WSBC

For other uses, see WSBC (disambiguation).
WSBC
Broadcast areaChicago metropolitan area
Frequency1240 kHz
BrandingAccess Radio Chicago
Programming
FormatEthnic brokered programming
Ownership
OwnerHeartland Signal LLC
WCPT
History
First air date
1925; 99 years ago (1925)[1]
Call sign meaning
World Storage Battery Company[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID16847
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
41°58′53.11″N 87°46′20.22″W / 41.9814194°N 87.7722833°W / 41.9814194; -87.7722833
Links
Public license information

WSBC (1240 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. It broadcasts brokered programming, mostly ethnic and religious. It is owned by Hearland Signal LLC.[4][5]

WSBC transmits with 1,000 watts. Its transmitter site is on North Milwaukee Avenue at West Catalpa Avenue in Chicago.[6] It shares its tower with sister station WCPT (820 AM).

WSBC features programming aimed at ethnic communities including Russian, Ukrainian, Latino, Italian, Latvian and Irish. Hosts buy time on the station and may offer their services or seek donations during their shows.

  1. ^ "Illinois: Chicago", Broadcasting Yearbook, 1971. p. B-62. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TribMag was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSBC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "WSBC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ "WSBC Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  6. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WSBC