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WUSN

January 01, 1970

For the radio station in Charleston, South Carolina that held the WUSN call sign from 1948 to 1955, see WQNT. For the TV station in Charleston, South Carolina, see WCBD-TV.

WUSN (99.5 FM) is a country radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Audacy, Inc. and branded as "US✶99", it is based at Two Prudential Plaza in the Loop, and transmits from atop the John Hancock Center with an HD Radio signal.[7]

WUSN
Broadcast areaChicago market
Frequency99.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingUS✶99
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatCountry music
SubchannelsHD2: Future country
Ownership
Owner
WBBM, WBBM-FM, WBMX, WCFS-FM, WSCR, WXRT[1]
History
First air date
February 2, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-02-02)[2][3]
Former call signs
Call sign meaning
"US Ninety-nine" (frequency)
Technical information[6]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID28620
ClassB
ERP5,700 watts
HAAT425 meters (1,394 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°53′56″N 87°37′23″W / 41.899°N 87.623°W / 41.899; -87.623
Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Listen live (via Audacy) (HD2)
Websitewww.audacy.com/us99

History edit

Founding and classical music era edit

 
1942 General Electric advertisement featuring W51C.[8]

The station began broadcasting on February 2, 1940, as experimental station W9XEN, licensed to Chicago-based radio/television manufacturer Zenith Radio Corporation.[3][9] In May 1940, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the establishment, effective January 1, 1941, of an FM radio band operating on 40 channels spanning 42–50 MHz.[10] On October 31, 1940, the first fifteen construction permits for commercial FM stations were issued, including one to Zenith for a station in Chicago at 45.1 MHz,[11] which was issued the call sign W51C.[12] It was one of the first FM stations in the United States, and is the country's oldest FM station still in operation.[13][14][15][16] Its transmitter was located atop the Field Building.[4]

Effective November 1, 1943, the FCC modified its policy for FM call letters,[17] and the station was assigned new call letters of WWZR.[18] In 1946, the station's call sign was changed to WEFM, which were the initials of Zenith president Eugene F. McDonald.[19][20] On June 27, 1945, the FCC announced the reassignment of the FM band to 80 channels from 88–106 MHz, which was soon expanded to 100 channels from 88–108 MHz,[21][22] and WEFM began broadcasting on 98.5 MHz, while temporarily continuing to also broadcast at 45.1 MHz.[4] In 1947, the station's frequency was changed to 99.5 MHz.[4]

From 1940, when the station began broadcasting, until February 1978 the station aired a classical music format.[23][24][25][26] On June 1, 1961, WEFM became the second station in the United States to broadcast in FM stereo.[27] Few advertisements were aired, and until 1966 the only advertisements were for Zenith products.[28][29][23] In 1966, the station began to sell advertising time, though commercials were limited to five minutes per hour and the ads had to be compatible with WEFM's classical music format.[29] In 1972, the transmitter was moved to the John Hancock Center.[4]

General Cinema Corporation ownership edit

In the early 1970s Zenith agreed to sell WEFM to General Cinema Corporation, which intended to change the station's call letters to WICV (pseudo-Roman numerals for 99.5) and institute a rock format.[4][23][14] Litigation delayed the sale and format change until February 1978.[24][25] As part of the settlement to allow the station's sale, WEFM's classical music library was donated to WNIB and WBEZ.[24] General Cinema converted the station to a top 40 format with program director Brian White and afternoon drive personality Don Cox, but decided not to change the call sign.[25][30][31] The station was branded "We-FM" and initially broadcast from the studios used by the Zenith classical music format at 120 West Madison street in the Chicago loop.[32] General Cinema moved studios to the 13th floor of the Hancock Center at 875 N. Michigan Ave in 1980, where the transmitter resides on the 93rd floor.[4] The station leased a 67 kHz subcarrier to the Physicians Radio Network, a news service for medical doctors.[33][34] In early 1981, the station adopted a MOR format, with programming from the syndicated Schulke II package.[35][36]

The WEFM call sign is now used on 95.9 FM in nearby Michigan City, Indiana, which also is imaged as "We-FM."

