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WVAZ (102.7 FM, "V103") is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. Licensed to Oak Park, Illinois , WVAZ is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. , alongside sister stations WCHI-FM , WGCI-FM , WGRB , WKSC-FM , WLIT-FM and WVON .
Doug's next two stops were KDIA in Oakland, California, and WBMX (now WVAZ) in Chicago, Illinois. From 1986 to 1995, Banks did nights, mornings, and afternoons for WGCI-FM in Chicago. It was at WGCI where Doug became good friends with Tom Joyner and they became known as "Turntable Brothers".
The show began national syndication on January 11, 2008 from its flagship station WVAZ in Chicago, Illinois as The Ride with Doug and DeDe with DeDe McGuire being the original co-host. [1] A similar show, The Doug Banks Morning Show , aired on ABC Radio Networks for several years prior in the morning drive time slot.
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Unsatisfied with its somewhat limited schedule, WCKY petitioned the FRC to delete the two remaining Chicago-area stations, and give it unlimited use of the frequency. An FRC examiner recommended that this request be denied, however a review by the full commission ruled on October 30, 1931 in favor of WCKY, and ordered both WJAZ and WCHI deleted.
Over many decades, WGN was a "full service" radio station. The station played small amounts of music during the mornings and afternoon hours, moderate amounts of music on weekends during the day, aired midday and evening talk shows, and sports among other features.
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[4] [71] The WBMX call letters had previously been used by new rival WVAZ from 1974 to 1988. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] In addition to WVAZ, WBMX also competes with WPWX and WGCI in the urban radio market . WBMX is the second station in Chicago to use the "Jams" moniker, the first station being WEJM in the mid-1990s.