- WCRX
Infobox Radio Station
name = WCRX 88.1FM
area = Downtown, Near North,South Loop ,West Loop inChicago, Illinois
branding = 88.1FM WCRX
slogan = "Chicago's Underground"
airdate =November 22 ,1982
frequency = 88.1 MHz
format = Dance, Top 40, Hip Hop
erp = 100 Watts
class = A
owner = Columbia College Chicago
website = http://www.wcrx.netWCRX (88.1 FM) is a radio station based in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 33 East Congress in Chicago
Columbia College Chicago owns the station's FCC license and facilities. The station is completely run byColumbia College Chicago students and is operated by the school's radio department.About WCRX
WCRX was bought from the University of Illinois-Chicago in the 1980s. WCRX 88.1FM is a non-commercial radio station owned and operated by Columbia College Chicago. WCRX provides music, news, sports, and community affairs programming. WCRX plays new music by non-mainstream artists, yet very well known bands in the underground genre. Student talent also host a variety of specialized programs that include: Talk, Metal, Jazz, R&B, Rap, Alternative, Blues and Meringue. WCRX also broadcasts select regular season UIC Flames men and women's basketball games. Student broadcast teams provides live play-by-play and color analysis for every game.
WCRX 88.1 FM also reports from Wrigley Field as well as from DePaul University during the college basketball season.
WCRX also broadcast the 1998 EMMY Awards from Los Angeles. The show was called Entertainment Primetime Weekly. The show was produced in a newsradio format. It featured interviews from Hollywood stars as well as related issues from entertainment from Chicago to the US.
WCRX airs programming that is responsive to the interests and needs of listeners. WCRX carries a variety of public service programming including President Bush's weekly radio address and the democratic response.
WCRX has received national recognition, winning a total of 37 awards in the area of news, educational programming, public service, features and promotion.fact|date=September 2008
Notable Alumni
Barbara McDowell, WPWX-Chicago Asst. Program Director '98
Shannon Brazier (Choklit Jock), WPWX-Chicago Morning Host '00
Josh Liss, WBBM-AM Chicago Sports Director '00
Carmen DeFalco, WMVP-AM Sports Anchor '99
Luis Lopez, Dance Factory On-Air Talent '96
Joe Ostrowski, WSCR-AM Producer/On-Air Talent '03
Tim Vander Tuuk,WKRS-AM News Director '02
Asif Malik, WMAQ, AP radio
External links
* [http://www.wcrx.net/ WCRX's Home Page]
*fmq|WCRX
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*(http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Radio/Alumni_Working_In_Chicago.php/ Alumni)
*(http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Radio/WCRX.php/ WCRX History)
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