US✶99 edit

In 1982, the station was purchased by First Media Corporation for $9.2 million.[37] On February 6, 1982, the station adopted a country music format, branded "US-99", and its call sign was changed to WUSN on February 25, 1982.[37][36][5] The station's initial promotion was that four songs would be played before any commercial break ensued, and that $25,000 would be given to the first person to call if the guarantee wasn't fulfilled.[38] Within the first week, two mistakes were noticed by listeners and $50,000 was given away.[38]

Lee Logan was hired as program director from KFMK in Houston, remaining with the station until 1987, when he departed for KLAC in Los Angeles.[38][39] From 1982 to 1985, Don Wade was the station's morning host.[40][41] Wade was briefly midday host on the station, before moving to WLS.[42][40] Shock-Jock Gary Dee replaced Wade as morning host in 1985, but was fired a year later.[41][43]

The station's initial country music competitors in Chicago were 670 WMAQ, 104.3 WJEZ, and 1160 WJJD, which switched to the adult standards Music of Your Life format within weeks of "US-99"'s debut.[38] In years when the station lacked major local competition, it has ranked as the nation's most-listened-to country station.[44][45]

In 1993, Infinity Broadcasting bought WUSN.[46] Infinity was acquired by the parent company of CBS in 1997.[47]

On August 8, 2016, WUSN rebranded slightly as "US✶99", dropping the .5 from their moniker and unveiling a new logo and slogan, "Chicago's Hottest Country".[48][49][50] The traditional five-pointed star, which is a common feature of the logos of American country music radio stations representing the Flag of the United States, was changed in the new version to the six-pointed variety represented in the acclaimed Flag of Chicago, with the logo coloring following suit using the flag's light blue and red.[50][48][49]

On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom.[51] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on the 17th.[52][53]

Awards edit

 
WEFM's logo as a classical station

In 1967, WEFM won the National Federation of Music Clubs' "Special 4-Star Award" for "outstanding programming devoted to American composers".[54]

In 1993, 2006, and 2015, WUSN won the Country Music Association's Major Market Station of the Year award.[55][56][57]

In 2005, WUSN host Lisa Dent won the Country Music Association's Major Market Personality of the Year award.[58]

In 2010 and 2011, the station won Country Radio Broadcasters/Country Aircheck Awards for Station of the Year for a Major Market; the Lisa Dent and Ramblin' Ray Show for Major Market Morning Show and Marci Braun (weeknight host/MD) for Major Market MD.[59][60]

In 2010 and 2015, Lisa Dent and Ramblin' Ray Stevens won the Country Music Association Major Market Personality of the Year for the Lisa Dent and Ramblin' Ray Morning Show.[58][57]

Controversy edit

On April 13, 2001, a memo from WUSN management asking on-air station employees to attend the George Strait Country Music Festival on May 26, 2001, at their own expense and "work the crowd" on behalf of the station was leaked to Robert Feder's media column for the Chicago Sun-Times.[61]

On July 7, 2003, country music radio personality Cliff Dumas sued Infinity Broadcasting Corporation and WUSN in United States District Court, seeking monetary damages. Dumas alleged that station management had induced him to resign gainful employment at a New Mexico radio station to take a job which was offered but then never materialized.[62]

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • WUSN in the FCC FM station database
  • WUSN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
  • FCC History Cards for WUSN (covering 1940-1981 as W51C / WWZR / WEFM)
  • Guide of Chicago Country Radio

