now called wxxxrt and that it was now a subsidiary of playboy enterprises . brehmer the normal morning show host and his news anchor partner mary dixon very calmly and casually made the announcement several times throughout the show that day and made very little fuss about the change in ownership trying to pawn it off as no big deal . the station s music format was now changed to include primarily 1980s dance music . brehmer took extra care to mention the change in station call letters more than usual . many of the conversations from angry listeners were recorded off the air that morning and then edited together and played back the next day april 2 . some of the conversations included brehmer talking with people letting them fume and then asking the angry listener what day it was ; this often resulted in the listener realizing they had been a victim of the hoax . also during the 90 s on april 1 wxrt announced its new studio with a window to the street at 380 n. michigan avenue . that address didn t exist as it put the studio address in the middle of the michigan avenue bridge crossing the chicago river . in 2006 wxrt announced it would end its saturday morning flashback program on april 1 of that year . many listeners did not realize the importance of the proposed end date for the program as a clue that the announcement was a hoax . in 2012 a year when april fool s day fell on a sunday the station s hoax involved broadly promoting a new hours long show that would immediately follow terri hemmert s breakfast with the beatles . this show entitled electric light brunch would follow the format of breakfast with the beatles but feature the music of the electric light orchestra . in 2013 wxrt announced it was going to play its entire collection of music from a to z. this was extremely interesting because the station has 30 years of music in their library and would have taken weeks to go through the entire library . the running joke was that it was going to take until memorial day to finish just around 2 months according to lin brehmer . the station did follow suit on april 1 and played letters a and b in their library . the next day they announced it as an april fool s joke . despite being a joke many listeners were quite interested in hearing the entire library played on air and has generated some interest as to whether wxrt could or will do this sometime in the future . in 2016 wxrt promoted its charity swimsuit calendar 2016 throughout the day . the calendar was supposed to feature the wxrt staff in swim wear with the benefited charity being something for cats . listeners were encouraged to call into the station for information or to order the calendar . references edit http www.hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 25 hd radio guide for chicago external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wxrt radio locator information on wxrt query nielsen audio s fm station database for wxrt 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 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