WCFS-FM
WCFS-FM (105.9 FM), known on-air as "WBBM Newsradio 780 & 105.9", is a radio station licensed to Elmwood Park, Illinois and serving the Chicago, Illinois market. It is owned and operated by CBS Radio.
HD programming
WCFS has simulcast the all-news format of sister station WBBM (AM) since August 1, 2011.
Studios and transmitter
WCFS-FM broadcasts from a 4.1kW transmitter atop Willis Tower, and its studios are located at Two Prudential Plaza in the Loop.
History
Early days as WLEY
The first radio station on 105.9 was WOAK, owned by Bernard Jacobs, future owner of WFMT. The station aired classical, popular music and jazz. Call letters were changed to WFMT when the format changed to classical music. WFMT moved to 98.7 FM when WGNB abandoned that frequency in the early 1950s. WLEY, formerly at 107.1 Mc. then moved to 105.9 Mc.. The LEY in the station's call letters stood for Leyden Township, which contains the city of license of Elmwood Park. The station broadcast in English and Polish. WLEY broadcast the Polish Barn Dance nightly.
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