WPWX

WPWX
Broadcast areaChicago metropolitan area
Northwest Indiana
Frequency92.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingPower 92
Programming
FormatUrban contemporary
SubchannelsHD2: WYCA simulcast (Urban contemporary gospel)
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
WSRB, WYCA
History
First air date
1949
Former call signs
WJIZ (1949–1954)[1]
WJOB-FM (1954–1959)[1]
WYCA (1959[1]-2001)[2]
WVJM (2001)[2]
Call sign meaning
Po Wer X
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID17304
ClassB
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT150 meters (490 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°37′50.00″N 87°31′40.00″W / 41.6305556°N 87.5277778°W / 41.6305556; -87.5277778
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitepower92chicago.com

WPWX (92.3 FM) is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Hammond, Indiana and serving the Chicago metropolitan area in addition to Northwest Indiana, and is owned by Crawford Broadcasting. The station broadcasts from a transmitter a few hundred feet west of the Illinois/Indiana state line in Burnham, Illinois, with studios on Calumet Avenue in Hammond.

  1. ^ a b c History Cards for WPWX, fcc.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Call Sign History (WPWX)". Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPWX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.