WCRX (FM)

WCRX (88.1 MHz) is an FM radio station based in Chicago, Illinois. WCRX is a non-commercial campus radio station owned and operated by Columbia College Chicago. The station is located at 33 East Congress in Chicago and operated by students in the school's radio department. WCRX provides music, news, sports, and community affairs programming.

WCRX

Chicago, Illinois United States
Broadcast area	Downtown, Near North, South Loop, West Loop in Chicago, Illinois
Frequency	88.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	88.1FM WCRX
Programming
Format	Dance, top 40, hip hop
Affiliations	Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Columbia College Chicago
History
First air date	June 1975 (as WUIC-FM) November 22, 1982 (as WCRX)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	12424
Class	A
ERP	100 watts horizontal 90 watts vertical
HAAT	39 meters (128 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Official website

History

University of Illinois at Chicago

The WCRX license was established as WUIC, the radio station of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, in June 1975. The station broadcast eight hours a day.^[2]

Columbia College Chicago

The university filed to sell WUIC to sold the station to Columbia on August 25, 1982. Upon taking control in November, the station received new WCRX call letters.

See also

• Campus radio
• List of college radio stations in the United States