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WVAZ (102.7 MHz, "V103") is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago region. [1]

49 relations: Album-oriented rock, Charles Manson, Chicago, Chicago Loop, Chicago metropolitan area, City of license, Contemporary hit radio, Dance music, Digital radio, Doug Banks, Drive time, Fellatio, FM broadcasting, HD Radio, Hertz, Hip hop music, IBiquity, IHeartMedia, Illinois Center, In-band on-channel, Jim Croce, John Hancock Tower, KRTH, Los Angeles, Michigan Avenue (Chicago), Near North Side, Chicago, New York City, Oak Park, Illinois, Rhythmic contemporary, Smooth jazz, Soul music, Steve Harvey, Urban adult contemporary, Urban contemporary, Watt, WBZ-FM, WEBG, West Side, Chicago, WGCI-FM, WGRB, WKSC-FM, WLIT-FM, WMZQ-FM, WNBM, WRKS, WRTO (AM), WSRB, WVON, 875 North Michigan Avenue.

Album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.

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Charles Manson

Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox, November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and songwriter.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Loop

The Loop is the central business district or downtown area of Chicago, Illinois.

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Chicago metropolitan area

The Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland, is the metropolitan area that includes the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs.

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City of license

In American, Canadian and Philippine broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.

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Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and the Philippines, that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts.

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Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.

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Digital radio

Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit and/or receive across the radio spectrum.

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Doug Banks

Calvin Douglas "Doug" Banks Jr. (June 9, 1958 – April 11, 2016) was an American radio personality and host of The Doug Banks Radio Show.

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Drive time

In radio broadcasting, drive time refers to dayparts in which radio broadcasters attempt to reach the large number of people who listen to their car radios while driving to and from work.

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Fellatio

Fellatio (also known as fellation, and in slang as blowjob, BJ, giving head, or sucking off) is an oral sex act involving the use of the mouth or throat, which is usually performed by a person on the penis of another person.

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FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology.

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HD Radio

HD Radio is a trademarked term for iBiquity's in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data by using a digital signal embedded "on-frequency" immediately above and below a station's standard analog signal, providing the means to listen to the same program in either HD (digital radio with less noise) or as a standard broadcast (analog radio with standard sound quality).

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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IBiquity

iBiquity Digital Corporation is a company formed by the merger of USA Digital Radio and Lucent Digital Radio, with the goal of creating an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system for the United States and around the world.

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IHeartMedia

iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

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Illinois Center

Illinois Center is a mixed-use urban development in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA, lying east of Michigan Avenue.

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In-band on-channel

In-band on-channel (IBOC) is a hybrid method of transmitting digital radio and analog radio broadcast signals simultaneously on the same frequency.

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Jim Croce

James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter.

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John Hancock Tower

200 Clarendon Street, previously John Hancock Tower and colloquially known as The Hancock, is a 60-story, skyscraper in Boston.

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KRTH

KRTH (101.1 FM, "K-Earth 101") is a radio station serving the Greater Los Angeles Area.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Michigan Avenue (Chicago)

Michigan Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid.

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Near North Side, Chicago

The Near North Side is one of 77 defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park is a village adjacent to the West Side of Chicago, Illinois.

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Rhythmic contemporary

Rhythmic contemporary, also known as Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic CHR or rhythmic crossover, is a primarily American music-radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and upbeat R&B hits.

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Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is music that evolved from a blend of jazz fusion and easy listening pop music, featuring a polished pop feel with little to no jazz improvisation.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Steve Harvey

Broderick Stephen Harvey Also aired August 16, 2015.

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Urban adult contemporary

Urban adult contemporary (often abbreviated as urban AC) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format.

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Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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WBZ-FM

WBZ-FM is a sports radio station known as "98.5 The Sports Hub" and broadcasting on 98.5 MHz in Boston, Massachusetts.

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WEBG

WEBG (95.5 MHz) is a country music radio station located in Chicago, Illinois, owned and operated by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and branded as "Big 95.5".

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West Side, Chicago

The West Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, along with the North Side and the South Side.

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WGCI-FM

WGCI-FM (107.5 FM) is an Urban Contemporary radio station that has a city of license of Chicago, under ownership of iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly known as Clear Channel Communications until September 2014).

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WGRB

WGRB, 1390 AM, is a radio station in Chicago owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014).

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WKSC-FM

WKSC-FM (103.5 FM) – branded as 103.5 KISS FM –is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station serving the Chicago area, owned by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014).

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WLIT-FM

WLIT-FM 93.9 FM, (93.9 LITE FM) is a radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, featuring a format of Mainstream AC music.

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WMZQ-FM

WMZQ-FM is a radio station located at 98.7 FM in Washington, D.C..

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WNBM

WNBM (103.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Bronxville, New York, United States, a suburban village north of New York City.

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WRKS

WRKS (105.9 FM, "The Zone") is a radio station licensed to Pickens, Mississippi, although its studio is located in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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WRTO (AM)

WRTO (1200 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish news/talk format.

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WSRB

WSRB, known simply as "106-3" on-air, is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station in Chicago, licensed to the Southland suburb of Lansing and transmitting within that city from a tower along the north side of the Kingery Expressway.

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WVON

WVON ("The Voice of A Nation") is a radio station licensed to Berwyn, Illinois, serving the Chicago market, which airs an African-American-oriented talk format.

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875 North Michigan Avenue

875 North Michigan Avenue, built as and still commonly referred to as the John Hancock Center, is a 100-story, 1,128-foot supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVAZ

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