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WMAQ was an AM radio station in located in Chicago, Illinois, USA & broadcast @ 670 kHz with 50,000 watts. The station was in existence from 1922 to 2000 & was the oldest surviving broadcast outlet in Chicago. It was a class A clear channel station & could be heard, particularly @ night, over most of the eastern US. WMAQ was a charter affiliate for the CBS Radio Network, but was longest known as a NBC Radio O&O station. It's transmitter was located in Bloomingdale, Illinois just off of Army Trail Road, where it remains to this day. The AM 670 transmitter is now in use by WMAQ's successor, All-Sports Radio WSCR.

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  • WMAQ (AM)
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  • WMAQ was an AM radio station in located in Chicago, Illinois, USA & broadcast @ 670 kHz with 50,000 watts. The station was in existence from 1922 to 2000 & was the oldest surviving broadcast outlet in Chicago. It was a class A clear channel station & could be heard, particularly @ night, over most of the eastern US. WMAQ was a charter affiliate for the CBS Radio Network, but was longest known as a NBC Radio O&O station. It's transmitter was located in Bloomingdale, Illinois just off of Army Trail Road, where it remains to this day. The AM 670 transmitter is now in use by WMAQ's successor, All-Sports Radio WSCR.
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Power
  • 50000(xsd:integer)
former callsigns
  • WGU
Name
  • WMAQ
Sister stations
Airdate
  • 1922-04-13(xsd:date)
Frequency
  • 670(xsd:integer)
Class
  • A
callsign meaning
  • W e M ust A sk Q uestions
Format
  • All-news Radio
  • Country
  • News/Talk
  • Adult standards
  • Hot Adult Contemporary
Affiliations
  • CNN Radio
  • NBC Radio
Area
  • Chicagoland
Branding
  • *67 WMAQ
  • *67-Q
  • *WMAQ All News 67
  • *WMAQ All News 670
City
  • Chicago, Illinois
facility id
  • 25445(xsd:integer)
Owner
  • CBS Radio
  • Chicago Daily News
  • Group W
  • NBC Radio
Slogan
  • 1320.0
abstract
  • WMAQ was an AM radio station in located in Chicago, Illinois, USA & broadcast @ 670 kHz with 50,000 watts. The station was in existence from 1922 to 2000 & was the oldest surviving broadcast outlet in Chicago. It was a class A clear channel station & could be heard, particularly @ night, over most of the eastern US. WMAQ was a charter affiliate for the CBS Radio Network, but was longest known as a NBC Radio O&O station. It's transmitter was located in Bloomingdale, Illinois just off of Army Trail Road, where it remains to this day. The AM 670 transmitter is now in use by WMAQ's successor, All-Sports Radio WSCR.
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