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WFMT (98.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, with a classical music radio format. It is part of Window to the World Communications, Inc, in the same company as Chicago's PBS member station WTTW. WFMT seeks donations on the air and on its website. The station's studios and offices are on North Saint Louis Avenue in Chicago.
WFMT has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts, and transmits from atop the Willis Tower in Downtown Chicago. It broadcasts using HD Radio technology.
WFMT has been broadcasting classical music since 1951. Its website says WFMT "strives to entertain, engage, and above all, respect its listeners with a quality and variety of programming found nowhere else". It is also the primary station of the nationally syndicated WFMT Radio Network and a jazz network available to other public radio stations around the U.S.
Hosts on WFMT include Candice Agree, Lisa Flynn, John Clare, Kerry Frumkin, LaRob K.Rafael, Jan Weller, David Schwan, Kristina Lynn, and Peter Van de Graaff. Weeknights, Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is heard. Weekly broadcasts include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera. Weekends feature shows on baroque music, folk music, Latin American classical music, and chamber music. The syndicated weekly show With Heart and Voice airs Sunday mornings. On Saturday at twelve o'clock they have an opera.
Programs can be heard through its satellite services and online via several streaming services. WFMT is the only individual radio station that is an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union.
The station signed on the air on May 16, 1948. It originally held the call sign WOAK. The studios were in the Guyon Hotel and it operated at 98.3 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of only 770 watts. The station was owned by Gale Broadcasting Company.
By 1950, the station's frequency had been changed to 105.9 MHz, and its ERP was increased to 9,300 watts. WOAK generally aired pop music, but also featured classical music programs and dramas. The number of Chicago radio stations that aired classical music programs was small, but none compared to WFMT.
In 1951, the station's call sign was changed to WFMT. Bernard and Rita Jacobs launched WFMT's classical music/fine arts radio format on December 13, 1951. They began with 8-hour-a-day broadcasts, with Bernard serving as the station's engineer, and Rita as the station's announcer. In 1952, WFMT began publishing a biweekly program guide, which later became Chicago magazine. In 1953, programming was expanded to 18 hours per day.
WFMT
WFMT (98.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, with a classical music radio format. It is part of Window to the World Communications, Inc, in the same company as Chicago's PBS member station WTTW. WFMT seeks donations on the air and on its website. The station's studios and offices are on North Saint Louis Avenue in Chicago.
WFMT has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts, and transmits from atop the Willis Tower in Downtown Chicago. It broadcasts using HD Radio technology.
WFMT has been broadcasting classical music since 1951. Its website says WFMT "strives to entertain, engage, and above all, respect its listeners with a quality and variety of programming found nowhere else". It is also the primary station of the nationally syndicated WFMT Radio Network and a jazz network available to other public radio stations around the U.S.
Hosts on WFMT include Candice Agree, Lisa Flynn, John Clare, Kerry Frumkin, LaRob K.Rafael, Jan Weller, David Schwan, Kristina Lynn, and Peter Van de Graaff. Weeknights, Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is heard. Weekly broadcasts include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera. Weekends feature shows on baroque music, folk music, Latin American classical music, and chamber music. The syndicated weekly show With Heart and Voice airs Sunday mornings. On Saturday at twelve o'clock they have an opera.
Programs can be heard through its satellite services and online via several streaming services. WFMT is the only individual radio station that is an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union.
The station signed on the air on May 16, 1948. It originally held the call sign WOAK. The studios were in the Guyon Hotel and it operated at 98.3 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of only 770 watts. The station was owned by Gale Broadcasting Company.
By 1950, the station's frequency had been changed to 105.9 MHz, and its ERP was increased to 9,300 watts. WOAK generally aired pop music, but also featured classical music programs and dramas. The number of Chicago radio stations that aired classical music programs was small, but none compared to WFMT.
In 1951, the station's call sign was changed to WFMT. Bernard and Rita Jacobs launched WFMT's classical music/fine arts radio format on December 13, 1951. They began with 8-hour-a-day broadcasts, with Bernard serving as the station's engineer, and Rita as the station's announcer. In 1952, WFMT began publishing a biweekly program guide, which later became Chicago magazine. In 1953, programming was expanded to 18 hours per day.
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