January 01, 1970
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For the radio station in Charleston South Carolina that held the WUSN call sign from 1948 to 1955 see WQNT For the TV station in Charleston South Carolina see WCBD TV WUSN 99 5 FM is a country radio station in Chicago Illinois Owned by Audacy Inc and branded as US 99 it is based at Two Prudential Plaza in the Loop and transmits from atop the John Hancock Center with an HD Radio signal 7 WUSNChicago IllinoisBroadcast areaChicago marketFrequency99 5 MHz HD Radio BrandingUS 99ProgrammingLanguage s EnglishFormatCountry musicSubchannelsHD2 Future countryOwnershipOwnerAudacy Inc Audacy License LLC as Debtor in Possession Sister stationsWBBM WBBM FM WBMX WCFS FM WSCR WXRT 1 HistoryFirst air dateFebruary 2 1940 84 years ago 1940 02 02 2 3 Former call signsW51C 1940 43 4 WEFM 1946 82 4 5 Call sign meaning US Ninety nine frequency Technical information 6 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID28620ClassBERP5 700 wattsHAAT425 meters 1 394 ft Transmitter coordinates41 53 56 N 87 37 23 W 41 899 N 87 623 W 41 899 87 623LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebcastListen live via Audacy Listen live via Audacy HD2 Websitewww wbr audacy wbr com wbr us99 Contents 1 History 1 1 Founding and classical music era 1 2 General Cinema Corporation ownership 1 3 US 99 1 3 1 Awards 1 3 2 Controversy 2 References 3 External linksHistory editFounding and classical music era edit nbsp 1942 General Electric advertisement featuring W51C 8 The station began broadcasting on February 2 1940 as experimental station W9XEN licensed to Chicago based radio television manufacturer Zenith Radio Corporation 3 9 In May 1940 the Federal Communications Commission FCC announced the establishment effective January 1 1941 of an FM radio band operating on 40 channels spanning 42 50 MHz 10 On October 31 1940 the first fifteen construction permits for commercial FM stations were issued including one to Zenith for a station in Chicago at 45 1 MHz 11 which was issued the call sign W51C 12 It was one of the first FM stations in the United States and is the country s oldest FM station still in operation 13 14 15 16 Its transmitter was located atop the Field Building 4 Effective November 1 1943 the FCC modified its policy for FM call letters 17 and the station was assigned new call letters of WWZR 18 In 1946 the station s call sign was changed to WEFM which were the initials of Zenith president Eugene F McDonald 19 20 On June 27 1945 the FCC announced the reassignment of the FM band to 80 channels from 88 106 MHz which was soon expanded to 100 channels from 88 108 MHz 21 22 and WEFM began broadcasting on 98 5 MHz while temporarily continuing to also broadcast at 45 1 MHz 4 In 1947 the station s frequency was changed to 99 5 MHz 4 From 1940 when the station began broadcasting until February 1978 the station aired a classical music format 23 24 25 26 On June 1 1961 WEFM became the second station in the United States to broadcast in FM stereo 27 Few advertisements were aired and until 1966 the only advertisements were for Zenith products 28 29 23 In 1966 the station began to sell advertising time though commercials were limited to five minutes per hour and the ads had to be compatible with WEFM s classical music format 29 In 1972 the transmitter was moved to the John Hancock Center 4 General Cinema Corporation ownership edit In the early 1970s Zenith agreed to sell WEFM to General Cinema Corporation which intended to change the station s call letters to WICV pseudo Roman numerals for 99 5 and institute a rock format 4 23 14 Litigation delayed the sale and format change until February 1978 24 25 As part of the settlement to allow the station s sale WEFM s classical music library was donated to WNIB and WBEZ 24 General Cinema converted the station to a top 40 format with program director Brian White and afternoon drive personality Don Cox but decided not to change the call sign 25 30 31 The station was branded We FM and initially broadcast from the studios used by the Zenith classical music format at 120 West Madison street in the Chicago loop 32 General Cinema moved studios to the 13th floor of the Hancock Center at 875 N Michigan Ave in 1980 where the transmitter resides on the 93rd floor 4 The station leased a 67 kHz subcarrier to the Physicians Radio Network a news service for medical doctors 33 34 In early 1981 the station adopted a MOR format with programming from the syndicated Schulke II package 35 36 The WEFM call sign is now used on 95 9 FM in nearby Michigan City Indiana which also is imaged as We FM US 99 edit In 1982 the station was purchased by First Media Corporation for 9 2 million 37 On February 6 1982 the station adopted a country music format branded US 99 and its call sign was changed to WUSN on February 25 1982 37 36 5 The station s initial promotion was that four songs would be played before any commercial break ensued and that 25 000 would be given to the first