City | Deerfield, Illinois |
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Slogan | "Chicago's In Language Radio" |
Frequency | 1430 AM (kHz) |
First air date | 1963 |
Format | Multicultural Ethnic |
Power | 1,600 watts day 750 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 72957 |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°8′22″N 87°53′7″W / 42.13944°N 87.88528°W |
Former callsigns | WEEF, WVVX, WQVQ |
Owner | Polnet Communications, Ltd. |
Website | WEEF's website |
WEEF 1430 AM is a radio station licensed to Deerfield, Illinois. The station broadcasts a Multicultural Ethnic format and is owned by Polnet Communications, Ltd.
WEEF began broadcasting in 1963 and originally aired a Middle of the road format. Until the mid 1970s, the station was simulcast on 103.1 WEEF-FM (later WVVX-FM). In July 1972, the station's adopted a Progressive rock format. In 1973, the station's callsign was changed to WVVX. Eventually brokered ethnic programming began to replace the progressive rock programming, and by the late 1970s it aired a full-time multicultural ethnic format. Along the way the station's callsign had been changed to WQVQ, before it was changed back to WEEF on February 12, 1979.