WCGO (defunct)
| City | Chicago Heights, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
South suburban Chicago Northwest Indiana |
| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| First air date | 1959 |
| Last air date | April 10, 2009 |
| Format |
Full service (1959-1997) Adult standards (1997-2009) |
| Power | 1000 watts day 23 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 39386 |
| Callsign meaning | W ChicaGO |
WCGO 1600 AM was a radio station licensed to Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States. The station ran 1,000 watts during the day and 23 watts at night.
WCGO served southern Cook County, Illinois, most of central and eastern Will County, Illinois, and northern Lake County, Indiana during daytime hours, while its nighttime coverage was more limited. The station had a two tower directional array in northern Ford Heights, Illinois, and had a directional pattern to the northeast and southwest to protect WMCW in Harvard, Illinois and WARU in Peru, Indiana, which were on the same frequency.
WCGO began broadcasting in 1959 and was originally owned by Anthony Santucci's South Cook Broadcasting Inc. The station originally broadcast during daytime hours only.
WCGO had long aired a full service format airing local news and talk programming and playing Middle of the road (MOR) music, which at various points included Pop Standards and Easy listening, and later on Adult contemporary music. Much of the station's local news, talk and community programming was simulcast on its sister station 102.3 WTAS in Crete, Illinois, until 1992. In 1985, the station began airing the Warren Freiberg - Libby Collins Show, which had been heard on 106.3 WLNR in Lansing, Illinois since 1973. By 1993 talk programming had replaced most music on the station.
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