person to call if the guarantee wasn t fulfilled 38 Within the first week two mistakes were noticed by listeners and 50 000 was given away 38 Lee Logan was hired as program director from KFMK in Houston remaining with the station until 1987 when he departed for KLAC in Los Angeles 38 39 From 1982 to 1985 Don Wade was the station s morning host 40 41 Wade was briefly midday host on the station before moving to WLS 42 40 Shock Jock Gary Dee replaced Wade as morning host in 1985 but was fired a year later 41 43 The station s initial country music competitors in Chicago were 670 WMAQ 104 3 WJEZ and 1160 WJJD which switched to the adult standards Music of Your Life format within weeks of US 99 s debut 38 In years when the station lacked major local competition it has ranked as the nation s most listened to country station 44 45 In 1993 Infinity Broadcasting bought WUSN 46 Infinity was acquired by the parent company of CBS in 1997 47 On August 8 2016 WUSN rebranded slightly as US 99 dropping the 5 from their moniker and unveiling a new logo and slogan Chicago s Hottest Country 48 49 50 The traditional five pointed star which is a common feature of the logos of American country music radio stations representing the Flag of the United States was changed in the new version to the six pointed variety represented in the acclaimed Flag of Chicago with the logo coloring following suit using the flag s light blue and red 50 48 49 On February 2 2017 CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom 51 The merger was approved on November 9 2017 and was consummated on the 17th 52 53 Awards edit nbsp WEFM s logo as a classical station In 1967 WEFM won the National Federation of Music Clubs Special 4 Star Award for outstanding programming devoted to American composers 54 In 1993 2006 and 2015 WUSN won the Country Music Association s Major Market Station of the Year award 55 56 57 In 2005 WUSN host Lisa Dent won the Country Music Association s Major Market Personality of the Year award 58 In 2010 and 2011 the station won Country Radio Broadcasters Country Aircheck Awards for Station of the Year for a Major Market the Lisa Dent and Ramblin Ray Show for Major Market Morning Show and Marci Braun weeknight host MD for Major Market MD 59 60 In 2010 and 2015 Lisa Dent and Ramblin Ray Stevens won the Country Music Association Major Market Personality of the Year for the Lisa Dent and Ramblin Ray Morning Show 58 57 Controversy edit On April 13 2001 a memo from WUSN management asking on air station employees to attend the George Strait Country Music Festival on May 26 2001 at their own expense and work the crowd on behalf of the station was leaked to Robert Feder s media column for the Chicago Sun Times 61 On July 7 2003 country music radio personality Cliff Dumas sued Infinity Broadcasting Corporation and WUSN in United States District Court seeking monetary damages Dumas alleged that station management had induced him to resign gainful employment at a New Mexico radio station to take a job which was offered but then never materialized 62 References edit Janowski Thaddeus P September 29 2010 FCC 316 Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License BTCH 20100930AFL Federal Communications Commission Archived from the original on October 26 2012 Retrieved March 15 2011 Illinois Chicago Broadcasting amp Cable Yearbook 2010 edition p D 186 Retrieved September 6 2018 a b Commercial FM Directory Illinois Broadcasting Yearbook 1947 edition p 226 Retrieved September 6 2018 a b c d e f g h History Cards for WUSN Archived September 6 2018 at the Wayback Machine fcc gov Retrieved September 6 2018 WWZR 1943 46 a b Call Sign History Facility ID 28620 Archived September 7 2018 at the Wayback Machine fcc gov Retrieved September 6 2018 Facility Technical Data for WUSN Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission http hdradio com station guides widget php id 4 Archived September 16 2016 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Chicago 1942 General Electric advertisement for W51C Broadcasting January 19 1942 page 21 Sterling Christopher H 2013 Biographical Encyclopedia of American Radio Archived February 15 2020 at the Wayback Machine Routledge Retrieved September 6 2018 FCC Order No 67 Archived January 15 2022 at the Wayback Machine Federal Register May 25 1940 page 2011 New FM Call Letters Proposed Broadcasting November 15 1940 page 77 The initial policy for commercial FM station call signs included an initial W for stations located east of the Mississippi River followed by the last two digits of a station s frequency assignment 51 in this case and closing with a one or two character regional identifier which for Chicago was C FM Broadcasting Stations Authorized by the FCC Broadcasting Yearbook 1941 edition p 386 Retrieved September 6 2018 a b Duston Anne Attorney Fights to Keep Classical Format on FM Archived 2020 02 26 at the Wayback Machine Billboard July 15 1972 p 23 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